Silly me. I made the mistake of giving up on Nate Eovaldi. Well, he goes and joins the Red Sox and becomes stronger than he ever was with the Yankees. Funny how that works out.
Eovaldi is definitely not bringing up the rear of the Red Sox' rotation. There is no rear. There is only a rear when Steven Wright pitches in Chris Sale's absence. The entire rotation is pitching well: Price, Sale, Porcello, Rodriguez...and now Eovaldi. And people wonder why this team is doing so well.
The Red Sox are going to hit 100 wins within the week. This is ABSOLUTELY going to happen. Now it's going to be the question of whether or not they chase 117, which would be the wins record set by Seattle in 2001. And the next part...is whether or not the Red Sox will go the way of the 2001 Mariners...in that they didn't win the World Series, or even the ALCS.
The Red Sox have all the makings of a great playoff team: great lineup, solid home run hitter, a guy that's going to win the MVP award, a guy that's probably going to win the Cy Young award. They have so much of 'the best' that it's easy to see this team falling to a team that gets hot at the right time. And yes, there's a chance that the best team in baseball can win it all: it's happened the past two seasons. But with a team this big...an iceberg can very clearly happen, and it can come from anywhere.
If they win it all, I'll be fine with it...but somehow, I don't know if it'll be that simple.
Coming Tonight: He hurled fire for Baltimore, got out, and now he's even more powerful in Atlanta.
Even though they're doing so well, it has to be a little nerve wracking with the playoffs being so unpredictable each year. As a Cubs fan, I'll say good luck...to a point!
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