Introduction
This article is a follow up to the one published here on Monday, December 12th. In this article I will delve in more detail into the Red Sox current Pitching situation. Here we will break things down by talking about the current list of injured pitchers and the effect that has on the team, the 2011 pitchers that are currently free agents, the rotation, the bullpen, pitchers that were not on the Red Sox in 2011 that are now free agents & pitchers that might be available via trade.
The Injuries
Almost like a team plague, Tommy John Surgery seems to have hit the Red Sox like a virus over the past two years. First, I believe, there was Junici Tazawa who had returned late last season from his surgery & since his there have been three more players that have succumbed to it…
SP Rich Hill – Recovering from Tommy John surgery (on June 9th) and was recently non-tendered. His recovery will probably result in him being out until after the start of 2012, but ...
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PLAYERS:
Rich Hill,
Daisuke Matsuzaka,
John Lackey,
Trever Miller,
Dan Wheeler,
Tim Wakefield,
Jed Hoyer,
Jon Lester,
Josh Beckett,
Clay Buchholz,
Daniel Bard,
CJ Wilson,
Alexi Ogando,
Alfredo Aceves,
Bobby Jenks,
Scott Atchison,
Cody Ross,
Matt Albers,
Franklin Morales,
Michael Bowden,
Junichi Tazawa,
Felix Doubront,
Andrew Miller,
Rich Harden,
Edwin Jackson,
Paul Maholm,
Roy Oswalt,
Brandon Webb,
Chris Young,
Mike Gonzalez,
Chad Qualls,
Micah Owings,
Will Middlebrooks,
Kevin Youkilis,
Ryan Kalish,
Lars Anderson,
Matt Garza,
Wandy Rodriguez,
Brett Myers,
Tom Gorzelanny,
Justin Masterson,
Victor Martinez,
Gavin Floyd,
Carlos Quentin,
John Danks,
Mark Melancon,
Jed Lowrie,
Kyle Weiland,
Brandon Lyon,
Andrew Bailey,
Ryan Sweeney,
Josh Reddick,
Aaron Cook,
Carlos Silva,
Justin Germano,
Vicente Padilla,
John Maine,
Hiroki Kuroda,
Jon Rauch,
George Sherrill,
Joel Zumaya
TEAMS: Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Angels, Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets, Arizona Diamondbacks, Houston Astros, Washington Nationals, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners, Minnesota Twins
TEAMS: Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Angels, Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets, Arizona Diamondbacks, Houston Astros, Washington Nationals, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners, Minnesota Twins
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