| 16 June 2009
Okay guys... I've been out of the loop for a while now, but I'm back.
While I get my shit together for the Marlins series, here are a few talking points:
Gerry, a full-time commentor at Fire Brand of the AL, has some post-off day predictions:
So many decisions for the Sox this week. Although part of me knows they will be carefully made, and will be accompanied by personal discussions with each player before announcements, this team seems so buttoned down I half expected the decisions to be posted when I turned on the computer this morning.
Here's what I expected to see:
Daisuke Matsuzaka's arm will be shut down for at least a week and he will be placed on the DL until after the ASB, with a slow rehab in Florida and through Portland and Pawtucket, to regain strength and command.
John Smoltz will be activated against the Marlins, and will be on a pitch count of 80.
Wakefield, Penny & Smoltz will face the Marlins. Lester, Beckett and Wake will face the Braves.
Future bullpen star Daniel Bard will be sent to Pawtucket specifically to work on command issues identified over his past several games. Lefty Hunter Jones will be recalled during this time, as a situational lefty and alternative for middle relief considering the pitch count of J. Smoltz.
Clay Buchholz is starting to get frustrated about being stuck in Pawtucket... while Micheal Bowden says he's fine with staying in the minors for another season.
"All the way up through the system in the minor leagues there wasn't really that big of a hill that I had to climb ... it wasn't until I got to the big leagues was when I faced [adversity]," Buchholz told Giardi. "I feel like I'm more equipped with everything that I have right now as far as the pitches and the mental aspect and physically healthy to be up there and helping that team. If not that team I want to be in the big leagues and I do want to go somewhere where I'll be able to play and pitch every fifth day."
Our friends at Fenway West interviewed Joe Capozzi who covers the Marlins for the Palm Beach Post and writes The Fish Tank blog.
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