Josh Beckett

 Penny was once a part of the same rotation as Josh Beckett and A.J. Burnett in South Florida - what were the fish thinking in breaking up that trio?  

  San Francisco has got to do something short of going to a four-man rotation.  The combination of Joe Martinez and Ryan Sadowski has not been the answer.  Too bad things have gone so terribly wrong for Noah Lowry - remember him?  I was kind of hoping to see Lowry eventually return from injury (as well as some legal allegations made against the Giants' medical staff), and grab that number five slot.  

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t was Ramirez that was the key piece to the trade when the Boston Red Sox acquired starting pitcher Josh Beckett (and  3B Mike Lowell) from the Marlins several years ago.  It will be

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ndy Johnson ($15.1M)Mike Hampton ($15.975M, courtesy of his monster Rockies deal) John Smoltz ($14M)Josh Beckett ($10.1M)Carlos Zambrano ($16M)Mark Buehrle ($14M)Javier Vazquez ($11.5M)Jose Contreras ($10M)CC Sabathia ($11M)Jake Westbrook ($10M)Roy Oswalt ($13M Gil Meche ($11.4M) Jon Garland ($12M)Jason Schmidt ($15.2M) Derek Lowe ($10M)Ben Sheets ($10.1M)Johan Santana ($16.9M)Pedro Martinez ($11.8M)Andy Pettitte ($16M)Mike Mussina ($11M)Carl Pavano ($11M)Matt Morris ($10M)Greg Maddux ($10M) Barry Zito ($14.5M)Chris Carpenter ($10.5M)Vincente Padilla ($11M)Kevin Millwood ($10.3M) AJ Burnett ($13.2M)Roy Halladay ($10M)

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And things started well today, as he hit a leadoff double off Boston’s ace Josh Beckett, later scoring on A-Rod’s two-run double. Giambi knocked in A-Rod with a sac fly, and now it was the Red Sox looking at an early deficit.

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and capped off the second series of the season by committing four errors during a game in which ace Josh Beckett looked very ordinary in his return to the mound. Since getting swept, however, Boston has won 5 of the next 7 against such projected American League powerhouses as the Yankees, Tigers and Indians. Little by little, the Red Sox that we saw win the World Series last season are coming back.

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air can only be seen as trying to injure another player.

Red Sox fans shouldn’t panic over Josh Beckett’s recent back problems. Reports seem to indicate that the problem is entirely muscular in nature and something that should resolve itself with rest and treatment, as opposed to a disc problem which could potentially require surgery. While this will set the ace righthander back in terms of preparing for the season and may even cause him to miss the first couple of weeks, there is no reason whatsoever to rush him back. The season is a marathon and Boston will need Beckett to be strong the whole way. Pushing him to be back by an arbitrary date such as Opening Day would be foolish and probably result in a recurring problem throughout the course of the season.

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Ichiro Suzuki

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of adjustments for Dice-K especially adapting to a new culture as well as American League hitters. Josh Beckett also struggled his first year in the American League but he made adjustments the second time around and was one of the most dominant pitchers in the game last season. If Dice-K can similarly adjust and cut down on the walks, Boston will have an absolutely lethal 1-2 punch at the top of their rotation.

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