Weird Win

Dice-K was more erratic than usual and he felt it. As he got out of the inning in the fifth, he waited for Crisp to catch the ball, hung his head down and walked, almost dejected, from the mound to the dugout. I’m sure that was a rough day at the office and, quite frankly, not the best way to “earn” his third win.

When people look at his record this season they’ll wonder how he did so well. He’ll undoubtedly do better than last year’s 15 wins, and it’ll most likely come from the run support the team has failed to show in a  consistent manner.

Some thoughts:

• Youk, Manny and Drew are carrying the offense right now.
• Delcarmen is still someone I want to hold on to. His fastball has good movement, so he definitely has the tools to set up Pap if Oki goes awry.
• Papi is having the worst statistical start to the season out of all major league players right now.
• Still uncertain about Aardsma. I’ll need to see him for a good month before feeling good or bad when he comes in.
• Yankees haven’t got it together yet, but they will, then they’ll be a totally different team next time around.
• Cleveland next. Getting out of Fenway for a few days might be a bad thing.