“With any player we’re considering at the top of the draft, we do extensive work on makeup and character, background, all of those things”, said Red Sox amateur scouting director Mike Rikard on the night of the draft. Nathan Eovaldi, Tuesday’s supposed starter, threw 1 1/3 innings of relief, allowing two hits as well, while Aroldis Chapman worked a clean eighth and struck two.
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Now Boston hopes Eduardo Rodriguez has fixed his flaws during a two-week stint in the minor leagues.
Weeks after his huge amount of success during the College Baseball World Series, Arizona utility man Bobby Dalbec, has finally signed a contract with the Boston Red Sox.
The Yankees will send Michael Pineda to try and tame the beast of a Red Sox offense that leads baseball in runs (490), batting average (.292), on-base percentage (.359), slugging percentage (.474), OPS (.833) and doubles (216).
If the New York Yankees want to be a playoff team, they’ll need to prove their worth starting this weekend.
The Red Sox went long, long, and long again Friday night to open the second half of the season with a win in NY. He gave up five runs and five hits in five-plus innings, leaving him with a 5.56 ERA and 18 home runs allowed in 18 starts this season.
Sabathia has experienced a career revival, but has struggled recently.
“It’s been interesting to see how Drew has evolved from last year to this year, just with his pitch mix and his usage overall”, Farrell said.
Wright made one start against the Yankees this season, going nine innings and allowing just three hits in a victory.
After running up an unsightly 6.92 ERA through the first two months of the season, the 27-year-old began to turn his season around in June, posting a 2.75 ERA. With the Yankees, he is 10-8 with a 4.64 ERA in 25 starts against them.
And with each day that ticks by without much traction in the standings, the Yankees will face questions about urgency. And of course, for NY, that usually means no more runs.
Earlier this week, general manager Brian Cashman put the burden on his players to come out firing, saying, “if the guys want to stay together and fight for something as a group, we have to win these games”. Translate that into the course of a 162-game span, and Ortiz would own a staggering 44 home runs.
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– After throwing a scoreless fourth, Pineda surrendered a two-run blast to third baseman Travis Shaw in the fifth, digging his team a 3-0 hole.
