Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Player Review---Josh Beckett

Today I am going to look at Josh Beckett. Although he did have an amazing record last year I don't think that his streak will continue.
http://blogs.dailyillini.com/justbaseball/files/2007/08/beckett.jpg

Don't think that I'm saying he's a lousy pitcher, I just look at the hitting the nights he pitched and it was incredible. He probably will be a threat, but he is not the main reason that he has won his games.

The Red Sox as always have amazing pitchers, and Beckett is definitely good. However, his potential is not as big as a large number of fans make it out. I think that the focus put on pitchers, like Becket, is wrong and that the goal in the Red Sox house is batting.

Josh Beckett will have a fear factor around him but yet he will not be, if numbers make sense, a big impact.

-James

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Beckett has a name for himself now but trust me, he won't have what he had last year. The Red Sox can't keep up that explosive hitting performance. After all the year before last, his E.R.A. was 5.01. That ain't no Cy Award Winner...but a sigh award winner.

Anonymous said...

Nice way to inject some laughter. I agree. Only way he could keep it up is to pull a Barry Bonds.