This has worked out well, on several fronts.
1) Schilling will be back, and hopefully better than ever
2) Gabbard has been quite effective - perhaps he will end up the #5 starter and Tavarez in the pen.
3) This may well drop the asking price for Schilling for next year, or at least allow the Sox to sign him to an incentive-laden clause.
I've pretty come to the conclusion that any pitcher over a certain age should only be signed to contracts with starts made clauses... not that there is a chance that will ever happen. I dunno what that age is - around 35 or so.
The risk of losing a month or two is just so high, and pitchers still around at that age are almost all making a lot of money.
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