It’s the worst thing that can happen to a pitcher other than getting sent down or getting released. It’s playing in a spring training game that gets rained out. For Hideki “Darkman” Okajima and Manny Delcarmen, it meant that they made the trip to Vero Beach to get their work in but couldn’t because the game was rained out.
So now the Red Sox staff has to figure out a way to get both of them their scheduled work. With other pitchers scheduled to pitch in the games on Saturday, somehow, someway, the Red Sox will have to get them their work. Pitching coach John Farrell said Darkman will definitely get his work in on Saturday.
“We’ve got to revamp the work that was scheduled for today and try to slot guys in over the next couple of days,” pitching coach John Farrell said. “We’ve got an offday scheduled for [Monday] as well, so that’s going to cause some guys to miss some opportunities, but we’re also getting to that point in time in the spring where starters are getting stretched out and innings are going to become a little bit more difficult to come by for some guys.”
It will be interesting to me since the Red Sox have the offday, if any of the pitchers come in to work out. Most teams are usually adamant about getting their guys a day off whenever they came. But no matter what the situation, these bullpen guys need their work especially since the closer role is still up for grabs as far as the rest of the roles in the bullpen.
