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[Bruins Fan]

Originally Posted by PeteSB75

Beckett working hard to finish the season with an ERA over 10? So glad we signed that long term deal and paid him all that money...

No wonder he jumped on the new contract extension?
Now on the other hand he has the same ERA as he did last year at this time,and finished with 17 wins.

[VTDragon]

We all hope the Beckett can duplicate his resurgence from last year - time will tell.

On another subject: I'm having a hard time with this whole saga of sending Wake to the pen to make room for Dice-K. I know they paid him a boatload of money and need to try to get value from him but ... you know he's Dice-K...just painful to watch AND he has never really produced to the hype that surrounded him. I know - 18 wins his first year, but if you remember he had tons of run support and was bailed out by a superior bullpen lots and lots of times. Wakefield , on the other hand, has been a good soldier and consistantly produced over the years. Yes, he has the occasional clunker, but with one game to win and a choice between those two, I put Wakefield out there every time.

Is there a better answer - probably not - that doesn't mean I have to like this though.

[PeteSB75]

Originally Posted by VTDragon

We all hope the Beckett can duplicate his resurgence from last year - time will tell.

On another subject: I'm having a hard time with this whole saga of sending Wake to the pen to make room for Dice-K. I know they paid him a boatload of money and need to try to get value from him but ... you know he's Dice-K...just painful to watch AND he has never really produced to the hype that surrounded him. I know - 18 wins his first year, but if you remember he had tons of run support and was bailed out by a superior bullpen lots and lots of times. Wakefield , on the other hand, has been a good soldier and consistantly produced over the years. Yes, he has the occasional clunker, but with one game to win and a choice between those two, I put Wakefield out there every time.

Is there a better answer - probably not - that doesn't mean I have to like this though.

Wake has been getting hit like crazy when he's pitched this season. Bucholz is doing incredibly well, especially the last few games. Wake is also old enough they don't want to stress his body too much by making him pitch a full season, then into the playoffs. I say let Matsuzaka pitch and keep Wake in reserve for the inevitable injuries that happen to every team, every year.