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[DanoooME]

Keep Bard in the rotation. As mentioned above by The Gray Eagle, we don't know what's going to happen over the next few weeks with the rotation, so why rock the boat at this point when the rotation isn't exactly a glowing strength right now.

These types of problems tend to work themselves out on their own, unfortunately.

[MikeM]

Why not move Matsuzaka to the pen? Shouldn't this at least be discussed as an option? He's been really mediocre for the past three years, and he has no future here. I'm skeptical of giving him starts over Doubront or Bard.

I've always been of the general impression that the rather lengthy/unusual amount of warmup time he seemingly required before coming in to pitch was just something that wouldn't work coming out of the bullpen.

[Infield Infidel]

I voted other. If Dice comes back solid and if Buchholz is solid (two big ifs), I'd like to see Bard and Doubront used as a two-headed 5th starter. They could find a system, like if the splits for an up-coming team's normal starting line-up are favorable to LHP/RHP, go with Doubront/Bard. Or they could just alternate them. For the one who is skipped, he can be used out of the pen the previous day and/or the next day.

I'd like to keep their quality in the rotation the longest, but also bolster the pen and this would push their innings caps well into August/Sept, when they'd likely go to the BP anyway.

[HriniakPosterChild]

I've always been of the general impression that the rather lengthy/unusual amount of warmup time he seemingly required before coming in to pitch was just something that wouldn't work coming out of the bullpen.

That might be a Japanese baseball thing, not a Daisuke thing. I remember when Kazuhiru Sasaki came to Seattle in 2000, I was amazed at how early in the games he started warming up, but that wound up working pretty well for a few years.