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I just hope Schilling's relationship with Francona doesn't get in the way of better judgement. As a 40-something year old pitcher with no more pop, you can only reinvent yourself so many times. This will be the 3rd or 4th time Schilling is going to have to learn how to pitch again.
I also highly doubt he will ever throw a 92-mph fastball ever again. And Schilling is a power pitcher. Or at least he was a power pitcher. He is a competitor, I'll give him that, but I don't see him being successful when he returns to the mound.
And with Jon Lester and Clay Buchholz looking better by the game, I don't think you can take them out of the rotation.
Personally, if Curt does pitch again for us, I'd make him a middle reliever. At this point in his career, and with his injury, I wouldn't want him starting for my team... unless he was needed to start due to one of our other starters being scratched.
Maybe I should be more optimistic with Schilling. He was a key piece to each of our World Series championships, and I have a ton of respect for Curt Schilling the ballplayer, but I can't see him making a significant contribution to the Red Sox, or any other MLB team, ever again.
Guess we'll find out what they do with him eventually.
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