COMMENTARY
Playing nine innings while making irresistible comparisons between these resilient Red Sox and memorable players of postseasons past …
1. Nate Eovaldi
Comparison: 2007 Josh Beckett (a slightly lesser version)
Anyone who suggests the Red Sox don’t have an ace hasn’t been paying attention.
Eovaldi finished fifth in the AL in pitching Wins Above Replacement (4.6), trailing only the Blue Jays’ Robbie Ray, the Yankees’ Gerrit Cole, and a pair of White Sox, Lance Lynn and Carlos Rodon. He was fourth in innings pitched (182u2153), eighth in ERA (3.