Should Wake Be In the Rotation?
Tim Wakefield struggled again last night. When you consider his injury from last season you have to question whether he is healthy enough to be a starter. Nobody has been willing to do what the team needs as much as Wake, and it would be hard to see him coming out of the pen for long relief but he may not have what it takes to be in the rotation. Buchholz has had a great spring and could fill the spot. The rotation at the start of the season could be Beckett, Lester, Dice-K, Masterson, and Buchholz, with Penny and Wake ready to fill in for injuries. When Smotz comes back it will make it even harder for Wakefield to stay in the rotation. Wake deserves the benefit of the doubt as a starter and should be in the rotation for the start of the season and given at least two regular season starts to see if he is OK. He will let Tito know if something is wrong but it is starting to look like he may be reaching the end of the line as a Red Sox starter.
2 comments:
I really hope Wake can get that Sox W record!
His spring has started out rough, to be sure, but I'm not worried about Wake. His last season was actually pretty great, but for the utter lack of run support in game after game, not to mention the various blown saves courtesey the bullpen. His ERA was lower than it had been in years. He'll get the rust off and be back to his wonderful old unpredictable self soon enough.
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