Early ALDS News & Notes

With the Rays' first-ever A.L. East division title, we now know that the Red Sox will be traveling to Anaheim to face the Angels in the Division Series. Surprisingly, the Angels have chosen to start the series this Wednesday -- this means that there will be an off day between Games 1 and 2. This allows each team to work on a three-man pitching rotation instead of four. I'm sure the Red Sox are thrilled, since they can now throw their one-two punch of Josh Beckett and Jon Lester twice in the series if need be. Here are the pitching match-ups for the entire series:

Game 1: Josh Beckett (BOS) at John Lackey (LAA)
Game 2: Jon Lester (BOS) at Ervin Santana (LAA)
Game 3: Joe Saunders (LAA) at Daisuke Matsuzaka (BOS)
Game 4 (If Necessary): John Lackey (LAA) at Josh Beckett (BOS)
Game 5 (If Necessary): Jon Lester (BOS) at Ervin Santana (LAA)

More information to come in the days to follow.

Posted by Dan Zappulla, VendorBall Columnist.