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Frank 21
The Red Sox rotation is the reason why they shouldn’t trade for an ace. As of right now, any ace, no matter how good, is just going to be an ace with 4 inconsistent pitchers behind him. The Sox don’t need an ace, they need 5 consistent starting pitchers. Until the 2015 Red Sox team can prove they deserve an ace, I don’t think they should make any trades. This Red Sox team is not “one ace away from contention.”
GMwannabe
i understand where you are coming from but given the state of the AL East this year that one stud SP might really be all that is needed. At least to win the division and make the playoffs.
Sleeper
Well, I think that ace at the top of that rotation would do two important things for Boston, in that it would take a lot of pressure off of the rest of the rotation, and it would represent stability every 5 days that they don’t currently have. Maybe an ace won’t fix the rest of the rotation, but it certainly couldn’t hurt.
East Coast Bias
So what are you suggesting? Do nothing?
I know FIP is lower than ERA for their pitchers, but sometimes that trend continues throughout the entire season for pitchers. I’m guessing 2-3 pitchers will “normalize” in the coming starts, and some will remain sub-par, which will bring the entire team down as a whole.
Doing nothing is a huge risk. The failure here is on Cherington in constructing the rotation with a bunch of 3s and 4s. But the failure will only compound if they do nothing about it, especially now that they see this isn’t working out as they had hoped.
Karkat
The FIP argument is pretty solid re: Sox rotation. I think the 12-10 April is pretty promising given how bad the team’s “luck” numbers have been
madmc44
Let’s be honest; the number of earned runs the Sox scored in April leads one to believe the team was fortunate to be 12-10.
The Sox high ERA 5.5 + tells me they are very fortunate to be 12-10.
HanRam’s 10 dingers and 23 RBI was very impressive considering Nap, Ortiz and Sandoval didn’t do much.
The Sox have an early season opportunity to take 1 st place in the East from the Yankees. Both groups of high priced superstars can show what they’ve got.
I doubt there will be much response if ARod overtakes Willie in the series.
Karkat
On the other side of that coin, the 4.11 FIP suggests that the pitching should improve somewhat, and the .272 BABIP is kind of low for the offense too, especially for
Shane Victorino (.179)
Daniel Nava (.194)
Mike Napoli (.196)
Hanley Ramirez (.233)
David Ortiz (.245)
Mookie Betts (.261)
Brock Holt and (to a lesser degree) Pablo Sandoval are the only ones with abnormally high numbers.
So while surface numbers suggest we’re lucky to be at 12-10, underlying numbers suggest that the team could improve on both sides of the ball.
Lee Morrell
The three pitchers cited as examples of slow starters for the Sox are three guys that have ultimately proven to be busts for the team…even if they did have moments of success…
123redsox
I’ll give the starters one more month. Bucholtz and Porcello are locks. Kelly has looked very good at times. So i think the M&M brothers, Miley and Masterson, should be given one more month in the rotation before being sent to the bullpen or DFAd (which would just apply to Masterson because he is only on a one year deal where miley has multi Years left). If you were to remove one of them from the rotation, Johnson and Rodriguez would be given a shot
unclejesse40
Wouldn’t mind seeing Romero rehab those knees in the Royals organization.
Who?
So is Romero technically still rehabbing with the Jays but not part of the team anymore or has he been set free? Kinda odd that a player can just be sent packing while recovering from injury.
Draven Moss
He was just set free. He is gonna be out the whole season I believe, so it made no sense for the Blue Jays to keep him when he is set to become a free agent after this year.