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Cora On Rodriguez: "He Needs To Get Better. I'm Going To Be Hard On Him."

Eduardo Rodriguez pitched into the seventh inning in only two of his 23 starts last year.

In five of six starts from May 15 to June 12, Rodriguez could not give the Red Sox six innings, but still threw between 98 and 110 pitches:

May 15 - 5.0 IP, 98 pitches May 20 - 5.2 IP, 110 pitches May 25 - 5.2 IP, 101 pitches May 30 - 6.2 IP, 100 pitches June 6 - 5.2 IP, 107 pitches June 12 - 5.2 IP, 109 pitches June 17 - 6.0 IP, 113 pitches

For several seasons, we have been told Rodriguez has amazing stuff - and there have been exciting flashes (17 scoreless innings last July before being sidelined with an injured ankle) - yet his starts are often frustrating.