Daisuke Matsuzaka Skipped For Red Sox/Yankees Series

Part of this surely has to do with Dice-K’s elbow tenderness, which he says is still a concern when he pitches, but a much larger part of the decision surely has to do with the Red Sox lining up their three best pitchers to face the Yankees in New York. The Red Sox have a day off on Thursday, so no one will have to pitch on short rest.