I think it was more that our starting pitching killed us in September. Beckett actually had a decent year, with an ERA of under 3.00 for the year. Not necessarily 'ace' stuff but not a total disaster (September aside). Lester won 15 games - again, not ace-like but not a total disaster. I think the failings of Lackey and Dice-K, and the injury to Buchholtz overshadowed the years they had (again, September aside). But the bullpen was also outstanding during the summer run last year, and that is certainly a big impact so far this year, along with a dormant offense the first two games. Melancon looks terrible so far, and if we're depending on Padilla to be the Aceves of 2012, that concerns me. And yesterday especially, it seem like we missed Aceves in his 2011 role in a big way, although he was terrible when he was in there. I think he is the sort of guy who needs to pitch multiple innings almost every day or every other day to stay sharp.
I just hope Bobby V has the patience to not start turning everything upside down after 3 games, although he is already tinkering with the lineup. Dan D Central NJ USA ________________________________ From: Ray Daniel Salemi <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, April 8, 2012 10:37 PM Subject: Re: Bard as closer yet? I fail to understand how it is that we all agreed that our starting pitching killed us last year, yet we were happy to go into the season with the same starting pitchers. On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 10:04 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: The irony - for me at least - is I actually thought our bullpen would be our strength. > > > >On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 6:31 PM, Ray <[email protected]> wrote: > >Why not Padilla? >> >> >>On Sunday, 8 April 2012 17:39:47 UTC-4, Ray wrote: >>Why not Padilla or Melancon? >>>Sent from my iPhone >>>On Apr 8, 2012, at 4:40 PM, Larry Rupp <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Starters don't look good, and now we are struggling at end of games too... >>>> It's early but we can't have this many pitching issues without some >>>> concern.., >>>> >>>> Sent from Larry's mobile >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Red Sox Citizens" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >>>> >>> -- >>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>"Red Sox Citizens" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/redsoxcitizens/-/rbozKkpbeO8J. >> >>To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>[email protected]. >>For more options, visit this group at >>http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >> >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red >Sox Citizens" group. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected]. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en.
