"All right, when do we get worried? Members of the Red Sox rotation keep falling and we keep hearing it's nothing.

On the night Daisuke Matsuzaka hurt his elbow in May, we were assured he wouldn't miss a start. The Red Sox blasted reports that he needed Tommy John surgery as "unprofessional."

Matsuzaka went under the knife last month. He might never pitch here again.

When Clay Buchholz left a start in Tampa on June 16 with a recurrence of a sore back, he was initially pushed back a couple of days. Rest would take care of it.

He hasn't pitched since.

John Lackey's right elbow felt uncomfortable enough to land him on the DL in May. When a Hall of Fame reporter mentioned in a radio interview that Lackey could be heading for Tommy John himself, everyone reacted angrily."