Red Sox manager Terry Francona will consider using a 6-man rotation when Daisuke Matsuzaka is healthy enough to start. Boston pitching coach John Farrell revealed the possibility on Sunday, but stressed that any discussion is hypothetical until Matsuzaka is ready. "The progression Daisuke is on must continue," Farrell said. "He's got to answer that basic question, is he now ready to step in at the major league level and contribute at the level he has shown us, and what we've been accustomed to seeing? "Where we go from that point, who goes to the bullpen, does it bring back in the thought of a six-man rotation? I know for the fan or a baseball person who looks at the situation, it's why don't you just do that? On paper, [a six-man rotation] seems to be the elixir that will answer everything."