Just as it is to early to freak out over the season, it is also to early to relax about the season. However, I said from the beginning that Beckett is the cog that is most important for Boston success. Tonight Beckett pitched a gem, going 8 innings with 2 hits 0 walks and 10 Ks. What stood out most for me was the use of the curve ball. Beckett has an elite curve and when he sets up the fastball it becomes his out pitch, and against Cleveland earlier in the week I didn't see that curve nearly as often as I did tonight. Lester is an ace, and Buchholz is better then he's shown so far (and Boston believes so too because they gave him a 4 year extension today); but, Josh Beckett is the one guy who's been so good in the past and is, at the end of the day, the biggest support and leader for the rotation. If he keeps pitching like he did tonight, I think the Sox are going to start blazing. With Tampa coming to Fenway (and struggling in their own right) Boston could be 5-7 really quick.
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Sunday, April 10, 2011
Is Boston Righting the Ship?
Just as it is to early to freak out over the season, it is also to early to relax about the season. However, I said from the beginning that Beckett is the cog that is most important for Boston success. Tonight Beckett pitched a gem, going 8 innings with 2 hits 0 walks and 10 Ks. What stood out most for me was the use of the curve ball. Beckett has an elite curve and when he sets up the fastball it becomes his out pitch, and against Cleveland earlier in the week I didn't see that curve nearly as often as I did tonight. Lester is an ace, and Buchholz is better then he's shown so far (and Boston believes so too because they gave him a 4 year extension today); but, Josh Beckett is the one guy who's been so good in the past and is, at the end of the day, the biggest support and leader for the rotation. If he keeps pitching like he did tonight, I think the Sox are going to start blazing. With Tampa coming to Fenway (and struggling in their own right) Boston could be 5-7 really quick.
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