Pat Tabler is a deceiving guy. He did color on Blue Jays telecasts for years and at first listen he seemed like a typical ex-player just making a check, but he's actually pretty well-informed and a good analyst.
Schilling and Ortiz had incredible postseason resumes. To me they were clutch performers.
Postseason offensive numbers are lower on average in the postseason because the caliber of pitching is better, which is mainly because of the off days.
Don't rule out the possibility they just do another Richards/Kluber type signing to replace Pivetta and call it a day with the rotation. Giolito and Whitlock will be the big additions!
Just to be a miserable prick I'm going to drop the threshold to 4 runs.
In their last 30 games, the Sox have allowed less than 4 runs a grand total of 4 times.
I wouldn't say Breslow sabotaged the pitching, but at this point he hasn't done much to make it better, including with the deadline acquisitions of Garcia and Sims.
Right. That's my essential point. And if they had made another significant addition besides Giolito I wouldn't be as critical of this. But they didn't. And that's what makes this look so unforgivably stupid in retrospect.