The Red Sox found that Daisuke Matsuzaka and Curt Schilling especially benefited from an extra days' rest last season, and they'd likely to keep Jon Lester's innings count down. Plus, a six-man rotation woudl have room for Clay Buchholz. "We've discussed that concept, the concept of a six-man rotation," Epstein said. "I think it's premature to commit to any usage pattern, but certainly we're in a bit of a unique situation where you'd say a number of our starters might benefit from something like that in one way or another. But there's just so much attrition in baseball that the minute we start counting on having a six-man rotation or give it serious consideration, that's when we lose a pitcher or two in spring training and we look for someone to step up." Exactly. There should be plenty of chances for Buchholz to contribute even if he opens the season in Triple-A.
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