Tim Wakefield
12 August 2008
l this year, but they are hoping some time in Triple-A will get him ready. The Red Sox placed Tim Wakefield on the 15-day DL with shoulder inflammation, and subsequently traded for Paul Byrd. Byrd was 7-10 with a 4.53 ERA with Cleveland, but is 4-0 with a 1.24 ERA since the All-Star break. Boston is currently four games behind Tampa Bay for the lead in the AL East, but leads the AL Wild Card race by two games over the White Sox, five games over the Yankees and seven games over the Rangers. If Byrd pitches well down the stretch he could give the Red Sox a boost to the postseason. He was 2-0 in the playoffs last year.
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21 June 2008
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Boston’s entry is a little less unconventional, if only because they already have Tim Wakefield, baseball’s most successful full-time knuckleballer. R.A. Dickey of Seattle is the only other guy to throw it regularly (he’s got a 1-3, 3.97/1.55 ERA/WHIP this year, with 17-22, 5.70/1/57 career line), while guys like Mike Mussina use a modified knuckle-curve.
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31 January 2008
And knuckleballer Tim Wakefield, who won two more games than Dice-K last year, will be back. Rumors are that he'll play until he's about 65. There'll be a struggle for the fifth position in the rotation with lefty Jon Lester and right-hander Clay Buchholz leading the pack.
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