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John Smoltz will make his debut for Boston next week, which has forced manager Terry Francona to make a big decision. "It might be for a time or two through, it certainly could happen," Francona said. "I don't know that we need to make our rotation out two weeks ahead of time. "But that wouldn't be the worst thing for a short period of time. Again, not for a long period because guys don't pitch enough. With days off, the All-Star break, you have too many good pitchers that won't pitch enough. But for a short period of time we could live with that, yeah." |
The Red Sox could use a six-man rotation in the coming weeks, although it's not a long-term solution.