I'm pre-ripping JF for starting Fister game 3.
ERod is better.
Even Porcello is better.
This is not the last straw. That straw came months or years ago.
I was about to say that I had this in the win column for Cleveland, but I still may be right, despite the worst outing of the year for Kluber. Those Indians can hit, and that's what they're doing. It's now a one run game.
We may have Yankee company yet in this let-down post season.
Farrell is not to blame that Chris Freaking Sale fades out at the end of every season. He is not to blame that Porcello stunk it up this year. Fister is a good choice out of three choices that aren't so good. Farrell is not losing these games. The Red Sox overachieved and are the worst of all the remaining playoff teams, including the Yankees. That's reality, and it sucks.
What really stings is that we've now had Price, Porcello, Sale and Pomeranz all bomb out on us in the playoffs the last 2 years.
I'm not ready to start calling...
Chris Freakin' Sale
....
Freakin' Chris Sale
The problem of Sale fading at the end of each season is not going away. But if you hold him back early in the season you risk not making the playoffs. I don't see any easy answer to this. Porcello is an enigma. Is there even a "real" Porcello. Erod has the talent, but has not developed the smarts quite yet. And Pom is a good five inning starter. I hate to say but I may have to change my mind about Price. They need him more than ever. What a predicament!
Rick Porcello has posted an ERA+ over 100 in three of his nine MLB seasons: 114 in 2009, 113 in 2014 and the anomaly 142 in 2016:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...orceri01.shtml