Just some quick notes on this one:

• David Wells did not pitch as poorly as his stat line indicated. However, he doesn’t deserve a pass for pitching well for stretches either. At the end of the day, he gave the Sox 6 innings and gave up 5 runs. He didn’t miss many bats (7 hits, only 2 Ks), and there just aren’t a lot of pitchers who will surive with those rates
• Alan Embree was catastrophic and I’m becoming more convinced that he shouldn’t face righties, if it can be avoided. His fastball just seems very flat and very ordinary. Against lefties, he can get by purely by physics. Against righties, he looks like he’s throwing BP. If you check out the comments on Sully’s post, there are differing opinions on Embree and whether or not he’s just had a couple of bad outings or is in his decline phase.
• Bill Mueller is back (my favorite: his OPS for the last week is like 1.800). Kevin Millar is not (OPS for the last week is .646). Mr. Youkilis, could you grab your 1B mitt please?
• The Sox are going to have some very interesting roster moves to make in the next week or so. John Olerud is expected to join the team when they head out west. I’d assume that would mean Jeremi Gonzalez heads back down to Pawtucket and the Sox would go with 11 pitchers. Roberto Petagine might force the issue as well, since he’s probably not looking to hang around AAA for longer than it takes to rehab. Of course, Curt Schilling is going to be back at some point, though maybe not as soon as we’d like (according to the Herald).