Arroyo Sharp Against Sox… Keeping Boston Townhouse
Although he’s renting his recently purchased home outside of Boston to David Wells, he didn’t give the Sox any other breaks during his appearance against the team as he want 7 shut-out innings while fanning 9.
Bronson Arroyo, returning as a Red yesterday, submitted the most impressive performance of the spring by an opposing pitcher. He went seven shutout innings, allowed only three hits, struck out nine, and walked one. He fanned Trot Nixon and Manny Ramírez twice apiece, in the first and fourth innings, and struck out the side in the fourth.
Arroyo cited familiarity as the reason he was able to blow Nixon and Ramírez away with fastballs the first time around, then got them on breaking balls in the fourth. Comparing facing Ramírez to Mark Loretta or Mike Lowell, Arroyo said, ‘’I had a better insight into how Manny’s brain works.” He paused, laughed, and added, ‘’At least at the plate.”
Arroyo said he’s renting his Boston townhouse to David Wells and intends to keep the place for the three years he’ll spend in Cincinnati.
Courtesy Boston.com
Can we take his intention to keep the townhouse for his duration in Cincinnati as him wanting to return to the Sox after the 3 year stint in a Reds uniform?