Saturday, April 30, 2016

Bawful Report of the Month (April)

The Boston Red Sox are 14-10 heading into the month of May. They've gotten great starting pitching lately to go with their up-tempo offense. In fact, take out one starter in particular and they'd be 14-5. Here is the monthly end performance report.


Matt Barnes has been a mixed bag this month. He has 5 good appearances, 3 bad appearances, 1 ugly appearance and was jackass 1 time.

Mookie Betts has had an up and down month. He has 8 good appearances, 6 bad appearances, 8 ugly appearances and was hero 1 time.

Xander Bogaerts started slow but picked it up lately. He has 8 good appearances, 3 bad appearances and 11 ugly appearances

Jackie Bradley Jr has had a great month. He has 11 good appearances, 5 bad appearances, 5 ugly appearances and was hero 2 times.

Clay Buchholz has been downright putrid. The Sox have lost all 5 of his starts. He has 1 good appearance, 2 bad appearances and was jackass 2 times.

Rusney Castillo only played in one game this season before being sent down to Pawtucket. His 1 appearance was good.

William Cuevas only pitched in one game this season before being sent down to Pawtucket. His 1 appearance was bad.

Roenis Elias only pitched in one game this season before being sent down to Pawtucket. His 1 appearance was bad.

Hanley Ramirez has been the Sox most consistent hitter so far. He has 8 good appearances, 3 bad appearances and 12 ugly appearances.

Ryan Hanigan has been a consistent backup so far. He has 1 good appearance, 6 ugly appearances and was hero 1 time.

Heath Hembree has been in 3 games this season and has 2 good appearances and has been hero 1 time.

Marco Hernandez has been in 2 games this season, 1 good, 1 bad.

Brock Holt has been consistent as well. He has 7 good appearances, 2 bad appearances, 10 ugly appearances and was hero 1 time.

Joe Kelly was dreadful before being placed on the DL. He had 1 bad appearances and 2 ugly ones.

Craig Kimbrel had a few hiccups but has been solid. He has 8 good appearances, 2 bad appearances, was hero 1 time and was jackass 1 time.

Tommy Layne has been rarely used. He has 3 good appearances, 2 bad and 1 ugly.

Pat Light only pitched in one game this season before being sent down to Pawtucket. His 1 appearance was bad.

Noe Ramirez struggled while he was up. He had 3 good appearances, 1 bad and 4 ugly appearances.

David Ortiz has shown no signs of slowing down at age 40. He has 10 good appearances, 4 bad, 6 ugly appearances and 1 hero.

Henry Owens has pitched in two games this season, 1 good appearance and 1 bad.

Dustin Pedroia had a great month of April. He has 10 good appearances, 2 bad, 9 ugly appearances and was hero 2 times.

Rick Porcello has been the best pitcher this month. He has 3 good appearances, 1 ugly and 1 hero.

David Price had some early struggles but has been the ace so far. He has 1 ugly appearance, 1 jackass and was hero 3 times.

Robbie Ross Jr has been good this month. He has 6 good appearances and 2 bad.

Josh Rutledge has had a good month as a utility guy. He has 2 good appearances, 1 bad and 2 ugly.  He also has 3 honorable mentions.

Pablo Sandoval has been an embarrassment this month but was thankfully put on the DL. He had 2 bad appearances and 1 ugly.

Travis Shaw was handed the 3rd basemen job and never looked back. He has 11 good appearances, 2 bad, 10 ugly and 1 hero.

Blake Swihart struggled behind the plate and was demoted. He had 3 good appearances, 2 ugly and was jackass 1 time.

Junichi Tazawa has been deadly this month. He has 10 good appearances and was jackass 1 time.

Koji Uehara has been equally deadly this month. He has 11 good appearances and was jackass 1 time.

Christian Vazquez has been solid since he returned from injury. He has 3 good appearances, 2 bad, 4 ugly and was hero 1 time.

Steven Wright has been arguably better than Porcello. He has 3 good appearances and was hero 1 time.

Chris Young has been the biggest disappointment besides Sandoval. He has 6 good appearances, 8 bad, 1 jackass and 1 honorable mention.


.....and the tallies are in.   The Most Valuable Player (most good) of the month of April is a tie. Jackie Bradley Jr and Koji Uehara both have 11 good appearances in 25 games.
                                            Co-MVP's Jackie Bradley Jr and Koji Uehara

The Least Valuable Player (most bad) was unanimous. Chris Young leads the team with 8 bad appearances to go with a jackass dis-honor.
                                              Least Valuable Player - Chris Young

The Ugliest Player of the month is Xander Bogaerts. He has 11 ugly appearances
                                                Ugliest Player of the Month: Xander Bogaerts


Hero of the month is David Price. He was the primary reason the Sox won 3 times.
                                            Hero of the month: David Price

Jackass of the month is Clay Buchholz. He has stunk in 4 of his 5 starts and the Sox have lost all 5 of them
                                             Jackass of the month: Clay Buchholz

The Honorable Mention of the month goes to Josh Rutledge with 3 appearances.
                                              Honorable Mention of the Month: Josh Rutledge


That concludes the first month. Stay tuned for May.





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