Jones & Keefe: Assessing the biggest flaws of the Red Sox

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00:00I know you were concerned about Hauk coming back to Earth a little bit anyway.

00:04Definitely.

00:05And now, this isn't coming back to Earth, this is bad.

00:09Well no, now this is bad.

00:10Yeah, this, before you were like, well he was pitching like an ace for the first half of last year.

00:14There's just, there's no debating that, right?

00:16He looked like a Cy Young contender for the first half, made his first All-Star team.

00:21And then as the season went on, it's not like he got shelled, right?

00:24It's not like he got destroyed.

00:25There were some like, Cutter Crawford starts where you're like, alright, this guy is falling apart.

00:29Just getting teed off.

00:29I don't think Tanner Hauk really had that.

00:31You know, we went back and looked at his month-by-month stats from a year ago.

00:35And he just became more average.

00:37Still like, worth being in your rotation.

00:40But not an All-Star.

00:41Like, that almost looks more like the outlier, that first half.

00:44Second half, you're like, alright, that's the guy that would be in your rotation.

00:48But also, probably why they, being the Red Sox front office, prioritized Crochet and the guy pitching today, Walker Buehler.

00:55Because if you only add one, and I know Hauk technically got the game to start.

00:58But still, just another arm that you can rely on.

01:01Because I don't know what Tanner Hauk is going to be.

01:04He, like Crawford, hit career highs in innings last year.

01:09He was also a full-time starter, which he hasn't always been.

01:12Right? He was a guy that would pitch out of the bullpen.

01:15They didn't really know what the role was for him.

01:16So when you take last year's second half, where he was like an average starter.

01:21Then a bad spring, and a couple of not great starts.

01:24Yeah, he should definitely be on that list.

01:26If we're doing the list of pros, and it's highlighted by Campbell and Crochet.

01:31And then you're looking at guys, you know, so you started with Kassus.

01:35I would just say with Kassus, I'm more worried about health than anything else with him.

01:38So if he made it through the first week, and he's okay.

01:40I'm just kind of worried about the whole Kassus experience, honestly.

01:44The total package.

01:44Yeah, I'm worried about all of it.

01:46And like, I know he can hit for power when he's out there.

01:49And he was a big prospect.

01:51And like, if he hits, I'm really genuinely not going to care.

01:54No, I know.

01:54But I worry if that kind of stuff gets in the way with him a little bit.

01:59Yeah, I get it.

01:59We'll see.

02:00But yeah, health is fair with him, for sure.

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