Mar
21
PRO Rumors: Jarrod Washburn and Dice-K
By- Jarrod Washburn told ESPN Seattle’s Mike Salk Seattle’s rotation has some question marks, with the most recent bump in the road being an abdominal strain to newly-acquired Cliff Lee as well as Erik Bedard, via text message, that to his knowledge there have been no recent conversations with the Mariners. Erik Bedard also is not slated to join the rotation until the summer months at the earliest.
- Daisuke Matsuzaka took another step in the right direction today when he made his unofficial spring debut throwing 32 pitches in a intrasquad minor league game. Dice-K was throwing in the 88-91 MPH range and believes when he makes his Grapefruit league debut on Thursday his velocity will increase as it will be his first real (but doesn’t count) game. Dice-K got off to a slow start in camp due to a nagging back issue which caused him to miss the first few weeks. Information from Ian Browne of MLB.com was used in this article.
Its possible that the Twins may revisit signing Washburn which could allow them to move Francisco Liriano to the closer role with the void at closer the Joe Nathan injury caused.
