A spot will open for him one way or another. With the age in our rotation, someone is bound to go down. Arroyo has already taken himself out of the picture. Plus, they can't commit a rotation spot to Papelbon until they see how Foulke, Seanez, and Tavarez perform in the pen. There is absolutely no reason to force him into the rotation in April, when he would probably get very inconsistent work.