The Price is Definitely Right

That's it. The Red Sox are going 162-0 with a free pass to the World Series. Get the Gold Bottles ready. But for real, what a game to start the season! It had it all: great hitting, pitching, and defense. What more could you ask for? Maybe a perfect game from Price but that is really it. 

David Price is worth all $217 million so far. He pitched like a true ace and showed what an ace means. He had a few really hard innings especially the 4th inning with over 30 pitches but then he got out of the jam without giving up the lead. He had a few quick 1-2-3 innings to make up for it and overall had a great day. He went 6 innings with 5 hits, 2 earned runs, 2 walks, and 10 STRIKEOUTS! He was looking unhittable for a while. He mixed it up well using all four pitches and using the whole strike zone. The BBWWA should just give Price his CY Young award now because there's no hope for other american league pitchers to try. It's game over. 

The Bullpen or should I say fire emoji. They were lights out. They all had an inning pitched with no hits from the 7th on. Taz and Kimbrel had two strikeouts each with a walk from Kimbrel. Koji as our new set up man, had one strikeout. Our bullpen looks amazing now but imagine it with a healthy Carson Smith. My mind can't compute that type of amazingness. Our bullpen could be a big strength and I am very happy with how it's going. 

Mookie. Mookie. Mookie. Man, is he good. He went 2-5 with a two run bomb and made a great defensive play in the 4th robbing Rajai Davis from a triple. It was a huge play and saved Price's ass. From the words of Big Papi after the game, "Superstar, man. Superstar. He's got that swag. He has what the game needs right now". I couldn't agree with this quote from David any more. 

Mike Trout, Bryce Harper, Jason Heyward, Andruw Jones, and Mookie Betts, what do they all have in common? They all have home runs in multiple opening day games as 23 years of age or younger. That list is insane and all HOF type players in the future. Mookie is a stud and candidate for MVP once again. I think the BBWWA should just make a joint deal with the Red Sox for multiple years where Price gets the CY Young and Mookie gets the MVP.  I'm okay with that. 

Big Papi was Big Papi once again on Opening Day. He hit his 5th opening day home run which leads the league now. He still has that swagger and his swing is beautiful. I am sad but excited to see him rake again one more time this season. 

Price was exceptional but what about the rest of the rotation? We should just wait in see. We all need to pray for the healthy Clay Buchholz because when he is healthy, he is a stud. Kelly, needs to be like he was during the 8 game win streak last season and we're fine. Porcello needs to be himself after the DL last year and Wright needs to go 5 with a tie or lead so the bullpen can save the day. E-rod should be back late April / early May and he will provide a good arm who can actually pitch well. Let's hope last year was not a fluke for him. It's all a crab shoot and let's hope for the best.

I know we had a huge win opening day last year and Clay looked like he could be our ace so we can't get too hyped from today. But, today's team looked like a different team. I can definitely see aspects of the 2013 team in this team and that's great. It's always a relief to get the first win out of the way.  

It's game 1 of 162 so let's keep rooting for out Sox and show them the love they need. It's gonna be a great season and lets keep the Red Sox conversation going with Red Sox nation. 

Final: Red Sox 6 - Cleveland 2