I expect, as usual, the Red Sox make Jimenez pitch a lot with a little more emphasis.
Jimenez 2007 AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox stats:
Yr Age W L W/L% G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WP BFP IBB BK ERA WHIP
2007 23 8 5 .615 19 19 1 0 0 0 103 110 74 67 9 62 89 3 11 467 0 0 5.85 1.67
High WHIP and ERA.
They need to get good ABs against him by taking balls and fouling off strikes until they can get a pitch to hit. If he’s nervous then he can be beaten. Pedroia’s lead off HR really set the tone againt the starter last night.