Let's see if Porky is really worth the money he's getting paid.

[notin]

He was also one of the pitchers that got the most run support that season. If he had half the run support he got he wouldn't had the numbers so being on the most offensive team in the MLB helped him. His ERA will tell you exactly how good he really was anybody with an above 4.00 ERA isn't an elite pitcher in this league.

Chris Sale has an ERA well over 4.00 this year. He's not an elite pitcher?

[Bellhorn04]

He was also one of the pitchers that got the most run support that season. If he had half the run support he got he wouldn't had the numbers so being on the most offensive team in the MLB helped him. His ERA will tell you exactly how good he really was anybody with an above 4.00 ERA isn't an elite pitcher in this league.

I never said he was elite. Nice try with moving the goalposts.

[moonslav59]

Sale is second in xFIP this season.

[vegasbob]

How can a discussion of Porcello's effectiveness have any relevance in the remake of the Red Sox post DD? Maybe it would be a fun off season esoteric exercise , if you like futility. The game is played most nights between the lines, not in the box score or its derivatives. Rick has said many mea culpas but never has corrected his flaws to become more than a sometimes inning eater, especially recently . He is one of the known Gones from 2019.