Yesterday morning I detailed how I, Daniel Burch, was not
afraid of the Cleveland Indians if the New York Yankees potentially faced off
with them in the postseason but the team with 21 straight wins isn’t the only
team I’m not afraid of. I’m not afraid of any damn Boston Red Sox either! Here
are just a few of the reasons why.
Well first and foremost you can look at the schedule and see
that these two teams have split the 12 games they have faced off head-to-head
this season. Six wins for the Yankees and six wins for the Red Sox but the most
encouraging part of the those six wins for the Yankees is how well they have
played against the Red Sox when Chris Sale was on the mound. Sale faced the
Yankees in three consecutive Yankees/Red Sox series and Sale dominated one
start, should have lost another if it weren’t for some late heroics by Boston
on Sunday night baseball and the lefty took an “L” on the chin after getting
knocked around in the third. With the Yankees showing an ability to have Sale’s
number mixed in with the fact that the team has historically hit David Price,
Rick Porcello and Drew Pomeranz better than most I feel supremely confident
about their chances going forward. Add in a Doug Fister or an Eduardo Rodriguez
into the Red Sox starting rotation and it may be Home Run Derby in October for
the boys in pinstripes.
The Yankees bullpen is deep and it is only going to get
deeper once New York gets Adam Warren off the disabled list as he battles back
spasms. As good as the Yankees starting rotation has been with Luis Severino,
Masahiro Tanaka and Sonny Gray the bullpen may be that much better with David
Robertson, Tommy Kahnle, Aroldis Chapman, Dellin Betances and Chad Green. These
are not the Yankees that the Red Sox beat up on in July as Tanaka has been
better, the bullpen has been better and solidified and Gray has been added to
the mix. The Red Sox made moves of their own before the trade deadline but
having Porcello struggle and having Price on the disabled list again with an
elbow injury just isn’t what you want if you’re Boston right now.
The final reason I’m not afraid of the Boston Red Sox is
because, well simply put, they are the Boston Red Sox. The Curse of the Bambino
has been reversed for 13 seasons now but there once was a point in time where
the Yankees were the “daddies” of the Boston Red Sox and there’s no telling
when that time could come again. With Greg Bird (hopefully) back in the mix and
with the youthful and now healthy Yankees striding towards the postseason I say
bring on the damn Red Sox. I want the best of the best on the way to World
Series #28 because I want no excuses along the way. To hell with the Indians
and to hell with the Red Sox too while you’re at it.
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