Leave it to the Red Sox to give us some news to keep us amped up through the break. They have recalled Clay Buchholz from AAA and he will be starting on Friday at Toronto. This also means that they will be moving to a six man rotation (Buchholz, Penny, Lester, Smoltz, Beckett, Wake) in the second half of the season.
Questions abound.
– Does this mean that a deal is somewhere in the making to push the rotation back to 5?
– What does this signify about Daisuke Matsuzaka’s status the remainder of the season?
Thoughts, concerns, speculation?
Throw it at us.
UPDATE: It appears it will be a single spot start for Buchholz and then he’ll be back to Pawtucket.
I don’t buy it…I think this is some posturing in advance of the 7/31 deadline. I smell smoke…and when there is smoke….you know the rest.
