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With the Fast forward to spring training this year, and Houck has not found the same success he did in 2020 Rich Gedman Shower Curtain. He currently holds an 8.53 ERA and has walked 10 batters in just 6.1 innings. Walks are something Houck struggled with throughout the minor leagues, where he had a walk rate in the double digits at both High-A and Triple-A. Even in his productive stint in the bigs last year, his BB% was up over 14%.If Houck wants to eventually win a spot in the rotation and have an impact this year, he going to need to give up fewer free passes.Instead,Nick Pivetta will start the year as the Red Sox number five starter.Pivetta spring training has been quite the contrast to Tanner Houck ?he been able to limit baserunners through a solid 9 innings, and his ERA sits at 3 Jimmie Foxx Flag.00. Pivetta is also the more experienced and proven pitcher of the two, having accumulated 4.1 fWAR in his first 300 innings in the major leagues from 2017-2018. However, he had his share of struggles in the two years since then, resulting in his trade to the Red Sox.A report came out during the offseason stating that the Rays tried hard to beat out the Red Sox for Pivetta, and that they viewed him as another potential Tyler Glasnow. While I don share quite that same level of optimism, I confident Chaim Bloom knows what he has in Pivetta and that, with a few adjustments,Pivetta has the potential to at least revert back to his solid 2018 form Nick Sogard Flag. His success thus far in spring training has definitely been a step in the right direction. If he can produce at his 2018 level, Pivetta will be a revelation at the back-end of the Red Sox pitching staff, and would make him an absolute steal from the Heath Hembree/Brandon Workman trade.
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