Curt Schilling

Dear Readers (all five of you):

I've been active on my other blog at www.fannation.com, under the username JFro, but I continually forget to publish those posts here. That said, the next five posts should be considered my belated MLB preseason predictions -- a preview, of sorts. There's the top five infields, outfields, bullpens, and starting rotations, and of course The Big Kahuna:

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are some of the stories I’ll be following with the Red Sox this spring.

Who Will Step Into Curt Schilling’s Spot in the Rotation?

Curt Schilling is out until at least the All-Star Break with a sore shoulder, and it is possible he will never pitch again. It is all but certain that Clay Buchholz will be the fifth starter, but when? The indications before Schilling went down was that Buchholz would begin the year in Pawtucket so the Red Sox could more closely monitor his innings and would be eased into the rotation later. Now that Schilling is gone will they put Buchholz in the rotation from the start, or will they still hold him out and go with some one like Julian Tavarez or Kyle Snyder as the fifth starter for now?

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Pitchers and catchers report today (Thursday). There’ll be physicals on Friday and on Saturday, they’ll take to the field at City of Palms Park in Fort Myers, FL. Position players will report next Wednesday and be a part of the first full-squad workout two days later. Workout portions of this annual routine will actually take place at a nearby minor league facility, but hey. . who’s keeping track?

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  With less than a month to go before the Boston Red Sox open up their spring training schedule with two, split-squad exhibition games at Boston College and Northeastern (Feb. 28th), it's time, perhaps to take a quick gander at what's on the near horizon.

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