Before the season began, the Boston Red Sox starting rotation consisted of David Price and a handful of mediocre pitchers. However, it seems as though a new star is beginning to emerge. Rick Porcello, whose name most Sox fans’ usually cringe at after a terrible 2015 season, is finally proving that he is worth that four-year, $82.5 million contract extension he signed in April of 2015. Not only that, but Porcello setting himself up to have a breakout year in Boston.
When Porcello was traded to the Boston Red Sox during the 2014/2015 offseason, it was assumed that he would be their ace.