Yankees 8, Red Sox 6
Over his last 20 starts or so, Matt Clement has been a pretty crumby pitcher. If the Sox have a long-term item to be keeping in the back of their minds as a potential weakness to shore up come July 31, it’s their starting pitching. Clement has good enough stuff and the Sox have a good enough lineup that you have to keep running him out there but what happens if he keeps this up for another month or two? And who knows what Boston is going to get out of David Wells? Is Tim Wakefield still the league-average innings-eater to which we have grown accustomed? Can the Sox count on Schilling after just one good start in the last month? And what if Josh Beckett goes down?
I suppose I would just be considering these things as I am evaluating what I have leading up to July 31 if I were on 4 Yawkey…
May 25th, 2006 at 8:58 am
Clement’s done, it’s really that simple. He’s had, what, 1 good outing this year, and maybe 2 since last year’s all star break? That’s horrific.
We gotta fix this situation, and quick.
May 25th, 2006 at 9:43 am
He’s made nine starts this year, in six of them, he’s allowed four runs or less. I’m not saying he’s been great, I’m not saying I’m not concerned, but he hasn’t been a disaster. As 4th/5th starter, he’s fine. If they can upgrade they should, but it would be a mistake to make the 2006 equivalent of the Mike Gonzalez for Jeff Suppan trade.
May 28th, 2006 at 8:08 pm
Well, it wasn’t Mike Gonzalez for Jeff Suppan, but it would be a mistake to make a starter’s equivilent of Bagwell for Andersen.