Baseball is a game of adjustments, requiring both hitters and pitchers to alter their approach when the game isn’t going their way.
Not much went Rick Porcello‘s way in his first season in a Boston Red Sox uniform. The 7-year veteran was in the midst of the worst season of his career when he hit the disabled list in late July, sporting a brutal 5.81 ERA at the time. Taking nearly a month off was as much to the benefit of his mind as it was his body, as it allowed Porcello the time to work on his mechanics.