No Clemens, No Clement It Seems, No Wells
Last night Beckett got battered, as seems to be the case this year with him and the Toronto Blue Jays. For a team that was looking as if it was loaded with pitchers in the beginning of Spring Training, dire needs have arisen.
Matt Clement has been useless. He’s been a bigger flop, in my opinion, than Renteria was. Clement is by far the most overpaid pitcher. He’s making $9 million this year and I’d be surprised if he wins 9 games. I truly think he’s gonna be on the trading block and the Sox are going to have to eat some of his salary. With Clement’s performance to date as a member of the Red Sox, and the money he’s getting paid to perform so poorly, sure wish we had upped the offer to Pedro.
Eating salaries seems to be a new trend of this current front office with some of their acquisitions. Unfortunately, Roger Clemens will not be another acquisition as he’s decided to play for the Astros again; at least we won’t face him during the regular season.
With Beckett appearing like a hit or miss pitcher at the moment, and Schilling not far from that, our rotation is in shambles for the time being. David Wells is now on the DL and quite possibly may never pitch effectively again. Our former pitcher, Bronson Arroyo, is leading the NL in ERA and has anchored down as ace of the Reds. Delcarmen has been called up, but it’s too early to see if he has staying power. How’s Jon Lester doing? Any signs to possibly try a MLB start anytime soon?