The 2018 baseball season might well go down as the year relievers became starters. But Boston flipped the script in the Fall Classic to take home the hardware.
The Boston Red Sox and right-hander Rick Porcello have agreed to a new four-year extension, the team announced Monday.
In a flurry of moves late Wednesday and early Thursday, the Boston Red Sox added three starting pitchers as they attempt to fill the rotation void left when Jon Lester decided to sign with the Cubs.
Justin Verlander pitched only one inning of the Detroit Tigers' 11-6 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night because of soreness in his right shoulder.
