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| Rick Porcello |
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is only the Phillies (one of the worst teams in baseball), but the Red Sox—and their newly-signed starter
Rick Porcello—have a chance to go 2-0 on the young season today in
The City of Brotherly Love. Armed with
a freshly-signed 4-year, $82.5 million contract extension—the right-hander will make his first
official start as a member of
The Carmine Hose tonight. Last year, most pundits thought the Tigers would pony up the cash to sign
either Max Scherzer or Porcello—and, of course, they lost
both. While Scherzer is a slam-dunk ace, the jury is still out on Porcello—which makes the Boston move all the more interesting. In our view, locking up talented, younger pitchers is preferable to gambling on talented, older ones. Essentially, (after shipping off
Yoenis Cespedes to Detroit), Boston has swapped off 31-year old
Jon Lester for 26-year old Porcello. Time will tell, but it looks like that five-year trade-off is the prudent choice.
