Daisuke Matsuzaka threw 98 pitches in his last start -- in only 4.2 innings, sigh -- against the US in the WBC semi-finals.
Today at 1 PM, in his first outing for the Red Sox this spring, he'll be on a 70-75-pitch leash as Boston plays Atlanta in Kissimmee.
Dice's only other spring start will be against the Mets in New York this Saturday.
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Hi to you. We have all gotten used to Daisuke's nibbles around the strike zone, making his pitch count higher and higher. I hope he has as much success this year as last. We ALL do. Peter
We're scoreless in the fourth.
And tied in the sixth.
Roc'em sock'em dongs. Rocco HR, 2-2 in the sixth. Dice: 1 ER in 5 IP
Ped. doub. makes it 3-1 in the 7th.
3-2, mid 8th. I said 3-1 before, which was obviously wrong.
Tied at 3 after 10.
I was wrong about "end 10th"--Braves scored two on two doubles to win it in bottom 10.
Final boxscore shows "Cox" pitching last inning. Tony Mazz on XB claims Cabrera gave up the walk-off hit.
My college friend has an interesting theory about A-Rod's injury and a Yankee attempt to avoid the spotlight. Comments are interesting, too.
Question: which of our pitchers got incentives for relieving in his contract this year even though he's projected as a starter? Smoltz? Penny?
Penny.
Cot's (an amazing site, btw):
1 year/$5M (2009)
signed by Boston as a free agent 1/9/09
performance bonuses:
+ $0.5M each for 160, 170, 180, 190 IP
+ $0.5M each for 55, 65, 75 games or 35 games finished
+ $1M each for 200 IP or 50 games finished
John Smoltz:
1 year/$5.5M (2009)
signed by Boston as a free agent 1/13/09
$5.5M in bonuses based on days on active 25-man roster:
+ $125,000 for his first day
+ $ 35,000 per day, June 1 - Oct. 3
+ $500,000 for Oct. 4
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