Porcello didn't have command? How absurd. He pitched 2,096 major league innings and averaged 2.1 walks per 9 innings. He was a strike thrower all the way.
I think maybe Max, you don't appreciate how hard major league baseball is.
By the same token, if the Sox PR Duran there, the Yankees are more aware of speed on second base and that may change their defensive alignment or what happens on the play.
When you change one thing, other things can change too.
Here's the post about Perez I remembered.
https://www.talksox.com/forum/threads/20093-June-3-BOS-(Perez)-HOU-(Odorizzi)?p=1390438&viewfull=1#post1390438
I wouldn't say we were hot coming into this series though. We beat the Jays twice, but before that we lost 6 of 8, and had lost the last 2 to the Yanks in somewhat ugly fashion.