If you’re unhappy with the Boston Red Sox’s pitching and trust Curt Schilling’s opinion, then you have a lot to look forward to in the future.
The former Boston Red Sox ace made his weekly appearance on WEEI’s “Dennis & Callahan” on Wednesday, and he raved about the Red Sox’s young pitchers. Still, Schilling made it clear their success in Boston’s farm system doesn’t mean they’re ready for the bigs.
“I look at this organization from a pitching perspective like you can kind of look at the (Chicago) Cubs from a player perspective,” Schilling said. “I think they’re stacked. A lot of power arms. … I love the arms. I really do think that they’ve got a ton of development happening, and this is just an unfortunate year.”
“Unfortunate year” almost is an understatement at this point. At 36-43 entering Wednesday, the Red Sox still have a reasonable chance at making up ground in a rather weak American League East — they’re still just six games behind first place — but Schilling doesn’t see that happening.
“I don’t know that this is the club to hoist a pennant,” Schilling said. “They still have some pieces missing. … I was kind of a pariah at the winter meetings because I wasn’t a fan of (the Pablo Sandoval and Hanley Ramirez signings). It’s a staff full of maybe (No. 3 pitchers), and one (No. 1), and the one is the youngest guy on the staff, (Eduardo Rodriguez).”
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