Bobby Valentine:
Dice-K has been feeling pretty good. He's ready to start dealing with competition rather than rehabilitation. We'll monitor his pitches. He won't have any 30-pitch innings. He says he feels good.Rehab assignments for pitchers can last 30 days, so Matsuzaka could be back with the Red Sox on or about May 23, less than a year after TJ surgery.
5 comments:
Is this good or bad?
I think it's great. I have a possibly irrational hope that he can really help this year.
(And assuming no one is injured, it will force a move out of the rotation for (presumably) Felix or Bard.)
But Bard and Felix have not been that bad , but Bard could fill the role he had last year which we a better improvementthan having Dice. So addition by subtraction or something like that.
I was under the impression that it was always a given that Bard wasn't going to be able to pitch a full season as a starter anyway. (??)
I unironically do believe that Dice-K will improve this team. After the surgery he may be as effective as he was in his first couple seasons. I know it's only been a few starts, but I kind of wish he'd replace Buchholz instead of either Bard of Doubrant.
I am excited (or at least optimistic) for the return, but I worry this is part of a trend of him not expressing explicitly concerns about his pains, etc.
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