When it comes to high-end pitching donning the home uniform and toeing the rubber at Fenway Park, a pair of opposite, yet unmistakable truths have managed to coexist since at least the turn of the century:
- The Red Sox have repeatedly managed to get some of the best arms in the sport, helping power them to multiple championships.
- The Red Sox absolutely SUCK at developing their own high-end pitching.
It’s a counterintuitive conundrum. You need high-end, elite pitching to win the World Series, and yet the Red Sox, who are among the worst teams in all of baseball at developing their own high-end, elite pitching, have won more World Series than any other teams over the last 20 years.