Welcome back to another edition of The Anatomy of An Inning. My name is Jacob Roy, and I pretend to know pitching better than the pitchers themselves. If you’re new here or need a reminder of what this is all about, I take an inning from the previous week or so and break it down, one pitch at a time. Each pitch should have a purpose, I’m looking at each individually to try to go beyond the box score and tell the full story.
The Situation
With much of the Red Sox rotation taking up their own wing at Mass General (and with the release of relief ace Pablo Reyes), there’s a shortage of arms in Boston.