For Sox, decisions rest mostly with pitchers
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And now for a preview of Red Sox spring training, Non-Daisuke Division: If your idea of spring training is all-out competition for jobs, then this camp is not for you. Outside of a spot or two in the bullpen, manager Terry Francona's roster is all but set, even before pitchers and catchers report Friday, and position players four days later.
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The odds are overwhelmingly against them. For every Abe Alvarez , who made a cameo at Fenway Park in July just 13 months after the Red Sox drafted him out of Long Beach State, there are dozens of top-rate college pitchers who will toil in the farm system and never reach the majors.
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Most Red Sox players look like they need to be scrubbed, shaven and tied to a barber&#39;s chair for a buzz cut. Their team picture could be confused for a re-creation of The Last Supper or a casting call for the Broadway show Hair.
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Red Sox Manager Terry Francona called it difficult to be able to pick two starters from the talented threesome of David Ortiz, Mike Lowell and Kevin Youkilis. But he could not have made a bad decision.
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TORONTO -- Maybe the capricious forces that rule the baseball universe, the ones that so far this summer have dictated that 26 of the 30 teams in the major leagues would have won more one-run games than the Red Sox, finally are tilting in the Sox' favor. After last night's 5-4 escape over the Toronto Blue Jays, the one in ...
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At quarter past 11 yesterday morning, there were only two people in uniform in the Red Sox clubhouse: starting pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka and coach Luis Alicea . The team bus was late, and it appeared Dice-K might have to beat the Florida Marlins all by himself.
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Chris Carpenter and Roy Halladay were in top form Sunday. Daisuke Matsuzaka could hardly say the same. Boston's $103 million pitcher with the winning smile allowed homers to two non-roster players, struggled with his control and even threw away a potential double-play grounder in his home debut against a major league team.
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It's easy to miss Kason Gabbard's locker in the Red Sox clubhouse. It is tucked away near the front door, separated from those of his teammates.
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As the news about Pedro Martinez&#39;s imminent departure from the Boston Red Sox continued to circulate, another significant issue regarding the team&#39;s pitching staff developed.
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For all of the fuss about Pedro Martinez&#39;s genealogical assertions, the critical factor in the American League Championship Series has been Boston&#39;s inability to provide for its pitchers.
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Beware of a thing called excess. The Red Sox thought they had it with Bronson Arroyo last spring so they took a chance, rolled the dice, and went after a slugger with upside in Wily Mo Pe&#xF1;a. Arroyo had a very good year in Cincinnati, where he proved to be the most durable pitcher in the National League, and the ...
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Red Sox manager Terry Francona said he&#39;ll use a four-man pitching rotation in the playoffs. But that&#39;s all he&#39;s saying right now, leaving a lot of unanswered questions about who will pitch and when.
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It&#39;s a no-brainer, a Red Sox pitcher suggested when he was asked which team he would rather face in the postseason. &quot;Are you kidding?
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When the Yankees visit the Red Sox this weekend, there will be drama, subplots and quality baseball. But there wonât be much change in the American League East.
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The news on East and West Coasts this week reflected the fragility of hope based on an aging pitcherÂs arm and a young pitcherÂs value.
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The composition of the 2005 Red Sox remained a work very much in progress yesterday after general manager Theo Epstein revealed which free agents were going to receive
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The Chicago White Sox are surging, and there could be more to come if their starting pitchers continue to pitch well.