Gresh & Fauria: Will Flemming explains why the Red Sox may need more pitching than orginally expected

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00:00And Will, so you're always going to be Mr. Brightside.

00:03OK, that's my nickname for you.

00:05No matter what, you're Mr. Brightside.

00:08But there is some doom and gloom signs

00:11when I look at just starting pitching and relief pitching.

00:15You look at Cutter Crawford, he can't

00:17stop giving up home runs.

00:18You look at Tanner Hawk, it seems

00:21like there may be some fatigue with him,

00:23and especially some control issues.

00:25Do you see it the same way, or do you

00:28feel like these guys are just getting tired and beat up,

00:31or do you think this is just post-All-Star break reaction?

00:36Coming out of my cage, and I'll be doing just fine.

00:38I mean, I do, look, I really, it's

00:41hard not to agree with what you're saying.

00:42And Hawk was alarming.

00:44I mean, it's sort of like a double-edged sword, right?

00:46He didn't have his stuff at all last night,

00:48and he still goes six innings and gives up three runs.

00:51But the stuff is not as good, and Crawford

00:52is a problem right now, too.

00:54And I guess that's where, midway through the game yesterday,

00:58you do start to think about, like,

01:01maybe the Red Sox need even more pitching

01:03than we thought they did.

01:04And that's where it starts to get a little bit more

01:06difficult to envision them getting maybe everything

01:09that they need right now.

01:11Because, I mean, eight times since the All-Star break,

01:14after the eighth inning, they've blown the lead.

01:16Think about that.

01:17That's almost impossible to do.

01:19Since the break, eight leads blown after the eighth inning.

01:22So they've needed bullpen help for a week now.

01:26And I really wish that they could have gone out

01:29and gotten a couple arms.

01:30They probably would have won two or three more of these games.

01:32But again, I just think the cost was prohibitive before we

01:36get closer to the deadline.

01:37But yeah, I guess the perfect situation, guys,

01:41is that Martin and Slayton, who Alex told us yesterday,

01:43they're coming back.

01:44They're working into their throwing routine.

01:47They get healthy.

01:47Liam Hendricks comes into the fold.

01:50And so maybe if he can add a bullpen arm or two,

01:52and then all of those guys get healthy,

01:55then you've got enough.

01:56But I still think you need a starter or two in addition

01:59to James Paxton.

02:00And it'll just be a matter of whether they can do that or not.

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