PLAYING TIME: Bard headed back to the pen?
Mar 22 2012
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Bard headed back to pen?
Daniel Bard (RHP, BOS) has struggled in spring training, with a 7.11 ERA, ten walks, and only six strikeouts in 12.2 IP. Word out of Boston is that the Red Sox may abandon their plan to move Bard to the rotation and return him to the pen. If that happens, it seems likely that Felix Doubront (LHP, BOS) and Alfredo Aceves (RHP, BOS) would claim the final two rotation spots.
Doubront has produced a solid 3.38 ERA this spring, but his five walks to eight strikeouts in 10.2 IP is less impressive. His Achilles heel has always been left-handed hitters. Last season at AAA Pawtucket lefties hit .309 against him. And he has yet to show acceptable command at the major league level. In 25 IP in...
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