Matsuzaka goes to DL, Jones recalled

I would like to thank the WBC and Bud Selig for this excellent news. I hope the money that was made for non-US entities was worth it. Yet another case of greed winning out. Does anyone really like the WBC? Yes it was "real" baseball, but it was not all that exciting. Japan should have to kick in to pay his salary for these 15 days.

Who is Hunter Jones?

Smart move. It's too early to push anything. Hunter Jones will be demoted when Dice-K's next start comes around and Bucholz will be called up.

Dice K has never lived up to the salary he's paid and the potential he was supposed to exhibit. Trade him.

Thank God!!!! Watching Dice K when hes on can be maddening enough but when he struggles I just cant watch.

Sorry folks, but it's going to be a long season. With the sox hitting (lack of) the way they are and the WBC effects still lingering, the sox are in danger of falling too far behind to catch the leaders. I hope I am wrong but after 2-6, worse since god knows when, we will have to keep our fingers crossed. Get that mind working OT Theo, we're going to need some additions this year. No I am not panicking! I have gone through too many tough times with this team and fully understand how difficult this year will be in the AL east.

More good news!

Everyone will turn and blame the WBC, and perhaps it is to blame. Maybe MLB should look into changing the time frame of the WBC. The idea in itself is a good one, but rushing players along to participate is not

Well, some grief relief anyway ! Tim Wakefield is pitching today ! Can't Wait !!!

To hell with the WBC. It's nothing but meaningless exhibition Mr. Selig.

Bleeping Worthless Baseball Classic, I hate Bud Selig I hate Bud Selig
I hate Bud Selig...............................

In each game I have watched this year I have found the magic of the past missing. That being the Red Sox playing as a team. This year it seems every one is trying to be a star, and no one is showing up. Last night showed a little of the old team work when 3 runs were scored without the home run. I have seen errors in the outfield that just didn't happen in the past. They won because they were a team and they will lose because they are not.

Throwtheballovertheplateophobia?

what's new! lol

This poll is terrible. Can't you vote "yes" without agreeing that the Sox shouldn't allow participation in the future? Whoever creates the polls on here has no idea what they are doing. List the choices as "Yes", "no" or "Other". That's all you need. No editorializing in a poll!

Hopefully its nothing more than a tired arm. I guess you can get that if you start throwing too much/too hard early in the season . It seems like thats what the WBC could have done to Daisuke. Hopefully rest, rehab, and some anti-inflammatory meds can get him back to normal.

This is an absolute joke and I blame the WBC for this. It must be stopped. Thank god we have some depth right now with starting pitching and it's early enough in the season where Masterson can start still after being stretched out all spring training.

Thanks to Bud Selig and the ridiculous WBC for this!

He appears to be a lightweight.
First, they told us, that he was having trouble with the schedule and traveling,[ Japan is alot smaller}

Now, it appears, HE HAS FATIGUE? Does he even know what it is?
Then, his salary should be fatigued, as well. No perform...no pay
This is pathetic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bobby Abreu was not hit with a pitch on Sonday..the pitch sailed over his head!!!

Thanks WBC

What a suprise!NOT....They should only allow minor leaguers and college players represent their respective countries.

Well, it looks as though there ought to be a regular policy for all pitchers that participate in the WBC. The team and the pitcher would discuss this advance of participation in the tournament .

Pitchers would return to spring training after the WBC concluded and begin activities as if it were the first day and build their arm strength over the normal duration of time. Teams would plan on having these pitchers start the regular season in extended spring training and then bring them up to the big team when the pitcher was truly ready to compete at 100% capability. That way no false expectations and teams could work within a program of their own design.

Put him on the 30-day to be safe.

I'm so sick of these guys playing with injuries, putting up lousy numbers and then we find out that they had soreness, or a "click", or a bump, or fatigue or stiffness...

Rest these guys until we don't have to hear about it anymore! I'd rather rest Dice-K until June so he can dominate for the summer instead of bringing him back to early.

We shouldn't have to hear about Ortiz's wrist or knees or Drew's back or anything.

If you're hurt, sit down until it is no longer an excuse! Please and thank you.

why are we not surprised about matsuzaka. the WBC needs to be put at the end of the season (if at all) so as not to adversely impact the pitching staff of all teams, not to mention position players. many of the other countries competing in the classic do not have the rigorous and competitive schedule that we do here in the states. some adjustments appear to be in order.

All of this anti-WBC stuff is pretty much sour grapes that is about as Red Sox-mypopic as can be--I'm one RSN member who's embarrassed. We are like the rich person with no kids who lives in the best part of town; has a neighborhood with great services--but also think that none of our taxes should go toward schools. The WBC is and always has been bigger than any team or even MLB--it is about the long term welfare and sustainment of the game of baseball. It's already odious enough that the U.S. doesn't field nearly its best team in an international competition for a sport we invented--what would it say if one of its marquee franchises outlawed particicpation?

What this does drive that IS meaningful is the imperative for the WBC format to change--Jayson Stark's idea is the best so far. Meanwhile fellow Red Sox fans, since we're so fond of touting ourselves as baseball's cogniscenti, consider being more opened-minded...and less whiney and selfish about the short-term misfortunes of our very successful team.

We pay that kind of money and we get a pitcher with problems. Great for Japan
and too bad for the Red Sox. Maybe they should give us a player for the trouble!

However this is only one part of the problem. Wait till Wake gives up 6 in two innings with that cold weather.

Ownership should decide whether or not a pitcher goes to the WBC. It's called "protecting your investment." Position players do not suffer the same potential injuries although they certainly are not immune.

I want Bucholz up now....I love the way he pitches....

Wastepal, obviously the word "sport" is wasted on someone like you. All these guys played for their countries and pride is a huge thing. In soccer, the players are paid by their teams but participate in the competitions for their country on a voluntary basis. It's an honor to be chosen to play for your country. The pride of the Dutch showed that a lot of the MLB players are overpaid when a half amateur team could take down the mighty favorites..twice.
The players here make more than enough money and if they can't be prepared properly, we can't blame the WBC. In fact more players were injured in spring training this year....maybe that should go?

Settle down everyone. I HATE Bud Selig. As the "Commissioner" he has disrupted tradition to benefit owners pockets and passed all of it off as enhancements that fans were demanding. He has been more a C.E.O than Commissioner and he should go down as an embarrassment to the game and its integrity.

That said, the WBC is good a thing, even with the problem of finding an ideal time to run with it. It may be that we find as much fun as the WBC is, MLB and its Spring Training start through Post-season conclusion just isn't compatible with such a tournament.

SO it is with that I say I am FINE with Daisuke having a little rest, in season or not, because our boy Theo has PREPARED our beloved Sox for this scenario. And our boy Bucholz, who I was beginning to lose faith in prior to Spring Training, came in prepared with a matured approach to his game. And it showed. I wanna see Bucholz take a turn or two in the rotation.

Oh yeah, and I let Daisuke go from my Fantasy team this off-season, kept Lester and I had Bucholz in my minors. So the irony of Daisuke going on the DL and me being able to plug Bucholz in is of great joy to me!! ;-)

Unless and until the owners and MLB agree to have the WBC during a mid season break, this should be the end....I can't even say it was fun while it lasted.

re: #4 - "Dice K has never lived up to the salary he's paid and the potential he was supposed to exhibit. Trade him."

Ummmm...
year W L Pct. ERA
2008 18 3 .857 2.90

Yeah man, he's really an underachiever! Geez, I wish all the Sox pitchers sucked this bad! If you had five starters all go 18-3, you'd have a record of 90-15. So unless your bullpen goes 0-57, you'd have a pretty damned good team, I think.

This is all due to the fact that the Red Sox are not wearing RED SOCKS! The new uni's are fine, aside from that simple fact. Make the change, the season will take off.

I blame it all on those horrible new away uniforms with blue socks. We are not the Red Sox anymore we are the Blue Sox. They look too much like the Rays or Yankees uniforms. Let's start a campaign to bring back the red!

The WBC has already become an essential element in the global growth of baseball. It isn't going away and, if you were at the Rogers Centre in Toronto a few weeks back for the USA vs Canada game, you wouldn't want it to. The WBC has already been responsible for the most exciting games played this year and that statement will likely hold through to the playoffs this October. As far as the WBC being the cause of injuries, we don't know if that allegation is true or not. What we do know is that the WBC has become the Global Warming of baseball: if anything goes wrong, jerk your knee sharply and blame the WBC.

i would like to remind everyone that his salary is not exceptionally high, the posting fee to the Seibu Lions was.

Stupid RED SOX General Manager & owners allowing Dicey K to play in WBA & Franconna well he is to blame too he doesnt speak up -he is a wimp

I think that Dice-K will be out of major league baseball and back in Japan within two years. He does not have the make up or stamina to pitch in the US. Last year's record was a bit of a fluke. He throws too many pitches and nibbles too much to be effective over the long haul. He will get frustrated and seek to exit his contract.

It was all worth it since Japan won the WBC... right??... they did win, didn't they? ... OH WAIT NO ONE CARES ABOUT THE WBC!!!!

It was all worth it since Japan won the WBC... right??... they did win, didn't they? ... OH WAIT NO ONE CARES ABOUT THE WBC!!!!

The WBC is a joke. Nobody cares about it. It's like the Pro Bowl. It's nice to get the offer and the players try their best to look excited about it. It is always an honor when you can represent your country, don't get me wrong. I just feel it is a waste of time and nothing comes out of it for MLB players besides injuries or early fatigue. The baseball season is long enoug and the owners are dishing out big bucks to have players represent their team! Now what? How many injuries have to happen before Selig realizes that this just doesnt work.

I'd much rather have bucholz called up. He pitched a dominant .66 era in spring training. Hpoefully he will get the call eventually this year. In his career he already has a no hitter so he seems pretty full of potential.

How the heck does Beckett get suspended for 6 games for NOT hitting a batter?
What if he actually hit the jerk, would he be out for the year? The umps are out of control and the league had better do something about it before any real harm is done to a team, these are pro ball players here, not little league.

Get Rid of those awful new/old road uniforms.BURN THEM, before it's too late!. The Sox should try anything, even that, at this point.
But Clay Buckoltz in Dice-K's place in the rotation

Where is David Aardsma ? Oh Yes, Doing very nicely in Seattle. Still can't understand the Saux letting him get away.

The WBC has been particularly expensive for the SOX. What does the Sox organization realize from shipping their starting lineup to that series ony to have the players injured during a period where they should be getting into shape. It is SAD.

I will be that most Sox starters will get some time on the DL this year. They may not need it, but wink wink, they will be put on the DL.

Who freakin' cares about the WBC ? If players want to be on the "homeland" team, stay there and play for them....don't sign here. They are being paid big money to play for their MLB teams. It should be in their contracts that, if they play during the WBC and go on the DL anytime during the following 60 days, they lose a certain percentage of their pay check each day they are on the DL.

Wake is DAH MAN!!!

Terry asks and Wake delivers.

I hope this is enough good karma Wake can pitch in the ALCS this year?

A lot of people seem to think that the sky is falling. Yet after today the Sox will be only one or two games behind Yankees and Rays depending on the outcome of their game. Not bad for the worst stretch of baseball since late 2006. Theo says you never have too many starting pitchers and I think we'll see some of the young ones soon. Beckett and Lester will be fine, Penny is OK so far and Wake could be starting one of his good streaks.Dice-K is needing a shutdown and reset. The hitters will come around and they will be in the thick of it all season. Is anyone predicting a Toronto or Baltimore runaway?

Aardsma was horrible. Geez. Look at his numbers while he was here. No clue Papa Dan. No clue.

What? You want me to do it for you? Aardsma had a 5.55 ERA . The year before in Chicago? 6.40.

You miss that? You miss 35 BB in 48 IP

Horrid. Aardsma is terrible.

People!!!! We are only in the SECOND week of the season! Better this happen now and not in September!!! Sox will be fine! But...we ARE Sox fans so what would a season be like without us freaking out! GO SOX!!

Dice K as it was said above dose not have teh make up to be in the MLB (what ever that is but....)
if look at him sitting on the bench between his starst he is very unhappy and does not talk to anyone sits alone something is wrong withinhin or with him
he is not happy

We need a HITTER !!!!!

I like the WBC, but have the damn thing after the World Series. Critics will say the players are tired from the long season, so use only players that weren't in the playoffs if that's gonna be an issue. They'll be rested up. Players used to go over and play exhibitions in Japan after the season and many play winter ball in Latin American countries, so it's not like it can't be done.

Can't blame this one on the Yankees, dear "nation"

McGreevey is my hero. As a former Bostonian and still a lover of the Red Sox, I am embarrassed by the entitlement on display in most of thee comments. The WBC, with all its faults, for the most part was compelling baseball. What is it about the majority of fans responding here that they feel they have a right to keep baseball as their exclusive province? Three year ago DM goes down and nobody in Boston gives a rat's asterisk. Now that he's "our's," we're owed something. Come on.
Bud Selig, by the way, would have done better by the WBC if he'd never said anything.

We are becoming the old insecure Sox fans with just a small stumble out of the blocks. Dice K played in the great WBC and was key in some of the best baseball games of 2009. He should be fine after a few days of rest.

Regardless of what you think, pitching for one's country is a great honour no one can refuse. I do agree the timing of the WBC should be more accomodating to the professional baseball seasons (sorry folks, there are more baseball than just the MLB!)......... Anyway, best wishes to Dice-K and hope he recovers soon!

McGreevey......what planet are you on?? Sustainment of the game??? I think the future of baseball is secure.....baseball revenue has steadily increased over the last few years.....and yes, we can complain about the WBC because of the amount of money invested in these players.....if I continue, and I will, to pay the highest ticket prices in the game, and a player on the Sox is injured and goes on the DL while not playing for the Sox, then yes, I will complain and voice opinion on the nonsense that is called the World Bud Classic...so you relax wacko