Fansided · Jun 20, 2018
Red Sox Joe Kelly becoming just another average Joe
The Boston Red Sox bullpen needs some reinforcements and the issue may be exacerbated by Joe Kelly’s sudden, or not so sudden, slump.
As the long trek that is the baseball schedule moves forward a reality sets in on players who have been exceptional in the first few months. One may define exceptional as just awful, such as Jackie Bradley, or as par excellence, as Red Sox reliever Joe Kelly.
Kelly is in the right place at the right time. That is with a market that rewards pitchers with enormous contracts and one niche that has profited are relief pitchers. The 30-year-old righty is now a relief pitcher. The reason is Kelly failed as a starter.
