Lester is not the answer this year,but if Cement Head keeps imploding and Wells' knee doesn't hold up the FO may be forced to pursue Willis and give up Lester and maybe more.
It's too late for that. The time for that was the winter or ST. I can't stomach watching the knuckleballer pitch. It's like Gump's mother says: It's like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are going to get. The only thing is sometimes Wake's outings really leave you with a s***** taste in your mouth.
3 PB s in one inning? You start to think that getting Belli back is a panic move. Maybe the solution is getting Wakefield out of the rotation. The knuckler is too inconsistent and runners are running all over the bases. It's hard to watch.
Clemens is a dirty fighter and a coward. Remember throwing the broken bat at Piazza, or how about throwing his glove in Tony Phillips face from about 10 feet away when he charged the mound.
He was a closer in college, and he has taken to that role in all-star fashion in the big leagues, so I think the experiment of converting him to a starter is over. The FO won't mess with this kind of success.
He left him in 2 batters too long. After the 8 straight balls it was clear that Wakefield had lost the feel. You can't aford to ride out his rough spots in the 6th inning down by 3 runs with a big bopper up.