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Rick Porcello's shutout performance last night (6.1 innings) is another example of how valuable the right-hander has become in the 2016 Red Sox rotation. After a disappointing inaugural campaign in Boston, Porcello is rapidly becoming the joint ace (along with
Steven Wright) of this year's staff. After last night, Porcello is 12-2 with a 3.47 ERA
and a rotation-leading WHIP of 1.16. In 119.1 innings, he's given up just 115 hits. Although control has sometimes been an issue, he's been better lately (he walked just two last night, for example). He's given up 14 long balls, but he's kept opposing hitters to a .252 average (compared with .262 for
David Price). All in all, he is delivering the goods we expected when we sent
Yoenis Cespedes and
Alex Wilson (via
Dave Dombrowski) to the Tigers for him.
