Whitlock is not on my s***** Sox RPer list, but if you went by some posters methodology of you,re only as good as your last 1-4 games, he,d be bashed, too.
I trust Barnes- the guy nobody thought could ever be a closer.
I trust Ottavino enough.
I trust Whitlock enough, but his history is very short, and he’s being stretched out to be a starter or long man- not an 8th inning solid set up man.
The fact is, anyone Cora brings in for the 6th or 7th inning will lead to someone saying, “Why did he bring in a guy who has sucked.”
6 of the 9 have all sucked, and even Whitlock’s numbers in May are not great.
That’s my only point, besides not needing 6 s***** RPers on the 26 when 5 can give us the same.