While Dice-K gets all the vitriol, our "third No. 1" pitcher, John Lackey continues to be mediocre.
2010 -- 4.87 ERA, 1.60 WHIP, 46-68 BB/K in 113 innings. 2009 -- 3.83 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 47-139 BB/K in 176.1 IP 2008 -- 3.75 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 40-130 BB/K in 163.1 IP 2007 -- 3.01 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 52-179 BB/K in 224 IP His walks are way up, just one away from last year's full-season total, but his strikeouts are way down ... and no one with a 1.60 WHIP deserves a winning record. He's benefited from some great offensive support, but is there some point where we really start to worry about him? Sure, he's been better than Beckett (7.29 ERA, 1.66 WHIP), but that's not saying much. Just for comparison, the despised Matsuzaka is at 4.71 ERA, 1.43 WHIP, 35-54 BB/K in 65 innings. Steve O -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en.
