The Boston Red Sox have an abundance of starting pitching and have a three-way competition for two slots in the rotation. Steven Wright, Eduardo Rodriguez, and Drew Pomeranz will attempt to impress management enough to be among the starting five. With one left out that just adds ever important depth.
Pitching often crashes and burns. The history is there for the Red Sox and 29 other teams for when all seems rosy the rose just wilts. Performance suddenly dissipates or arms go lame – usually a domino effect with one injury joining another and another.