The Red Sox began last spring training with seven potential starters but ended the season with a lack of depth in the rotation. Schilling, who has said he will retire after the 2007 season, was 15-7 with a 3.97 ERA. Beckett, in his first season in the AL since being acquired from Florida, was 16-11 but had a 5.01 ERA.
Two potential starters left the rotation when Boston traded Bronson Arroyo to Cincinnati in spring training and turned Papelbon into a closer early in the season. Epstein said after the season that Papelbon would become a starter in 2007. Starting pitchers David Wells and Matt Clement missed considerable time with injuries.
Jon Lester, a promising left-hander who went 7-2 after being called up in early June, is being treated for anaplastic large cell lymphoma, a type of cancer that forms in the body's lymph system.
高齢のシリングは期待薄く、新人王争いで敗れた、抑えのパペルボンが一番期待されている。トレード1年目のベケットは期待外れだった。
Two potential starters left the rotation when Boston traded Bronson Arroyo to Cincinnati in spring training and turned Papelbon into a closer early in the season. Epstein said after the season that Papelbon would become a starter in 2007. Starting pitchers David Wells and Matt Clement missed considerable time with injuries.
Jon Lester, a promising left-hander who went 7-2 after being called up in early June, is being treated for anaplastic large cell lymphoma, a type of cancer that forms in the body's lymph system.
高齢のシリングは期待薄く、新人王争いで敗れた、抑えのパペルボンが一番期待されている。トレード1年目のベケットは期待外れだった。