He wasn’t available to pitch in Sunday night’s finale against the Red Sox, but in the first two games of the series he absolutely owned Boston’s hitters. He had his fastball revved up to a devastating 98-mph and his curveball was absolutely falling off the table and into the strike zone consistently. He was so dominate that Mike Lupica took to his prestigious Sunday column in the New York Daily News to express his opinion on Dellin Betances.
“There he was these last two games at old Fenway, gassing the Boston Red Sox with strike after strike, fastballs and breaking balls knifing away from Red Sox hitters and then more fastballs up in their eyes, and looking for this one weekend as dominating as any Yankee relief pitcher has, and that includes the great [Mariano] Rivera.