Strongest and weakest postseason performances this week

Strongest Performance- Dustin Pedroia, Kevin Youkillis, Dice-K
After a very ineffective performance in the ALDS, Boston's two MVP candidates appear to be very much back on track. Despite losing a wild game yesterday Pedroia hit 3 HR's and Youkillis hit one of his own. Youkillis is hitting .600 while Pedroia is hitting .500. While maybe not outright, the most dominant performances of the week, it will just be another advantage Boston has later on in this series.

Dice-K was the pitcher Tampa was supposed to have the best chance against. But he no-hit the Rays up until the 7th inning and in total went 7 shutout innings striking out 9. If Beckett gets back on track, then the Red Sox are gonna have a trio of great pitchers to throw out on the mound. If he doesn't then whatever great starts they get outta Dice-K will still be of tremendous help. Honarable mention goes to Evan Longoria. I couldn't put him in this category officially because he did nothing in Game 1. But in Game 2 he went 3 for 5 with a HR and 3 rbi. He was a big reason why Tampa evened the series up yesterday.

Weakest Performance-Josh Beckett
Clearly Beckett is not all the way back from recoving just yet because this is not anywhere close to the typical big-time postseason performer that Beckett usually is. Already with a bad start under his belt in this year's playoffs, he only lasted 4.1 innings giving up 8 runs and giving up 3 HR's. If Beckett is not fully recovered yet, this will put more pressure on not just Lester and Dice-K but on starters like Wakefield for Game 4 as well. Beckett has literally been one of the main reasons why his teams are successful and why he has 2 titles. But if he doesn't get back into form, he could be a reason why Boston fails in a repeat attempt.