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Beckett's suspension reduced from 6 to 5 and will NOT miss a start, which means he can pitch against MFY on Saturday. What a joke.

I never, ever heard of them doing that before.

For a SP, either they make him miss a start or they don't issue a suspension.

Has anybody ever heard of them doing something like this before?

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Beckett's suspension reduced from 6 to 5 and will NOT miss a start, which means he can pitch against MFY on Saturday. What a joke.

That's BS- but if it's a 5 game suspension, how is he NOT gonna miss a start? Do they have a 6 man rotation all of a sudden?

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I don't get the point of a suspension in which the player never misses a game. Why even go through the trouble?

My understanding is that Beckett also forfeits his pay for those five days, which will probably costs him somewhere north of $300,000.

I still want to see Pedroia drilled though.

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My understanding is that Beckett also forfeits his pay for those five days, which will probably costs him somewhere north of $300,000.

If they do forfeit pay pitchers get screwed in MLBs suspension scheme since their suspesions are usually longer so that they do miss a start.

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