Tuesday Links: Circle of (baseball) life

Do you remember where you were on the night of November 12, 2010? No? Good, because unless a momentous occasion…

The MLB Draft: The Henry Ownership Years

With the 2013 amateur draft in the books, Chip looks through the Red Sox's last 12 drafts.

The Sox Need a Starter, Not Beltran

I feel like my writing about Andrew Miller might be bordering on overkill, but you know what, he’s just not that good…

6/20: Sox face Fathers with Father’s Day hangover

San Diego Padres (30-43) @ Boston Red Sox (43-28) Wade LeBlanc (0-2, 4.26) @ Andrew Miller (0-0, —-) 7:10 PM…

Dice-K hits the disabled list

Many reporters on Twitter all tweeted it at virtually the same time: Daisuke Matsuzaka has hit the disabled list with a right forearm strain. Scott Atchinson will take his place on the mound to start Saturday's game, so we're in for a long night of pitching.

Left-handed reliever Dustin Richardson, who strikes out a ton but walks a ton, has been recalled. It's possible, but doubtful that Josh Beckett could be ready to take Dice's next turn in the rotation.

I expect Atchinson will be farmed out after the game for another bullpen arm -- Michael Bowden and Fabio Castro are on the 40-man roster, so they're the most likely candidates. You would imagine Bowden or Boof Bonser would slot in the rotation for Matsuzaka's next start.

The state of the bullpen

This offseason has centered mostly around the improved defense and addition of John Lackey to our rotation. The bullpen though has been largely left to small moves to patch up the back and look for solid years from the rest. As it stands the pen returns Jonathon Papelbon, Daniel Bard, Hideki Okajima, Ramon Ramirez and Manny Delcarmen. The starting rotation currently has 6 solid starters with Tim Wakefield as a long reliever and Boof Bonser as a long shot to squeeze in. They have also added Brian Shouse, Edwin Moreno, Jorge Sosa, Scott Atchinson, Robert Manuel and Ramon A. Ramirez. The team entered 2009 with 12 starting pitchers including 5 starters and 7 relievers. Let's assume they enter 2010 with the same numbers, but we'll label the last reliever as on the bubble as he could be a minor league option. Sure Things Closer and setup are solid with Papelbon and Bard continuing were they left 2009. We have had plenty of discussions about these two here, here, here and here. While Bard still has some questions and his projections show he isn't quite ready to be be a closer, but a solid setup man. His CHONE projection calls for a 3.48 ERA and only a 2.09 K/BB. I have some doubts about that K/BB and think he can be much better as does MARCEL and Bill James at 2.53 and 2.80 respectively.

Sox Draft Forecast Looking Cloudy

The 2007 MLB First Year Player Draft will go down in history as a banner year for the event. For…

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