It took a while, and he looked terrible in the minors for a while, but when the Red Sox needed him most, Kyle Harrison showed up with confidence. The Rafael Devers trade was still an objectively bad return, in my opinion, but it’s nice to know that we can still have nice things (at least for now) in 2025.

He’s still working on his pitch mix, the breaking balls specifically, but even with that, he was able to heavily rely on his fastball(s) for a solid outing with limited damage allowed. His changeup is still certifiably bad, but he luckily and strategically only threw four all game. The more recently developed slurve was a bit all over the place and accounted for two of his four hits allowed, but filled the zone or at least baited batters to swing enough to be a successful tertiary pitch.

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