For most of the season, the Boston Red Sox have been remarkably solid through the top three spots in their starting rotation. Ace lefty Garret Crochet, comebacking veteran Lucas Giolito and rising homegrown sinkerballer Brayan Bello have a collective 3.28 ERA — which would lead all MLB rotations if the whole Red Sox starting staff were only those three.

Combined, Boston's top three starters have given the team 450 1/3 innings in 74 starts among them 6.09 innings per start, close to a full inning above the MLB average of 5.21 innings pitched per game by starters.

Unfortunately for the Red Sox, Crochet, Giolito or Bello cannot start every game.

For the fifth spot, Boston has shuffled through 2024 All-Star Tanner Houck, rookie Hunter Dobbins, rookie Richard Fitts , journeyman sou

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