Honestly he only pitched 5 to 6 innings and its a strange coincidence the redsox still most of those games never lost. (at least 3 or 4 more no decisions or loses from blown saves did not occur)
But what happens in my opinion is that dice k throws so many pitches to his hitters one by one , it really throws them off for the rest of the game no matter who pitches to them. Dice K has like 3 or 4 strange unorthodox looking pitches coming at you and he takes his sweetime with a strange jerky motion when he pitches. Compared to other pitchers who all have the north american timing. (even something this small could throw off a hitter)
Other than this , dice K like the announcers quite often express, is that he loves to hit those corners around the strike zone . When he is off , he is really ineffective and walks alot of batters, but when he is on, he is greg maddux. The most important thing dice k needs to do with every batter is get that first pitch to be a strike.
I really thought dice k was a bad pickup by epstein, especially from the tail end of last year and even this year even if he won 18 games(i thought it was lucky). However he is proving me wrong slowly.
whats your take on dice k