Lucienbel

I really hope so since I had tickets to this and had my whole weekend shuffled around for it. They always try their best not to do double headers now though, so it's looking like June 17th would probably be the date. Oh well I guess.

And there's the delay.

Dempster got them swinging at some real crap that inning. Really wish he could get deeper into the games though.....through the 5th with 90 something pitches. Going to end up with 3 guys who go into the 5th and probably no more 3 nights in a row now.

Mortensen is definitely capable of taking on some innings for them if need be.

Ended up looking pretty good against Flaherty and Reimold. He needs to pitch like that to the guys that matter though.

He's gotta start getting those pitches down. And not middle in on a lefty.

He just put that one in a really bad spot. Gotta get that down or off the plate.

Seems like if they can keep being patient like this he'll be done pretty quick.

That's why you don't dive for balls that are moving like that. No need to be a hero in the third inning.

A bit. Well, at the very least, he certainly looks more confident (trying to pick the right word here, I dunno). No complaints so far, which means he's done better longer than I thought he would.

Drew also got a good piece of the pitch he swung at too. Good stuff so far though, Dempster has looked a lot better than he did in the Yankees game. Hopefully that can keep up through the rest of this.

I'm also a little concerned. He's gotta keep the ball down and locate this time around, not too excited to see what may happen to him on Fenway on a bad day. None the less, I still think we have a decent shot. Drew certainly does make this lineup seem deeper. Hopefully we get some good stuff from him. This lineup has a lot of different ways of winning, and that's always pretty excited. Should be a fun one to watch.

Agreed. If they continue to pitch like that there shouldn't be a big problem. Would love to see some more innings out of Doubront really, and I'm certainly hoping that that is something that begins to happen this year. Other than that and the uncertainty of Lackey at the moment (though that seems to be looking positive) not a whole lot to talk about rotation wise at the moment personally. Wish we had more young depth to be talking about, or more depth in general for the Lackey situation. Guess at the moment we just have to hope that pans out well.

That's going to be too bad. Really hoping it won't be Friday like someone else said, I'd rather not be there for that. As for Harang, he'd have to be really cheap. I agree that the guys in AA probably aren't ready to go, but I don't know how much better an option Harang ends up being. That ERA likely goes way up in the AL East with its small ballparks and all. Not sure how Jurrjens or Marcum did/are doing, but now it's really looking like they should have been considered.

Again. I think that has to be the biggest liability for this team.