They say that baseball is a game of adjustments. Joe Kelly made one on the fly as the Boston Red Sox prepared for their ALDS match up with the Cleveland Indians – an adjustment that paid immediate dividends.
Kelly was one of the few bright spots in a series that saw Boston swept in the opening round of the postseason. The right-hander thrived once the Red Sox finally made the long overdue decision to convert him into a reliever and when the postseason rolled around Kelly raised his game to another level, retiring all 11 batters that he faced over three appearances.