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Garrett Whitlock had a 1.96 ERA and 1.10 WHIP over 73.1 regular-season innings.

The Red Sox have found reliable pieces, however. Matt Barnes served that role for most of Boston’s season but pitched to a 6.48 ERA in the second half, which included an IL stint after he tested positive for COVID-19. Nick Pivetta (9-8, 4.53) personifies erratic: unhittable one day and utterly mashable the next.īoston’s 3.99 bullpen ERA for the season topped the Astros’ 4.06, but Ryan Pressly (0.97 WHIP, 2.25 ERA, 26 saves in 28 chances, pictured) has a big edge as Houston’s closer. Eduardo Rodriguez (13-8, 4.74) turned in one mediocre ALDS start and a clunker. Nathan Eovaldi (11-9, 3.75), who’ll start Game 2 for the Red Sox, is off to a good postseason start (1-0, 2.61 ERA, 0.77 WHIP 16 strikeouts in 10.1 innings) but got hammered in his only outing against the Astros this year, surrendering five runs and 11 hits in 5.2 innings at Fenway Park. Getting the Game 1 start for the Red Sox is Chris Sale (5-1, 3.16), who isn’t his pre-Tommy John self just yet, as evidenced by the five runs he gave up in his Game 2 ALDS start in just one inning, and who has a 7.27 ERA in 26 career postseason innings. Should McCullers be a no-go for Game 3, Jose Urquidy (8-3, 3.62) would likely start that first game in Boston, with Jake Odorizzi (6-7, 4.21), Zack Greinke (11-6, 4.16) or perhaps even Cristian Javier a Game 4 starting possibility for Dusty Baker. Framber Valdez (11-6, 3.14, pictured) will get the ball in Game 1, with Luis Garcia (11-8, 3.30) lined up for Game 2. The righthander, whose 3.16 regular-season ERA was second among AL qualifiers, was having a splendid postseason until exiting the ALDS clincher against the White Sox after four innings. But for this series, it might all boil down to the severity of Lance McCullers Jr.’s forearm tightness. For the season, Astros starters had a 3.60 ERA (fifth in the majors) compared to 4.49 for the Red Sox (17th).