I should know this, but I don’t. Do they still give out a "Tenth Player Award" to the Red Sox? Mike Timlin won it in 2005, but I don’t remember if they awarded it in 2006.
My reason for wondering this aloud? If they DO give a "Tenth Player Award" out and it doesn’t go to Julian Tavarez, I’m mounting a protest.
Tavarez has done everything the team has asked of him this year. He’s ‘held’ the five spot in the rotation, knowing someone (Jon Lester) was coming up, eventually, to fill it. He’s worked out of the bullpen whenever the team needed him and he’s made spot starts with very little notice. He’s not only been wonderfully tempered about it, but he’s been effective as well.
While his numbers might not reflect that of a ‘great’ pitcher. He has a 4.84 era and his w/l record is 7-9 – but his numbers don’t tell the entire story. He’s been pretty much a rock the team can go to when they need and he’s stepped in up in the middle of a tense playoff run. The dude is the MAN for us right now.
Shout out to Bobby Kielty (Nick Cafardo, it’s KELty not KEELty – learn it, live it) for taking it to Chicago today. (And count me in on wanting Kielty to platoon with JD Drew!!!!!)
Nick Cafardo just called Kielty KEELTY and then corrected himself and called him KELty. Maybe NESN folk DO read this blog. 🙂
Sox are 7.5 up, folks, and the Yanks can lose tomorrow night to make it 8 up going into the series in the Bronx, rendering that series, basically, meaningless.
I’ll definitely take 7.5 – but I’m greedy for 8!
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