The BoSox Injection staff’s preview of the Boston Red Sox 25-man roster continues with a look at starting pitcher Rick Porcell0.
There were a lot of reasons to be disappointed with the Boston Red Sox last season, but Rick Porcello‘s name is bound to be near the top of that list.
The first handful of years that Porcello spent with the Detroit Tigers showed that he was a below-average back of the rotation starter, until a breakout year in 2014 convinced the Red Sox that he was on the verge of becoming ace material at the age of 26. Not only did they surrender the powerful bat of Yoenis Cespedes to acquire Porcello in a trade last winter (which indirectly led to the ill-fated Hanley Ramirez…
