ANAHEIM, Calif. -- If Steven Wright can't stand the heat, well, there really isn't much the Boston Red Sox can do about it.
One day after suggesting in a pregame interview on Red Sox flagship radio station WEEI that Wright might need to be scratched from future starts in sticky, humid conditions because of the difficulties he has had with gripping his knuckleball, manager John Farrell said such a drastic measure isn't realistic.
"Your rotation is set up as it is, every fifth day. I don't know that we can go through and look at the weather and forecast if we're going to change the rotation," Farrell said Thursday before the Red Sox opened an 11-game West Coast road trip against the Los Angeles Angels.