Beckett Dominates Minor League Game

Josh Beckett pitched 4 innings of a minor league game today only giving up one hit with no walks and 6 K's. Beckett threw a total of 47 pitches and did not feel any back pain in the outing. Tito spoke about Beckett today saying: "It's good because he's healthy. He's just trying to get ramped up for the season. Every thing's gone great there, so that's why there's not a lot of anxiety from that standpoint."

It looks like we have the best case scenario with the Beckett injury where he will have only missed 2 starts; one in Japan and one in Oakland. He should be activated and start in Toronto and be ready to throw 75 pitches. With Beckett back there should be less pressure on Dice-K to be the ace of the staff. Now, how about some good news from Schilling?