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Francona and pitching coach John Farrell has done a good job in breaking in Daniel Bard. Coming into tonights game in which he pitched a scoreless 9th Bard had pitched 10 innings with a .90 era and 10 k's.
Broadcaster and Hall of Fame pitcher Dennis Eckersly thinks the current Sox bullpen is on of the best he has ever seen.
Speaking of getting his feet wet, Eckersly has proved very entertaining while sitting in for the recovering Jerry Remy. Remy is an icon in Boston and in the booth but if he did decide to step down (and hopefully it would have nothing to due with a health issue) Eckersly would seem the obvious choice to step in permanently.
It looks like Jed Lowrie is getting close to beginning a rehab assignment. Francona said he wanted to look at him a few more days in workouts and the if all continues to go well he will get minor league at bats.
What happens after that should be interesting as it has become very obvious that Francona is much more comfortable with Nick Green at short than Julio Lugo.
Tim Wakefield faces Chien-Ming Wang tomorrow night in an ESPN game. Wang has made a couple of good relief appearances and was not good in his only start since coming off the DL.
Dice-K Matsuzaka continues to be an enigma for the Sox. Although Dice K did not walk a batter in his last start he again did not get thriought he sixth inning while allowing 10 hits. It was only the sixth time in 74 starts as a red sox that he has not allowed a walk.
Meanwhile, John Smoltz has been extending himself longer and longer in each rehab start. Smoltz pitches again this Thursday for the Pawsox and then it should be up to Boston. The question is who gets demoted from the rotation?
Many in the media have made the assumption that Brad Penny could be moved to make room. Penny who signed a 1 year deal can not be traded until June 15th.
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