i agree. tito would never say so, but it seems as though he has bypassed delcarmen. hansen is nasty. that slow windup, and the ball just explodes. it is great how much young pitching the sox have, and michael bowden has a high ceilng as well.
Not even close on the Delcarmen and Hansen thing.
Delcarmen has had two back to back bad games but other than that he's been untouchable since early may. Hansen is still very much come and go. Once Manny gets back on track expect another one to two month string of unhittable pitching.
Unfortunately that has been his thing the last two years. 2-3 horrendously bad games in a row and then a month or six weeks of unreal pitching then the bad games again.
Hansen hasn't even shown he can be consistent for an entire month straight yet.
As Manny matures and gets his mechanics properly set look for him and Paps to be the 8th and 9th inning guys for the next 5-6 years. Believe me, the brass looks at Delcarmen that highly.