El Guapo's Ghost Rambles on about the Red Sox

The Sox have 20 games before the break (including last night’s) with four in the Bronx Zoo and three in the North American SARS capital. As you all know, these seven are critical; each game counts as two places in the standings. As it stands now, the Dominating Dominican is scheduled to pitch in only one of the seven. Each starter is scheduled to go four times. Wake or his slot in the rotation and DLowe are going to get the ball in both the Yankees and Jay’s series. A slight change in the rotation would have a fully rested Pedro pitching against both AL East contenders.

Kim can and should pitch Thursday against the Tigers on three days rest and Wakefield, Rupe or Fossum should take the ball on Friday versus the Marlins. This change would push Petey back to Saturday giving him six days rest. Then everyone would take their normal turn with Petey and DLowe facing both New York and Toronto.

Would it screw up Pedro’s schedule? Yes, but it would also allow him more rest. Hopefully, the extra days off will allow him to take on a higher and normal pitch count. I am not advocating that the Red Sox should allow Pedro to throw 120+ pitches, but rather let him go to 110. He needs to pitch longer in games giving the Sox a much better chance of winning his starts.