Clay Buchholz looks ready for Pawtucket, if not Boston.
Michael Bowden, 20, is already impressing in Double A.
And Josh Beckett pitches Sunday night for the Red Sox.

Think those three will be in the same rotation someday? I do. Buchholz, 22, put in another eye-opening performance for the Sea Dogs Saturday night, striking out 11 in seven innings, allowing one run on three hits and three walks. His ERA is now 1.70.

Bowden, 2-0 with a 2.51 ERA in three starts, makes his Hadlock Field debut Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. (and now for the plug: read more about Bowden in the Maine Sunday Telegram).

Beckett, 27, may someday be the mentor to these other aces. For now, he'll go against Andy Pettitte on ESPN. Should be a good one.

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