Red Sox right-hander Daniel Bard will be a starting pitcher when spring training opens, but the team is keeping their options open. "Daniel [said], as we would hope he would say, 'Hey, whatever's best for the team. I'm going to go into Spring Training saying, Whatever's best for the team.' But he's going to get innings as a starter would in Spring Training," new manager Bobby Valentine said. "He's going to be penciled in to be one of those guys who works going from his bullpen to pitching two innings to pitching four innings to pitching six innings." The team will evaluate how Bard looks in that role, and also how the righty best fits into Boston's 2012 roster.