By Ian I’m confused. I thought the Boston Red Sox rotation for 2010 was already set. We already know that Josh Beckett, Jon Lester, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Clay Buchholz and Tim Wakefield will be in the starting rotation in 2010. So what’s the pressing need for John Lackey? According to Michael Silverm...

By noreply@blogger.com (redsock) Epstein is pretty much demanding that Daisuke Matsuzaka follow the club's training regimen over the winter:There are strong expectations that he shows up in February in fantastic shape on Day 1 of spring training next year. I see it as a necessity, not really an option.Michael Silverman l...

By Randy Booth I don't expect to see significant changes in the starting rotation: Josh Beckett, Jon Lester, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka and Tim Wakefield. But I'm sure the Sox will want some depth. Michael Bowden, too, will be interesting to watch this offseason.

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By noreply@blogger.com (redsock) Jon Lester Victor Martinez Josh Beckett Kevin Youkilis Clay Buchholz Dustin Pedroia Daisuke Matsuzaka Alex Gonzalez Mike Lowell Jonathan Papelbon Jason Bay Hideki Okajima Jacoby Ellsbury Ramon Ramirez David Ortiz Takashi Saito Jason Varitek Paul Byrd Jed Lowrie

By MJG As for the Red Sox, well, they beat Cleveland, 6-2. After allowing a leadoff double, Daisuke Matsuzaka got the next 12 batters out he faced until Travis Hafner doubled, and eventually scored, in the fifth. Cleveland scored twice in the fifth and loaded the bases, and allowed two baserunner...

By redsock(noreply@blogger.com) Ortiz clocked a three-run dong to right-center in the ninth.Josh Beckett (3.80, 124 ERA+) / Luke Hochevar (5.79, 75 ERA+) Saturday: Daisuke Matsuzaka / Joba Chamberlain Sunday: Paul Byrd / Andy PettitteOut West: Yankees/Angels at 3:30 and Rangers/A's at 10.

By Rick Sawyer Everything isn't rosey for the Sox pitching staff. Tim Wakefield will be getting a shot of cortisone in his back this week and will miss another start. Daisuke Matsuzaka has been getting shelled with the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs. The starters for the Friday and Saturday games at Chicago re...

By redsock(noreply@blogger.com) The Blue Jays belted five dongs in a 10-4 rout of the Yankees (although the MFY outhit them!) and the A's beat the Rangers 6-1, so Boston is 6.5 GB in the East and 5.5 GA in the WC.John Lackey (3.53, 129 ERA+) / Daisuke Matsuzaka (8.23, 57 ERA+) Blue Jays/Yankees at 7 and A's/Rangers at 8.

By Paul SF Daisuke Matsuzaka was not worth $102 million.There's a lot of financial craziness out there in modern professional sport, but we have not yet reached the point where a third or fourth (and in this case, fifth) starter is worth a total investment of $102 million for six years.

By redsock(noreply@blogger.com) lt;a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/previews/2009/DET200906020.shtml">Daisuke Matsuzaka (8.82, 55 ERA+) / Rick Porcello (3.48, 134 ERA+)</a><br /><br />The Red Sox (29-22), who trail the Yankees (30-21) by one game, visit Comerica Park for thre...

By noreply@blogger.com (The Omnipotent Q) The Red Sox set a dubious record for the number of wild pitches in a game last night: six. And Daisuke Matsuzaka threw four of them, in another sleep-inducing affair from him. Fortunately, he didn't do them all in the same inning. Ricky Vaughn of the Cleveland Indians (pictured) holds that rec...

By Paul SF LFRed Sox 2008:.284/.357/.458, 737 PA, 185 H, 101 R, 24 HR, 69 BB, 153 K (Ramirez 39.1%, Bay 28.6%, Ellsbury 23.3%) DH Red Sox 2008:.273/.379/.490, 697 PA, 161 H, 122 R, 29 HR, 98 BB, 115 K (Ortiz 70.4%, Ramirez 19.2%) SP2 SP3 Daisuke Matsuzaka 2009: SP 5  Clay Buchholz 2009:

By Steve Second Baseman Dustin Pedroia: Hit .326 with 2 HR and 15 RBI had a .393 OBP and a .522 SLG for the month. Very consistent in the field. Grade: A Daisuke Matsuzaka: Was 2-1 with a 3.33 ERA for the month in 5 starts. Walked 14 hitters while striking out 30 in 27 IP. Grade: B-

By Tim Daloisio With that out of the way, tonight’s show will take us through reactions to Evan’s piece this week on Kevin Youkilis’ MVP credentials, my piece on Jon Lester, Daisuke Matsuzaka and the Cy, and we’ll break down the schedule that takes us home.

By Administrator Rookie Daisuke Matsuzaka started the game for the Sox… two nights after teammate Hideki Okajima became the first Japanese pitcher to appear in a World Series game, Dice- K became the first Japanese pitcher to START a World Series game. When he laced a two-run single through the hole betwee...

Sports analysts say gyroball-throwing Japanese Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka, aka Dice-K, hasn't lived up to his $52 million promise.

Quick update from the Fort. Outfielder Wily Mo Pena is among the Sox every day players to arrive. He’s hitting, fielding, and throwing with Mike Lowell, Kevin Youkilis, Coco Crisp, Dustin Pedroia, Julio Lugo and others. Daisuke Matsuzaka threw off the bullpen mound again today. He threw for...

SawxBlog Illustration) November saw Manny trade rumors (surprise) and some guy named Daisuke had his name come up a lot… SawxBlog started the month off talking about the infamous gyro pitch, and a Japanese pitcher named Daisuke Matsuzaka who would…

By jmcdonald7340 The invasion has officially begun. The Red Sox are just about an hour away from introducing their new starting pitcher, right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka, and Fenway is swarming with Japanese media _ print, televison and radio. Fans are walking around the...

Pitcher Keith Foulke, who closed out the Boston’s first World Series championship in 86 years, declined a $5.25 million option Friday and filed for free agency. Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka was “surprised” to hear the Boston Red Sox bid $51.1 million for the rights to negotiate a con...

NAPLES, Fla. –Theo Epstein met with one team to talk trade and met with several agents today including Scott Boras, who represents among others, Daisuke Matsuzaka, in an effort to begin re-shaping the Red Sox. Boras also represents outfielder J.D. Drew, who appears to be on Boston’s wish lis...