NEW YORK -- Here is how drastically things have changed for Joe Kelly in the last month.
At one point on Saturday, David Ortiz, the most prominent player on the Red Sox, sidled up to Kelly and said, "You've got me super excited for next year."
Over his last six starts, Kelly is 6-0 with a 2.68 ERA. Behind Kelly's mastery on Saturday, the Red Sox rolled to a 3-1 victory over the Mets. This, on a day New York trotted out Jacob deGrom, one of its noted young guns.