Wake is Out, Lester is In
The Providence Journal reports that Tim Wakefield will be unavailable for the ALDS against the Angels with Jon Lester filling in. Boston will utilize a three man rotation of Beckett, Matsuzaka, Schilling for the division series, but any playoff advance would conjure question marks for game four.
Wake may be joked about as a niche-pitcher, but confining him to such a one-dimensional summary doesn't do the knuckleballer justice. His career numbers in the postseason are not dazzling, 4-5 record with a 6.12 ERA over 64.1 innings-pitched, but Wakefield is a leader in that clubhouse. And, at any point in a season, his knuckleball can dance for eight scoreless innings, leaving batters baffled in its wake.
Lester, on the other hand, has never appeared in a postseason game.
The Providence Journal reports that Tim Wakefield will be unavailable for the ALDS against the Angels with Jon Lester filling in. Boston will utilize a three man rotation of Beckett, Matsuzaka, Schilling for the division series, but any playoff advance would conjure question marks for game four.
Wake may be joked about as a niche-pitcher, but confining him to such a one-dimensional summary doesn't do the knuckleballer justice. His career numbers in the postseason are not dazzling, 4-5 record with a 6.12 ERA over 64.1 innings-pitched, but Wakefield is a leader in that clubhouse. And, at any point in a season, his knuckleball can dance for eight scoreless innings, leaving batters baffled in its wake.
Lester, on the other hand, has never appeared in a postseason game.
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