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Keilty out for at least a month with hand surgery.
I REALLY like Masterson. (This is balanced by my not really finding much interesting about Bowden, Pauley, or any other starting pitcher for the Sox in the minors in 2008. Bard is now a reliever, while Caleb Clay, Austin Bailey, and now Nick Hadegone are out for the year with injuries.) Sinkerball/strikeout pitchers are a good combo, and it is rare that a sinker baller can keep that up on the ML level. (E.g., Pauley was considered a sinkerballer, until the stats showed that he was in AAA or the majors.)
I really don't think Lester is going to be the #3 pitcher in that fantasy rotation. And I think they sign a free agent SP - or trade for one - this off season. Next year could offer Anderson, Lin, Reddick, Kalish, and Lowrie all in AA or (in Lowrie's case) the majors. (Lin and Kalish may only be in high A. Tejada has a lot to show before he can thought of as a real prospect.) So, they are in the odd position - really, reversed from a year ago - of having some positional depth in the minors, but lacking real starting pitching depth. (Mainly, to be fair, because of injury.)
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Brookline Maccabees. RIP
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