And so that old adage proves itself more than true once again: you can never have too much pitching. There were a lot of questions this offseason about what the Red Sox were going to do with six fully capable big-league starters, and speculation was wild, with suggestions ranging from sending the now 25-year-old Clay Buchholz to Pawtucket to start the season to relegating aging knuckleballer Tim Wakefield to the bullpen.
Wakefield was confident that he would find his way into the rotation to open the year, answering a question about his place on the roster if everyone was healthy with a query of his own: "When does that ever happen?" You guys know by now how I feel about the wily veteran, who has played for the Sox for more than 75% of my life, so I'll spare you the gushing praise.
Love, love, LOVE.However, I'm more than a little fed up with Daisuke at this point, and I suspect you all might have similar feelings. When he came to the club back in 2007, his arrival was documented with more enthusiasm than Nixon's first trip to China, and he did reasonably well that year, and exceeded expectation's in 2008, before suffering a lost season of sorts last year. Now, in an attempt to rectify the lack of communication of a year ago, he's reporting injury after injury, putting him weeks behind the other starters.
Don't get me wrong, if Matsuzaka is hurting, I want him to get the treatment he needs. However, if this is what we're getting for $100 million, I can't be the only one who's a little exasperated.
and i thought that the lugo deal was a bad deal :S
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you, as you say the problem last year was the lack of communication or confidence but now it appears that any small inconvenience becomes a concern especially after what happened last year, the team spent 100 million and does not seem receiving most of that in: performance. And the question is: After this we pass a pitcher recovered, which might be like Lester who has had two injury-free season or there will always doubt whether at any time arises another problem.
ReplyDeleteI am so fed up with Daisuke. You know Clay Buccholz had to spend half a season in Pawtuckett because they didn't have room for him but Daisuke meanwhile got babied and coddled through an injury he never disclosed. If I were Theo I would sit his sorry butt in Pawtuckett, give Clay the fourth spot and Wake the fifth. This is getting so absurd!
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