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Sox play it safe now for a healthy Beckett later
By Tony Massarotti
Monday, March 10, 2008
ERO BEACH, Fla. - The Red Sox already were prepared for the possibility
Daisuke Matsuzaka would not be with them for the team’s season-opening series
in Japan later this month. Now, they must prepare for the possibility Josh
Beckett won’t be there, either.
While manager Terry Francona yesterday expressed optimism after seeing Beckett
at the team’s home clubhouse in Fort Myers, the manager acknowledged before
yesterday’s 4-0 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers that the club won’t take any
chances with its staff ace. The Red Sox have a history of being careful with
their pitchers, especially, and the team is slated to depart for Japan in just
nine days.
The good news?
According to Francona, the Sox have deemed Beckett’s injury “muscular” in
nature, meaning the club has ruled out much bigger problems, like ruptured or
herniated disks.
“We’re not there yet,” Francona said when asked whether Beckett could be
bumped from the Japan trip. “I will say this: That’s not the end all and be
all. I said to (Beckett), ‘Just get better.’ That’s what we’re focused on.”
Added the manager later: “We need him to be healthy all year. That’s why we
did it last year with the avulsion.”
Indeed, though he made 30 starts and pitched 200 innings last season, Beckett
spent the final two weeks of May with an “avulsion,” or blister, on his
pitching hand. In retrospect, Beckett and Sox officials believed the pitcher
did not need to miss more than one start, but the club opted to err on the side
of conservatism, a move that paid great dividends.
Beckett subsequently finished the season as the only 20-game winner in baseball
and went on to post a 4-0 record and 1.20 ERA in four sensational postseason
starts. During that span, he was named Most Valuable Player of the American
League Championship Series.
During Beckett’s career, teams carrying him on their roster are a perfect 6-0
in postseason series.
On Saturday, Beckett immediately called to Francona and catcher Jason Varitek
after throwing his first warmup toss prior to a scheduled start against the
Florida Marlins at City of Palms Park. After Beckett promptly left the field
with discomfort in his lower back, Sox officials said they would have a better
grasp of the pitcher’s condition by yesterday morning.
Yesterday, Francona admitted Beckett had a series of tests that ruled out more
significant problems. Sox officials and Beckett were all pleased at the pitcher
’s condition yesterday morning, Francona said.
“I think we’re all surprised he was moving around the way he was,” Francona
said. “I think he even was.”
Still, depending on Beckett’s progress over the next several days, the Sox
have more than just his pitching to consider. Prior to the Sox’
season-opening, two-game set against the Oakland A’s in Japan, the Sox must
make the estimated 17-hour trip to Tokyo, which seems highly illogical for an
athlete currently suffering from back spasms.
Should Beckett remain behind, he would benefit from nearly an additional two
weeks in Florida before joining the team for its first 2008 games in the United
States, also against the A’s, in Oakland on April 1-2.
Even before Beckett’s mishap, the Sox were uncertain about the availability of
Matsuzaka for the season-opening series in Japan. Matsuzaka’s wife, Tomoyo, is
due to deliver the couple’s second child later this month in Boston. Matsuzaka
is planning to be with his wife for the child’s birth, but there is the
possibility he could fly to Japan on his own and join the Sox in time to pitch.
Prior to the recent developments, the Sox were planning to pitch Beckett and
Matsuzaka in the team’s first four games of the season. In between the
two-game sets against the A’s in Tokyo and Oakland, the Sox have only a
three-game exhibition series against the Los Angeles Dodgers and two days off.
The five-day gap between big league games would allow the club to use only the
first two starters in the rotation.
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