Joe Kelly’s tenure with the Los Angeles Dodger certainly has not gotten off to the greatest of starts.
The former Boston Red Sox reliever has gotten shelled in his first two appearance in Dodger Blue, sporting an ERA of 18.00 while allowing two home runs, seven hits and six runs over three innings.
And Dodgers fans were not shy about sharing their feelings about Kelly’s most recent outing, in which he gave up four runs over 1 2/3 innings and took the loss against the San Francisco Giants on Monday night, booing the reliever as manager Dave Roberts took the ball from him.
But Kelly didn’t seem too fazed after the game, and recalled his tenure with the Red Sox in the process.
“I played in a place where it’s a lot worse with the boo birds so it’s fine,” Kelly said via the Los Angeles Times’ Jorge Castillo.
Whether that’s a dig or a nod to Boston fans’ dedication to their team, we’ll let you be the judge.
Kelly’s tenure in Boston was nothing short of a roller coaster ride. The flamethrower was lights out in the postseason, earning his lucrative three-year deal with the Dodgers in free agency. But Kelly was at best inconsistent during his time in Boston, with his ERA ballooning over 8.00 in the months of June, July and September 2018, making him a question mark to even be included on the postseason roster.
It probably is too soon to write off Kelly in L.A., but Red Sox fans certainly can understand where Dodgers fans are coming from.
