Monday, August 11, 2008

A to Zink

It's about time Charlie Zink gets a little love. The Red Sox will call him up to start in Tim Wakefield's place in the rotation on Tuesday, an appropriate place for another knuckleballer.

Zink is 13-4 for the PawSox this season, posting a 2.89 ERA, after putting up a 9-3 record and 3.98 ERA in 2007. He's always been so solid in the minor leagues, but at 28 he has never been considered a great prospect. 

The fact is, teams are afraid to use knuckleballers, and since there are so few successful ones like Wakefield, that's not much of a surprise. But I've seen Zink in person at Pawtucket, and the kid has good stuff. He can be unhittable at times like Wakefield, so it's at least worth giving the guy a shot.

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