yeah count them too. Specially Sale who has been saying over and over again that his recovery is progressing pretty well.
Help will come, that's for sure.
And help is yet to come. Santana, Arroyo, Duran and Houk to say a few will join the team at some point and will make us stronger. Gonna be interesting.
This is an excellent diagnostic of what you can expect for the Red Sox this year, and while this is a bridge year, this 2021 product still will make noise. If I were JH I would be pleased thus far.
Some people here want to DFA his ass lol
He started solid and while he has not been lucky, he has been inconsistent lately.
Pedro needs to help him to put his s*** together again.
They have faced a lot of weak teams since then and those who are over 500 these days like the Astros and TB were not in good shape at the time. Plus the IL phantom is knocking the door again.
I expect you to struggle when you start facing good teams again.
After 2018 he was supposed to be our No. 2 reason why they gave him that contract.
Call it the heat of the moment but that was the plan — which I was agree after that monumental game No 3 of the WS where he pitched another 9 innings. I was at the stadium btw lol
Take away that awful 2016, and he is a pitcher in high 3s ERAs.
As I said he is nothing but a solid No 3 in my book which is what most people thought his ceiling was going to be when he arrived to Boston. 2018 and 2019 were encouraging years and some thought he could end up as No 2 or even No 1 moving forward. It’s still early. There’s nothing that can avoid that accomplishment yet.
Even in that optimistic scenario, nobody in his right mind thinks he is ace material.
IMO he is going to end up positing something around 4.0 this year which is pretty good and solid given his role in the team as Number 3 pitcher since Sale and Eovaldi were supposed to be our horses.
This is the outcome when you are afraid to throw strikes. Reminded me the timid Rodríguez he once was when he arrived to Boston. He didn’t want throw strikes to Jansen, walked him and the rest is history. 4-0.
Othani, Trout, Rendón, Walsh, etc are elite bats today Max.
All I’m saying our pitching deserves credit specially Perez. It’s not easy face these guys by any means.
I drafted him and dropped him since he made me tie my first match when I was winning. It’s called the heat of the moment. I should have been patient.
I drafted him because I really believed he was going to splash. I s*** the bed.
He has been money since then, go figure. I will pick him up again next week if he is still available. It’s a no-brainer.