Projecting 2008 Red Sox rosters

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This is the projection for the 2008 Red Sox minor league rosters. Pitching 1-5 are starters, 6-8 middle relievers, 9-11 or 12 are short relievers and * the closers

Pawtucket:

Pitchers;

1- Devern Hansack RHP
2- David Pauley RHP
3- MLFA
4- Chris Smith RHP or mlfa
5- Charles Zink RHP or mlfa
6- Abe Alvarez LHP
7- Beau Vaughan RHP
8- Lincoln Holzcon RHP
9- Michael James RHP
10-Hunter Jones LHP
11-Edgard Martinez RHP *

Catchers; 1- George Kottaras LH 2- Dusty Brown RH

Infielders;

1B- Chris Carter L/L
2B- Jeff Natale RH
SS- Jed Lowrie SH
3B- Andrew Pinkney LH
UT- Ignacio Suarez RH
UT- Chadd Spann RH

Outfielders;

LF- Jonathan Van Every L/L
CF- Jeff Corsoletti L/R
RF- Brandon Moss L/R
OF- Bryan Pritz R/R
OF- Sean Davidson

Jacoby Ellsbury, Clay Buchholz, Craig Hansen and Bryan Corey will make the Red Sox roster.

MLFA= Minor league free agent.

Portland:

Pitchers;

1- Michael Bowden RHP
2- Justin Masterson RHP
3- Kris Johnson LHP
4- Matt Goodson RHP
5- Tom Hottovy LHP
6- Andrew Dobbies LHP
7- Kevin Guyette RHP
8- T.J. Large RHP
9- Jay Marshall LHP
10-Chad Rhodes RHP
11- Kyle Jackson *

Catchers; 1- Mark Wagner RH 2- Salvador Paniagua RH

Infielders;

1B- Aaron Bate R/R
2B- Tony Granadillo R/R
SS- Ryan Khoury R/R
3B- Scott White R/R
UT- Zach Borowiak R/R
UT- Steve Garrabrants

Outfielders;

LF- Zachary Daeges L/R
CF- Bubba Bell L/R
RF- Mickey Hall L/L
OF- Brad Corell
OF- Jay Johnson

Lancaster:

Pitchers;

1- Nick Hagadone LHP
2- Jimmy James RHP
3- Dustun Richardson LHP
4- Ryan Phillips LHP
5- Michael Rozier LHP
6- Chris Jones RHP
7- Ismael Casillas RHP
8- Kyle Fernandez LHP
9- Cody McCallister RHP
10- Richard Lentz RHP
11- Bryson Cox RHP
12- Daniel Bard RHP*

Catchers; 1- Jon Still RH 2- Zak Farkes RH

Infielders;

1B- Lars Anderson L/L
2B- Chih-Hsien Chiang LH
SS- Argenis Diaz RH
3B- Manny Arambarris RH
UT- Christian Lara SH
UT- Aaron Reza

Outfielders;

LF- Yahmed Yema L/L
CF- Reid Engel L/R
RF- Josh Reddick L/R
OF- Luis Soto SH/R
OF- Paul Smyth R/R

Greenville:

Pitchers;

1- Adam Mills RHP
2- Felix Doubront LHP
3- Miguel Socolovitch RHP
4- Jose Capellan LHP
5- Jordan Craft RHP
6- Charles New RHP
7- Jorge Rodriguez RHP
8- Adam Blackley LHP
9- Eamon Portice RHP
10-Willy Mota RHP
11- Chris Province RHP
12- Felix Ventura RHP*

Catchers; 1- Jon Eagan RH 2- Tyler Weedem RH

Infielders;

1B- Mike Jones R/LH
2B- Yamaico Navarro RH
SS- Oscar Tejeda RH
3B- Jorge Jimenez LH
UT- Kris Negron RH
UT- Pedro Vasquez RH

Outfielders;

LF- Carlos Fernandez L/L
CF- Che-Husuang Lin R/R
RF- Jason Place R/R
OF- Ryan Kalish L/L
OF- Matt Sheely R/R

Players on Extended and in first call.

Pitchers;

SP- Joseph Guerra RHP
SP- Anthony Bajoczky RHP
SP- Emilis Guerrero RHP
RP- Chad Povich RHP
RP- Scott Lonergan RHP
RP- Daniel Buller LHP
RP- William Latimer LHP

Catchers;

1- Luis Exposito RH
2- Dan Milano RH
3- William Vasquez RH
4- Brett Lewis RH

Infileders; Emanuel Solano and Deshawn Brooks and outfielder Jared Stanley.

Lowell:

Pitchers;

SP- Jose Alvarez LHP
SP- Pedro Perez RHP
SP- Ryan Colvin RHP
RP- Carlos Gonzalez RHP
RP- Arbert Jimenez LHP
RP- Mauricio Mendez RHP
RP- Armando Zerpa LHP
RP- Ryne Miller RHP

Infielders;

1B- Ricardo Burgos lh/R
2B- Victor Serrano RH
SS- Ryan Dent RH
3B- Darren Blocker RH

Outfielders;

LF- Luis Sumoza R/R
CF-Rafael Cabreja L/R
RF- Kade Keowen R/R
OF- David Marks LH/R
OF- Mitch Dening LH/R

Players who played in 2007 or where drafted and signed in 2007 and not included in the 2008 projected rosters have left the organization as a minor league free agents or where released.

[RobZombie]

I really think that the Sox will sign a veteran free agent starting pitcher or resign Schilling. That will put either Lester or Bucholtz at Pawtucket to start.

I can almost guarantee you that Hansen starts the year in Pawtucket and Corey might too. Not sure if Hughes has options, if so he'd be a candidate to start the year in Pawtucket assuming the Sox put him on the roster.

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There's a posibility that Buchholz might be in Pawtucket to start the year, but not Lester, Spring training is the key for Hansen, the organization like Corey very much. Hughes is a six year minor league free agent, he is signing with who ever will give him a chance of making a ML roster, don't see him coming back to Pawtucket.

[RobZombie]

Hughes maybe put on the 40 man roster in which case he would not be eligible for free agency. I don't know if he has options left. The organization may like Corey, but last year they got him through waivers and sent him back to Pawtucket, they may try to do the same again.

Lester was terribly inconsistant and could easilly end up in Pawtcuket if the Sox feel that Bucholtz is better. I'm personally uncomfortable with having both of them in the rotation to start.

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The organization didn't think enough of Hughes or Breslow to call them up in September when they needed bullpen help, they aren't going to think of placing them on the 40 man roster in the fall, both of them are gone.

[RobZombie]

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That means absolutely nothing to me.

They didn't call up Breslow because they liked Okajima, and Lopez better and he still had options. They didn't call up Hughes because they rightfully wanted to give Eric Gagne and Bryan Corey a chance. They didn't call up Hansen either, is he gone? Don't be silly.

I don't think they release Breslow and that he's on the team next year as the third lefty out of the pen. Hughes' place will depend on if they resign Mike Timlin or not. If they don't, Hughes will have a chance with the way he pitched.

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Originally Posted by RobZombie

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That means absolutely nothing to me.

They didn't call up Breslow because they liked Okajima, and Lopez better and he still had options. They didn't call up Hughes because they rightfully wanted to give Eric Gagne and Bryan Corey a chance. They didn't call up Hansen either, is he gone? Don't be silly.

I don't think they release Breslow and that he's on the team next year as the third lefty out of the pen. Hughes' place will depend on if they resign Mike Timlin or not. If they don't, Hughes will have a chance with the way he pitched.

It may not means nothing to you, but its well known in the Industry. Again they're minor league free agents.

[RobZombie]

Originally Posted by scaffolds

It may not means nothing to you, but its well known in the Industry. Again they're minor league free agents.

Once again Scaff you aren't in the industry. You just pretend to be. If you were, you'd know the rules on free agency. Remember how it was well known that Kevin Youkilis was a utility player?

Breslow and Hughes are likely to be on the 40 man roster and in camp with the Sox and I'd be surprised if they aren't. There is plenty of room for them your imaginary industry contacts or not. Just because they wanted Gagne over Hughes in September means nothing because Gagne will be gone.

They will not be minor league free agents because they will be on the 40 man roster.

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I haven't talk about the GCL roster and it may look like this in Extended Spring training before the 2008 draft.

GCL:

Pitchers;

01- Stolmy Pimentel RHP
02- John Britton LHP
03- Anthony Alvarado RHP
04- Cesar Cabral LHP
05- Austin Bailey RHP
06- Randy Consuegra RHP
07- Yeiper Castillo RHP
08- Thomas Pressly RHP
09- Hunter Strickland RHP
10- David Harriott RHP
11- Justin Eramus RHP
12- Peter Gilardo RHP*
13- leandro Marin RHP
14- Dennis Neuman RHP

Pedro Rodriguez and Wang-YI Lin are out after TJ surgeries.

Catchers; Chia-Chu Chen and Rafael Gil

Infilders;

1B- Anthony Rizzo
2B- Kenneth Roque
SS- Will Middlebrook
3B- Michael Almanzar
IF- Michael Lennox
IF- Chih-Hsiang Huang

Outfielders

LF- Roberto Feliz
CF- Ronald Bermudez
RF- David Mailman


* Peter Gilardo was drafted as a catcher in 2007 his projection is as a pitcher.

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