The Boston Red Sox are looking for some stability in their rotation down the stretch. Eduardo Rodriguez was expected to be a part of that when he returned from the disabled list at the beginning of this month but the results have been a mixed bag so far.
Rodriguez’ first start after rejoining the rotation was encouraging. He held the Chicago White Sox to only one run over 5 2/3 innings and struck out a season-high 12 batters. Excitement still had to be tempered considering Chicago has one of the weakest lineups in baseball with a league-high strikeout rate.