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[OttoC]

Pawtucket RHPs Brandon Duckworth and Jeff Mathis have left the organization to sign with teams in Japan. Maureen Mullen of Comcast had that news.

Pete Abraham's pre-game notes

[sittingstill]

That would be Doug Mathis, of course.

[Lose Remerswaal]

As long as it wasn't Johnny!

Figueroa fills one hole, who gets the other?

[Mike F]

Duckworth just has to be replaced by 'Drake' Britton, n'est pas.

[Lose Remerswaal]

A lurker called "Bill" said they promoted Chris Perez and moved Tony Pena from the bullpen into the rotation.

[Cuzittt]

Tony Pena was already in the starting rotation prior to Duckworth and Mathis leaving (He replaced Germano). And Chris Perez is actually Chris Hernandez.

[wade boggs chicken dinner]

Wonder why Duckworth never got a shot last September. Anyways, he was a good soldier for a while.

[Lose Remerswaal]

Tony Pena was already in the starting rotation prior to Duckworth and Mathis leaving (He replaced Germano). And Chris Perez is actually Chris Hernandez.

Thanks, "Bill".

[mabrowndog]

Wonder why Duckworth never got a shot last September. Anyways, he was a good soldier for a while.

Because even though active MLB rosters expand to 40 players on Sept. 1, the 40-man roster stays at that limit. As chronicled in this thread, the Sox had enough trouble trying to protect their Rule 5 Draft-eligible prospects while also maintaining space for their existing MLB talent pool. There was no way they were going to expose a prospect to waivers and create a space for Duckworth just to give him a tryout.