Let's break this into two camps: Happy and Unhappy with the Bartolo Colon signing:
Happy: The Taco Bell in Kenmore Square. Taco Bell Inc have just revised their profit estimates upwards for the northeast. Anyone in Boston looking for work sumbit their resume.
Not so happy: The Sox clubhouse manager in charge of the post game food spread. He has just purchased a heavy duty workout belt for increased back support.
Happy: The Sox uniform manager. As Smedile astutely observed, finally, a player to fit into Rich "El Guapo" Garces' game trousers. (I still think they'll be a bit loose on Big Bartolo.)
Looks like this is a good signing as the Happys win 2-1.
For real, no real downside to this signing. If reports of a 1 million dollar salary are accurate, this is a low cost flyer on a player who two years ago won the Cy Young. Reports suggest he has a torn rotator cuff... best to monitor your optimism.
My hope? The Sox move him to the bullpen. Let him throw 50 hard innings this year, basically every other day. The toll on his shoulder would be lessened. Is the big guy willing in this role? I don't know but he likely wants to continue starting. I just think he'd be more effective this way, assuming his shoulder isn't able for starting.
And who's spot does he take in the rotation? I don't see who gets knocked out. Wakefield? I am all for the 6 starter model that Theo and Tito have embraced, in the event of trouble. But it sure looks like the rotation, as of today, is Beckett, Matsuzaka, Lester, Buchholz, Wakefield. If Colon has anything left, he'd have to be in the pen, right? Wakefield isn't going back to the pen. The kids aren't either, unless Buchholz has a rotten spring. Lester? Not having a rotten spring. He's here to stay.
So tell Timlin to get the bullpen burritos on the bbq. Big Bartolo is hungry... let's hope he's hungry to pitch too!
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