Weather Splits Series with Sox, 2-2

What it looks like over Cleveland right now. Probably.

For the 2nd time in 4 days, a Red Sox game has been postponed. CLEVELAND!!!

It’s also 1:43 in the morning right now, so I’m going to try to keep this short and sweet. Just a couple things to go over.

  • John Farrell has decided to run through the full rotation for the first go-around despite the most recent postponement. That means we’re getting Joe Kelly (somehow a #3 starter!), Rick Porcello, and Steven Wright for the next 3 games in Toronto and oh shit, it’s like I slipped into a fever dream from summer 2015. On the one hand, maybe it’s a good decision for continuity purposes and to get everyone into the swing of things. On the other hand, Farrell is basically flipping a coin with Wright rather than handing the ball to David Price for the Toronto series finale. And on the other other hand, the Sox will now use their ace in the home opener at Fenway. IT’S A CONSPIRACY, MAN. JOHN HENRY CONTROLS THE WEATHER.
  • There’s either not much to say yet about this team, or I’m really tired, or both. I just stared at the screen for 2 minutes while yawning and chuckling to myself about Pablo Sandoval being 0 for 1 so far this year.
  • RICH HILL UPDATE: Dude had a tough first day. He hit Adam Eaton with the first pitch of the game. Then he hit Jose Abreu later in the inning. And he got through that without giving up a run, and he had a clean 2nd inning, but then he gave up a triple, a single, and a double, and there were 2 errors (one by Hill), and he got yanked. Not his best, but I’m not convinced he’s out of gas yet.
  • I was going to come up with good, bad, and ugly sections, but I can’t think of anything notable to say for good and bad. So I’ll just do…
  • UGLY: I still haven’t written anything about the infielders, so both of our fans will have to wait until the weekend for my EXPERT INSIGHTS.

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  1. Righty

    A few ideas for good: Papi homered in each of the first two games, Price had a fantastic debut, Mookie looks like a superstar, JBJ has been solid at the plate, Brock Holt is the man