You can never have too much pitching…

And we find out yesterday that Schilling is going to be a useless roster hog until the All-Star Break. Great. Nice. “Things have changed since then”.

The Red Sox begrudgingly picked up his $8,000,000 contract and told him to get in shape. Then, not even two months later, he pulls up lame on his shoulder. Good. That’ll really be a nice way to end your career.

As for the Santana / Mets deal: good for them. Spending $150M over 6 years isn’t the easiest thing to do, and I’m sure the Sox could afford it. I’m just glad that he’s out of the AL.

So, it looks like Buchholz will get that chance to start. Will the Sox be as careful now? Will he be available for the whole season or will he get shut down so that he’ll be useful in the post season? Will he, in fact, be as good as those couple starts? (Probably not, but he’ll most likely be very effective.)

Wait, does that mean Tavarez pitching days are days off for me to watch the game?