Hallelujah!
Maybe there is a glimmer of hope for this FO after all. They did the right thing, although it took them too long to do it, as usual. This move was obvious to everyone here except Dojji who apparently felt that Bard deserved more time.
The only problem is that he will remain a starter, and he is not starter material. He should have been sent down to re-learn how to be a relief pitcher. So the FO got it half right and acted too late. Still..its as much as you can expect from folks like Cherington.