He never has won a Cy Young award. He never has led the league in strikeouts or innings pitched or been in the top five in ERA. He has won 20 games just once in his nine-year big league career. He has been an All-Star a couple of times but never started the game.
Even the new contract doesn’t put Josh Beckett [stats] at the top of the list for Red Sox [Read Full Article »
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