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2011 Red Sox Look To Live Up To The Hype

Posted on April 1, 2011 at 03:31 PM.

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Spring Training has come and gone. Players have shown up, fit, athletic and ready to go. Some players had there dreams come true making that 25 man ******, others had it crushed and watched their careers hit a snag. No big surprises with my ****** choices. Kept Reyes instead of Okajima but if i know myself, that wont last for too long.

I made one big move by trading Dice K for a SP prospect from the Mets named Matt Harvey. He had a good spring and I like that he could be a trade piece or maybe a part of the future for this Red Sox organization. F Doubront slid into the 5th starter role for now. He showed good stuff in spring but he's on a short leash.

Our depth chart looks like this.

Boston Red Sox Depth Chart - 2011

***cher
J Saltalamacchia
J Varitek

First Base
A Gonzalez
D Ortiz

Second Base
D Pedroia

Third Base
K Youkilis

Shortstop
M Scutaro
J Lowrie

Left Field
C Crawford

Center Field
J Ellsbury
M Cameron

Right Field
JD Drew
D McDonald

Starting Pitcher
J Lester
J Lackey
C Buchholz
J Beckett
F Doubront

Relief Pitcher
T Wakefield
D Wheeler
D Reyes
M Albers
B Jenks
D Bard

Closer
J Papelbon

Designated Hitter
D Ortiz

Decided to go with Scutaro over Lowrie to start the year. Scutaro has the reputation but it's his position to lose. If I Lowrie is a better fit I am not going to hesitate to make the switch. That goes for Ortiz and JD Drew too. I think I'll be having JD playing against righty's and Cameron in there vs Lefty's. I like what they both bring to the table.

Welp it's time for Opening day. Let's go Sox. Mission World Series Champ is in session.