Sometimes you judge these things in retrospect. If the 2021 Red Sox miss the playoffs, but the 2022 team wins 100 games and goes deep, Sox fans would look on 2021 much more kindly in the rear view mirror.
All 5 of the starters have pitched well at certain points, and Eovaldi has mostly been excellent. Our bullpen has been outstanding. We have pulled off a lot of come-from-behind wins. We have a great manager. We've been fortunate, based on our run differential.
Sustaining all that the rest of the way is going to be the hard part.
So if we score 5 or 6 early runs and yank them just before the tying run comes to the plate, which might be in the third inning, we're good...
Sorry man, just feeling a little negative about the rotation today.
All I can say is, that was one f**king ominous trade deadline day, when you combine it with the Sox losing and our 3 AL East rivals winning last night, and our starting pitcher getting shelled again.
They are supposedly in their window of opportunity though. Kluber is not far from coming back. And like I said, fans are unhappy. It might pay off, who knows.