Quote Originally Posted by CoolJakeB View Post
Not sure if this makes Phillies pitching better, but Papelbon should do well in the National League. Papelbon is a good closer, but is too cocky for his own good. He has had his fair share of late season blowups, most recently the last game of the Red Sox's season this year. The Phillies definitely overpaid for him at $12.5 million a year for 4 years, compared to Rivera who makes $15 million a season.
I wouldnt hold the last game against him considering crawford should really have caught the ball. I would certainly want my closer to be confident and borderline over confident. You want someone who can walk in with bases loaded and have no doubt in their mind they can get the outs.

Plus he doesnt play games trying get people to chase balls outta the zone. He just attacks and throws his heat and more often then not he just steamrolls people. Red sox have good pitchers who never live up to potential so it makes me think there must be a problem with the pitching coach. So papelbon going to a team that obviously has a good pitching coach we might even see more out of him than we do now.