Lester, who is already in Fort Myers was not taking his projected position in the rotation for granted.
“Penciled in, that doesn’t mean anything. You want to be inked into that spot. I have to control what I do on a day-to-day basis and go out and pitch and worry about that.
“Only having a year in the big leagues and winning the World Series is a pretty big deal,” Lester said, “and the way that it happened last year, with everything that went on and just kind of the road that I took to get up there, it was very special.” 
Buchholz talked about being shut down by the Sox before the playoffs. “They were really just protecting me, so I don’t blame them for taking me off the roster, but it would have been great to be a part of it (the World Series).”
“This is the best place in the world to be in Boston,” he said. “It was unbelievable last year.”
Responding to Schilling’s injury, Bucholtz said it, “just basically opens the window, the window of opportunity. If I want it I’m going to have to take it. If not, somebody else is going to get it.”
It’s great to see that Lester and Buchholz are coming in with the right attitude. Both are willing to compete for and earn their spots in the rotation this year. Their youthful enthusiasm will help keep a team that just won the World Series hungry for another championship.
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