Saturday, October 16, 2004
Doing The Rotation Math
It's unclear whether this will matter the way the Yankees are teeing off on the Boston staff right now, but this has to be the somewhat improvised plan for the rotation, which the guys at Fox just can't seem to figure out. Assuming the Red Sox need to press Wakefield into service AND that he can go on two days rest, Boston would most likely be looking at:
Game 3 - Arroyo + Wakefield + the entire Red Sox bullpen the way things look now.
Game 4 - Lowe
Game 5 - Martinez
Game 6 - Wakefield
Game 7 - Arroyo or Schilling
I gotta ask, is this really that hard to figure out? Why is it such an earth-shattering revelation that Martinez can pitch on Monday after pitching last Wednesday? Wakefield relieved in Game 1 as the scheduled Game 4 starter, which would have been three days rest. Is two days rest that much different for a knuckleballer? Come on, guys.
Now Wakefield is in there and it doesn't seem to matter that much. Sierra just touched him for a two-run triple for an 11-6 Yankees lead. If Wakefield can hold the Yankees there through the 6th, that's about as much as you can hope for as a Red Sox fan, I'd guess. So much for that deep Red Sox bullpen, I guess.
posted by Tom Renbarger 7:07 PM
