After a giving up four home runs over six batters on Friday evening, knuckleballer Tim Wakefield may have a hard time convincing the Boston Red Sox that he needs to be on the team’s 25-man roster.

“We’re going to have some interesting decisions to make here come this last week,” manager Terry Francona said about Wakefield and Alfredo Aceves‘ chances of making the squad, as reported by Evan Drellich of MLB.com.

“I wouldn’t do that to these guys,” he said. “These guys have a stressful couple weeks ahead of them. I’m not going to make it worse if I sit here and tell you everybody who’s in the bullpen, then whoever’s not — that’s not a good way to do it.”

Wakefield has been with the Sox since 1995 and given his recent performance he may not make the cut for 2011.  He is under contract and will make $3.5 million this season whether or not he pitches in a Red Sox uniform this year.  In early March he was confident that he would make the cut.

“I’ve been in survival mode for 18 years, you know what I mean?” Wakefield said. “None of it bothers me.”