Red Sox right-hander scheduled to start Saturday against Tigers
Josh Beckett has joined the roster of Red Sox pitchers with injured thumbs.
A day after Andrew Bailey returned to Boston to have an examination of his "thumb situation," as manager Bobby Valentine described it, a Red Sox spokesperson said Monday that Beckett has left Spring Training and is scheduled to have his right thumb examined in San Antonio, Tex., while en route to Detroit for the team's season-opening series that begins Thursday. Beckett's first scheduled start of the season is scheduled for Saturday.
It turns out that Alfredo Aceves, who was informed Sunday by Valentine that he had not made the rotation, could start in Beckett's place. In discussing Monday morning how he felt like he had little chance to make the rotation, Aceves was asked about what he was told the day before when Valentine delivered the news that Aceves would not be in the rotation.
Beckett threw a controlled bullpen session on Monday, after which pitching coach Bob McClure said he threw "very well, very good. What do you want to know?" Aceves said he was not angry when he was told he would not be a regular starting pitcher with the team, although Valentine said that Aceves was upset when the news was delivered. Continuing to explain what his conversation with Valentine entailed, Aceves did not appear thrilled.
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