Fasten your seat belts, Red Sox and Yankee fans. We are following two elite baseball teams that already have run off hot streaks of 17-2 (Sox) and 15-1 (Yankees). Neither team is perfect, and Houston remains the best club in baseball, but bottom line is, the summer of 2018 should launch a period of intense Yankee-Red Sox action that could rival 2003-09, 1975-1978, 1946-50 when both franchises were capable of winning everything.
Of course, we all know neither Boston nor the Yankees can sustain a .700 winning percentage. Right? Both teams cannot trust the depth of their starting pitching rotations over 162 games. That is really the key to winning over 100 games. How good are your 4 and 5 starters? Yanks are lining up Sonny Gray, Jordan Montgomery and Domingo German for 4-6 with rising prospect Justus Sheffield in reserve at Scranton.
Boston leads with ace lefty Chris Sale and revitalized Rock Porcello. The key guy here is David Price. Recent starts have been troubling. Drew Pomeranz and Eduardo Rodriguez round out the top five.
Yankees got hot around the time they finally promoted rookie second baseman Gleyber Torres from Scranton. The kid is a great fielder. Seems to hit well, too, but the league will get a book on him sooner or later.
Boston has Mookie Betts, who might be the best player in baseball not named Trout or Harper. JD Martinez has filled the void left by David Ortiz's retirement. Hanley Ramirez looks interested and healthy this season. But the bottom of the lineup must get better, especially JBJ.
It's too early to make any judgements. Let's just enjoy the greatness on both sides this week.
Of course, we all know neither Boston nor the Yankees can sustain a .700 winning percentage. Right? Both teams cannot trust the depth of their starting pitching rotations over 162 games. That is really the key to winning over 100 games. How good are your 4 and 5 starters? Yanks are lining up Sonny Gray, Jordan Montgomery and Domingo German for 4-6 with rising prospect Justus Sheffield in reserve at Scranton.
Boston leads with ace lefty Chris Sale and revitalized Rock Porcello. The key guy here is David Price. Recent starts have been troubling. Drew Pomeranz and Eduardo Rodriguez round out the top five.
Yankees got hot around the time they finally promoted rookie second baseman Gleyber Torres from Scranton. The kid is a great fielder. Seems to hit well, too, but the league will get a book on him sooner or later.
Boston has Mookie Betts, who might be the best player in baseball not named Trout or Harper. JD Martinez has filled the void left by David Ortiz's retirement. Hanley Ramirez looks interested and healthy this season. But the bottom of the lineup must get better, especially JBJ.
It's too early to make any judgements. Let's just enjoy the greatness on both sides this week.