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Baseball Today: Wednesday, May 21
Published 5/21/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... " (Boston Herald) and the Sox are willing to blame rustiness -- he hadn't pitched in almost a week because of a sore wrist -- for his troubles. Maybe so, but the Sox are still worried about their less-than-airtight relief corps, which last night included an inherited runner allowed to score by the similarly wobbly Manny Delcarmen. So worried, in fact, that Sean McAdam reports the Sox may turn Masterson into a reliever later this year in the hopes he can fortify the bullpen in the same way Papelbon did in 2005. ...

Masterson Shines Again
Published 5/21/2008 by redsock (noreply@blogger.com) at The Joy of Sox
Justin Masterson had thoughts of matching Jon Lester with a no-hitter of his own, or even a perfect game, "but that was taken away in the first inning" when Alex Gordon doubled with two outs. Masterson allowed only three hits in 6.1 innings -- all of them to Gordon. Only one Royal reached third base against him, a leadoff walk in the seventh inning which became the only Kansas City run of the night. Sean McAdam sees Masterson as a possible bullpen asset later this season. ... Coco Crisp talks about being a part-time player. Julian ...

THT Live:Might Masterson return as a reliever?
Published 5/21/2008 by THT Staff at The Hardball Times
Might Masterson return as a reliever? by THT Staff May 21, 2008 A bit of speculation from the Providence Journal about young Red Sox hurler Justin Masterson. Do you have a general question or comment for one of THT's writers? Send it in to ...