Destination Fenway For Masterson?

With back to back missed starts for Boston Red Sox starters, Boston sends Jon Lester to the mound tonight on just three days rest. They could do the same for the series finale Thursday with Tim Wakefield, more likely they will keep Wakefield on normal rest that allows him to start the series opener in Tampa where he has a great record in that dome.

That leaves a question to who will start tomorrow for Boston. Josh Beckett will start the Sunday game and Clay Buchholz should start game two of the series Saturday with Daisuke Matsuzaka going next Tuesday after missing tonight's game with the flu.

One name that i'm sure is being discussed right now at Fenway is Justin Masterson who is scheduled to start for Portland. Julian Tavarez will also be an option for the Sox.

Most agree that at some point this season Masterson will be called up so adding him to the 40-man roster now isn't that big of an issue and the Red Sox do have a three spots open on the 40-man so no player would need to be designated to make room for him.

A spot would need to be opened on the 25-man roster though. I still don't know for certain what Craig Hansen's status is, but he may still have options left so he could be sent back down after tonight's game.

Aside from that David Aardsma could be a roster victim.