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April 28, 2007
Boston manager Terry Francona said he had gotten sterling reports about Jon Lester's rehabilitation start in Pawtucket Friday night.
He said the left-hander, whose 2006 season was cut short by anaplastic large-cell lymphoma, pitched consistently at 91 miles an hour with great command.
The plan calls for Lester to pitch again for the PawSox on Wednesday, at home against indianapolis. But Francona downplayed the media's suggestion this afternoon that Lester might jump from there to Boston's rotation for the start after that.
"That might be getting a little ahead (of things), jumping the gun a little bit," said Francona.
It seems more likely, from what Francona was inferring, that once Lester's rehab stint ends on May 4, he might be optioned to Pawtucket to continue getting stronger.
-- Steven Krasner
Posted by Steven Krasner 
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