J.D. Drew continued his playoff hot streak last night, going 2-for-5 with 2 RBI as the Red Sox absolutely crushed the Rockies 13-1 in Game 1 of the World Series.
Quite improbably, he is now hitting .317 with 11 RBI and a home run in 11 playoff games. We at the J.D. Drew Relief Fund don't know where this production was hiding all year, but better late than never.
It is still frustrating, however, that the Red Sox are paying $14 million a year for such inconsistency. If Drew keeps coming through when it matters most, is he worth it? Leave your thoughts here, and make sure you vote in the poll on the right about the "$14 Million Grand Slam."
P.S.: Big thanks to ESPN.com's Sports Guy, Bill Simmons, for giving the J.D. Drew Relief Fund a plug in his latest column. Bill, if you're reading, are you going to be sending a check to Yawkey Way?
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What, no love for the hookup from Perry? Cold, bro, just cold.
I gotta say, I don't think Drew's year was so bad. Sure he is overpaid , did poorly in RBI and HR, and is rarely exciting to watch, but benching him? I don't think so. You can pick and choose statistics to make him look horrible, but it goes the other way too.
For example, this year Drew had the same number of doubles+triples as Manny Ramirez (34). He was second only to Papi on the team in walks (that's right, more walks than Youk the Greek God of Walks himself). He had more runs scored per at-bat than Youkilis, Manny, Pedroia, Lowell, and Crisp, despite hitting in the bottom half of the lineup.
Despite not turning out to be the RBI guy he should be, the man still helps the team score runs and fits in with the team philosophy of wearing down pitchers. Not a guy that would be wise to bench, in my opinion.
You're the man who made it all happen, Brad.
Anonymous 4:39 p.m., those numbers don't show how much Drew dragged down the rest of the team during the regular season.
Drew grounded into 12 double plays, including 8 inning-enders. With two outs and runners in scoring position, he batted .213 with 23 strikeouts.
He also had just 64 RBI in 140 games. In 2001, he had 74 RBI ... in 109 games. Don't get me wrong, I love what he's done in the playoffs, but you can't honestly say he had a decent regular season.
First allow me to identify myself as a blatant Theo apologist. Now down to business. A) Why does it matter that he struck out 23 times with two outs and RISP? Is there a more productive third out you were hoping for? Third out sac flies = generally ineffective. 2) You're giving him crap for grounding into inning-ending double-plays? If there was no one out before the GDP, does it only count for 1.5 outs or something? I feel like it's the same two outs that prompt me to use an invective to urge JD to bang his mom whether it ends the inning or not.
There are plenty of reasons to rip Drew, like the fact that Johnny King of the Five Tools only had 4 steals (three fewer than Dustin "Slower Than Youk" Pedroia). So let's keep it real, yo.
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