McAdam: MLB Notebook - In otherwise disappointing season Red Sox have finally ended pitching drought

If we're talking about historic franchise droughts, the one that's existed since the Red Sox last developed a starting pitcher in their organization is no match for the one that measured time between the last Red Sox championship of the 20th century and the first title of the 21st century. Eighty-six years is a long time; the 16 years it's been since the Red Sox developed their last solid starting pitcher (Clay Buchholz) is, by contrast, a relative pittance. Last weekend, the Sox sent Garrett Whitlock, Tanner Houck and Brayan Bello to the Yankee Stadium mound and got three solid starts in return, totaling 19.1 innings in which a total of five runs were scored.

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