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Ellsbury Rocks said 06/23, 02:35 PM
The Boston Red Sox after last years envisioned this to be their starting rotation for this season.

Ace- Beckett
#2- Dice K
#3- Shill
#4- Wakefield
#5- Clay/Lester

Now what they didnt see coming was 5 of their top 7 pitchers going onto the DL during the seasonincluding the year long loss of their number 3. Did this stop the Red Sox from having a good rotation so far this year. No because they have proven to have the best depth in the AL at SP.

After they lost Schill for the year Beckett goes on the DL to start the season missing a couple starts. Who steps up to make up for this loss. No other than Dice K who starts the season 8-0 with a 2.54 ERA before he himself catches the injury bug.

Now the Sox have lost their three best pitchers for at least 2 starts each but Jon Lester who might not have been in the rotation has gone 6-3 with a 3.18 ERA to start the year.

Also the guy who first replaced Schill in the roation Clay Buchoulz got hurt himself so Colon and Masterson got called up. Colon went 4-2 with a 4.04 ERA before also catching the injury bug. Meanwhile Masterson who was in AA and was only supposed to make a spot start has pitched 6 games and has a ERA of 3.

Ellsbury Rocks said 06/23, 05:03 PM
First thing, it's widely known they have one of the best farm systems in baseball. - That is known but the Red Sox farm system was ranked number two overall before the seasons started so its not like they dont have a good farm system as well.

The Red Sox have gotten 25 starts from their orginal top three pitchers while the Angels have gotten 23 so their even in that accord.

Lets go by position

#1 Beckett vrs. Lackey- Lackey has made 6 less starts and his ERA is superior but Beckett has only allowed 9 ER last 32 innings pitched. You have edge here.

#2- Dice K vrs. Joe Saunders- Dice K was 8-0 with a 2.53 ERA before bombing when making his first start in three weeks. Saunders is 11-3 with a 3.03 ERA. Dice K also has 7 more K''s in 46 less innings. This is a tie because of Dice's K's and dominance before 1 bomb.

#3- Lester vrs. Ervin- Lester is 6-3 with a 3.13 ERA while Santana is 9-3 with 3.17 ERA. Santana has more wins but this is a tie because the ERAs are so close.

#4- Wake vrs. Garland- Wake has .11 higher ERA but .15 lower WHIP and 26 more K's. Wake has a very small edge here.

#5- Sox combo v Weaver- sox in 108 innings have a 4,16ERA
Weaver 4.57 ERA m.t.c

Ellsbury Rocks said 06/24, 11:32 AM
We haven't seen Dice-K stay dominant for a full season- At least we have seen Dice K complete a full average season unlike Saunders who ahas never completed a full year. I take the guy who hs completed a full year of mediocre pitching plus a dominant start over the guy who never has completed a full year before and is off to a dominant start.

Garland vrs. Wake- You says wake has solid days and awful days but Garland has allowed more than 5 R more times than Wake has. Also Wake has a streak of 5 starts which he has allowed 3 or fewer ER in at least 7 IP. Wake also puts the ball in play less so tat shows Garlands lower ERA is due to a goo defense and less HR.

Weaver is a better pitcher than Masterson, Colon, and Clay- I agree that he should be but so far the sox combo has been better. Clay also has more talent then Weaver does and the other guys have done better than Weaver this year considerbly. You thinking hes gonna heat up in the second half is great but until he does I have the statstic edge.

Nice TD coletrain