No surprise. The Dice man rolled onto the DL yesterday as expected. He has been ineffective the entire first half of the season & will now start over.
I blame the WBC. Dice-K never got a solid Spring Training & was throwing 98 pitches at full speed in March. His first stint on the DL was unable to correct his lack of velocity & lack of command.
Bud Selig needs to re-think the whole WBC thing. Other than ego stroking & more money for the MLB, every team who sends players to participate in the WBC suffers with injuries during the year. How about catering to your fans for once?
Lucky for the Dice man that we have Smoltz & Buchholz ready & able to step in. He may re-figure into the Sox rotation for the stretch drive. A rested & capable Dice-K in August or September can only help.
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