The 2011 Spring Training schedule started on Sunday with a loss by the Sox to cross-town rivals the Minnesota Twins. The good news is no one got hurt & pitchers got their work in.
Beckett, Buchholz & Okajima all worked off the mound. Beckett was average. Buchholz was above-average. Oki was below-average. You can't really tell much from these games, so just getting the work in is a good thing for pitchers at this early stage.
Reports are that Josh Beckett is healthy this spring. He can take the full 31 days of March to build up to where he needs to be for the regular season. Injuries had set him back in 2 of the 3 previous spring camps. No question that Beckett needs to bounce back if the Sox are to win their 100 games in 2011.
Let the practice games continue.
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