Victor Martinez appears ready to be activated from the 15-day disabled list for Monday's Red Sox game against the Angels in Anaheim. Here is what Francona had to say...
"I actually think he's probably going to be ready," Francona said. "If he comes in and says, 'I'm hurting,' we're not going to do it. All things point to him being ready to go."
During the last week the Sox have got Buchholz, Beckett, Hermida, and V-Mart back, so if there was ever a time this team should make a run it is now and when they get Pedroia and Ellsbury back. The question is do they have enough to overcome thier hole in the standings. Currently the Rays are 5 games up on the Sox for the Wild Card, and the Yankees have an 8 game lead for the AL East. Sure it is possible, but the fact the Sox bullpen is so bad worries me. These starters are going to need to pitch 7 games every night if they are going to have a shot at making the playoffs. The thing is this rotation is so good that they have the talent to pull it off.
I'm really interested to see how V-Mart plays the rest of the season. He is a free agent at the end of the year, and he hasn't really had a great year. Hopefully this will fire him up and he will finish out the year strong.
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