I lived in both Boston *and* Cincinnati while he pitched there, and he was one of my favorites. He had binary stuff: he would either give up 8 runs in the first two innings and get yanked or else give you a very competitive 7 or 8 innings and hold the other team to 3 runs. It was up to your team to do the rest. Plus,…

This is all I have to say.

In three years with the Red Sox, Arroyo got slapped by A-Rod, had cornrows, released an album, hooked up with girls at Northeastern and got traded straight-up for Wily Mo Pena. I fully endorse him being labeled as "pretty OK."