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Moriarty9 · 07-27-2008, 11:28 PM

Opening Day Roster

A look at Kevin Kennedy's opening day roster for the 2013 Boston Red Sox.

Pitching Staff
Johan Santana will serve as the ace of the staff and will pitch against Oakland on opening day. Santana went 15-8 with a 3.11 ERA and 208 strikeouts last season and has earned the title of ace by going 183-72 with a 3.22 ERA and 2,494 strikeouts in his 12-year career with the Red Sox.
Roy Oswalt, 35, will assume the #2 spot in the rotation. He went 13-15 with a 4.35 ERA in 32 games with Boston last season and is 56-37 in 108 starts during his Red Sox career, 195-156 with a 3.63 ERA in his big league career.
Free agent acquisition Danny Haren will start the season as the #3 starter. Haren went 13-8 with a 3.68 ERA for the New York Mets last year, one of the finest seasons of his 10-year career. Haren has gone 109-142 with a 4.50 ERA in 331 big league starts and returns to the AL for the first time since he went 12-17 with a 5.04 ERA for the 2008 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Kameron Loe, also signed this winter, will begin the year in the #4 spot in the rotation. Loe, 31, went 10-14 with a 3.88 ERA in 32 starts with the Milwaukee Brewers and Washington Nationals. Loe went 6-7 with a 3.47 ERA for Milwaukee, 4-6, 4.25 ERA in Washington. Over his career, Loe has gone 57-76 with a 4.73 ERA in 195 starts.
Bryan Brake, acquired from the Dodgers last year, went 4-1 with a 3.86 ERA with Boston to finish the season with a 10-6 record and 4.30 ERA. In his brief career, Brake, 23, has gone 13-8 with a 4.09 ERA.
Rookie hurler Johnny Petty will open the season in the bullpen and serve as the team's spot starter. Petty, 24, has gone 25-20 with a 3.28 ERA in his minor league career. He went 12-6 with a 2.79 ERA in 27 starts with AAA Pawtucket last year.
In his first season as the Red Sox closer, Jonathan Papelbon was one of the game's elite. Papelbon went 3-5 with 35 saves and a 1.90 ERA in 50 appearances, holding opponents to a .236 average. He'll be back in the bullpen as the closer this year.
Former Dodgers closer Francisco Rodriguez, acquired from Los Angeles last year, will serve as a setup man to bridge the gap to Papelbon. K-Rod, 31, was 3-3 with a 7.94 ERA in 14 games with Boston last year after going 3-0 with a 3.28 ERA in 47 games with LA last year. The Sox hope he'll rebound and revert to his old form, putting up numbers more consistent with his 50-43, 240 saves, 3.31 ERA career.
Joba Chamberlain will join K-Rod as a late inning reliever to help get Papelbon the ball with the lead. Chamberlain, 27, went 2-3 with two saves and a 3.27 ERA in 37 games with Boston last year. He is 13-11 with six saves and a 3.54 ERA in 160 big league games with the Red Sox.
Terry Allen will be the lone lefty in the Boston bullpen. Allen, 29, went 0-1 with a 2.62 ERA in 42 games with the Red Sox in 2012. He is 4-2 with a save and a 3.87 ERA in 103 career appearances.
Rounding out the bullpen to start the year will be Xiao-yan Lew. The Taiwanese reliever pitched well as a rookie last year, going 2-1 with a 3.82 ERA in 25 appearances. The 22-year-old was 3-3 with two saves and a 2.82 ERA in 41 appearancers with AA Portland last year.

Position Players
Javier Ramirez had a strong 2012 campaign, hitting .268 with 15 home runs and 72 RBI in 132 games while throwing out 25% of would-be base-stealers and posting a .990 fielding percentage. Nonetheless, the 26-year-old will start the season as Boston's backup backstop.
Brian St. John has been considered the catcher of the future since he was drafted in 2010, hitting well at each stop in his minor league career. St. John, 25, will make his big league debut as Boston's starting catcher on opening day.
At first base, Augusto Martinez has earned the starting nod. Martinez, 26, was acquired in a trade with the White Sox last year and hit .333 with two homers and 12 RBI in 22 games with Boston after hitting .289 with 19 homers and 65 RBI in 105 games with Chicago.
George Avila will get playing time at first base as well as getting some at bats as the designated hitter. Avila, 29, hit just .228 last year but did hit 16 home runs and 65 RBI in 120 games.
Nick Huggins will be in the starting lineup on opening day at second base due to an injury that will keep Dustin Pedroia on the disabled list for the first several days of the season. Huggins, 25, is a left-handed hitter that can play each infield position and hit .263 with two RBI in 19 at bats with Boston last year. He hit .361 with five homers and 35 RBI in 105 games with Pawtucket last year.
Miguel Cabrera, 29, is well on his way to the Hall of Fame and hopes to further his credentials in 2013. Cabrera hit .306 with 35 homers and 110 RBI in 132 games last season. In his 11-year-career, he has hit .333 with 303 homers, 1,221 RBI and 2,048 hits.
Hanley Ramirez, 29, begins his eighth season with the Red Sox and will be, once again, the starting shortstop. Ramirez hit .302 with 43 doubles, 16 triples, 11 homers, 87 RBI, 102 runs and 24 stolen bases in 150 games last year. He is a lifetime .295 hitter.
Bill Hopkins will open the year as the utility infielder. Hopkins, 27, hit just .179 with a solo homer in 28 at bats with Boston last year, .300 with a homer and 16 RBI in 100 at bats with Pawtucket.
A lifetime .324 hitter over 1,071 at bats, Reggie Willits will once again be in the lineup for the Red Sox in 2013. Willits hit .341 with no homers, 42 RBI, 83 runs and 13 stolen bases in 127 games with Boston last year.
Grady Sizemore, 30, will be in the middle of the lineup and in centerfield. Sizemore hit .276 with 21 homers and 92 RBI in 151 games last year.
The Red Sox hope Matt Kemp will return to the slugger he was in 2009, when he hit .353 with 30 homers, 100 RBI, 130 runs and 38 stolen bases. He hit .271 with 14 homers and 76 RBI in 142 games last year and is a career .299 hitter.
Lou Farsey opens the year as the fourth outfielder after hitting .289 with five homers, 35 RBI, 45 runs and 13 stolen bases in 108 games in 2012 - his first full season with a big league team.
Boston's fifth outfielder to start the year will be Adam McCormick, who hit .219 with four RBI in 32 at bats with the Red Sox last year. He hit .334 with 13 homers and 71 RBI in 112 games with AAA Pawtucket.
Future Hall of Famer Manny Ramirez is slated to begin the year as Boston's designated hitter. Ramirez, 40, hit just .261 with five homers and 20 RBI in 153 at bats with the Chicago White Sox last year. While the Red Sox are not expecting him to put up the numbers locals are accustomed to seeing out of him after 15 seasons with Boston, but hope he can be a productive member of the team. He is a lifetime .298 hitter with 577 homers and 1,798 RBI in 2,421 games.

Disabled List
To open the season, Boston has two big league ballplayers on the disabled list - pitcher Dave Mason and secondbaseman Dustin Pedroia.
Mason, a 23-year-old Somerville, Mass. native entering his third season with the Red Sox, strained a bicep tendon during spring training and will miss the season-opening series against Oakland but will return shortly after. Mason went 13-11 with a 4.23 ERA in 32 starts with Boston last year.
Pedroia, 29, will miss the first week of the season but will then be back in the starting lineup. He hit .319 with 16 homers and 95 RBI in 142 games last year and is a .290 career hitter in five seasons with Boston.

07-27-2008, 11:28 PM	#207 (permalink)
Moriarty9 Major Leagues Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 413	Opening Day Roster A look at Kevin Kennedy's opening day roster for the 2013 Boston Red Sox. Pitching Staff Johan Santana will serve as the ace of the staff and will pitch against Oakland on opening day. Santana went 15-8 with a 3.11 ERA and 208 strikeouts last season and has earned the title of ace by going 183-72 with a 3.22 ERA and 2,494 strikeouts in his 12-year career with the Red Sox. Roy Oswalt, 35, will assume the #2 spot in the rotation. He went 13-15 with a 4.35 ERA in 32 games with Boston last season and is 56-37 in 108 starts during his Red Sox career, 195-156 with a 3.63 ERA in his big league career. Free agent acquisition Danny Haren will start the season as the #3 starter. Haren went 13-8 with a 3.68 ERA for the New York Mets last year, one of the finest seasons of his 10-year career. Haren has gone 109-142 with a 4.50 ERA in 331 big league starts and returns to the AL for the first time since he went 12-17 with a 5.04 ERA for the 2008 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Kameron Loe, also signed this winter, will begin the year in the #4 spot in the rotation. Loe, 31, went 10-14 with a 3.88 ERA in 32 starts with the Milwaukee Brewers and Washington Nationals. Loe went 6-7 with a 3.47 ERA for Milwaukee, 4-6, 4.25 ERA in Washington. Over his career, Loe has gone 57-76 with a 4.73 ERA in 195 starts. Bryan Brake, acquired from the Dodgers last year, went 4-1 with a 3.86 ERA with Boston to finish the season with a 10-6 record and 4.30 ERA. In his brief career, Brake, 23, has gone 13-8 with a 4.09 ERA. Rookie hurler Johnny Petty will open the season in the bullpen and serve as the team's spot starter. Petty, 24, has gone 25-20 with a 3.28 ERA in his minor league career. He went 12-6 with a 2.79 ERA in 27 starts with AAA Pawtucket last year. In his first season as the Red Sox closer, Jonathan Papelbon was one of the game's elite. Papelbon went 3-5 with 35 saves and a 1.90 ERA in 50 appearances, holding opponents to a .236 average. He'll be back in the bullpen as the closer this year. Former Dodgers closer Francisco Rodriguez, acquired from Los Angeles last year, will serve as a setup man to bridge the gap to Papelbon. K-Rod, 31, was 3-3 with a 7.94 ERA in 14 games with Boston last year after going 3-0 with a 3.28 ERA in 47 games with LA last year. The Sox hope he'll rebound and revert to his old form, putting up numbers more consistent with his 50-43, 240 saves, 3.31 ERA career. Joba Chamberlain will join K-Rod as a late inning reliever to help get Papelbon the ball with the lead. Chamberlain, 27, went 2-3 with two saves and a 3.27 ERA in 37 games with Boston last year. He is 13-11 with six saves and a 3.54 ERA in 160 big league games with the Red Sox. Terry Allen will be the lone lefty in the Boston bullpen. Allen, 29, went 0-1 with a 2.62 ERA in 42 games with the Red Sox in 2012. He is 4-2 with a save and a 3.87 ERA in 103 career appearances. Rounding out the bullpen to start the year will be Xiao-yan Lew. The Taiwanese reliever pitched well as a rookie last year, going 2-1 with a 3.82 ERA in 25 appearances. The 22-year-old was 3-3 with two saves and a 2.82 ERA in 41 appearancers with AA Portland last year. Position Players Javier Ramirez had a strong 2012 campaign, hitting .268 with 15 home runs and 72 RBI in 132 games while throwing out 25% of would-be base-stealers and posting a .990 fielding percentage. Nonetheless, the 26-year-old will start the season as Boston's backup backstop. Brian St. John has been considered the catcher of the future since he was drafted in 2010, hitting well at each stop in his minor league career. St. John, 25, will make his big league debut as Boston's starting catcher on opening day. At first base, Augusto Martinez has earned the starting nod. Martinez, 26, was acquired in a trade with the White Sox last year and hit .333 with two homers and 12 RBI in 22 games with Boston after hitting .289 with 19 homers and 65 RBI in 105 games with Chicago. George Avila will get playing time at first base as well as getting some at bats as the designated hitter. Avila, 29, hit just .228 last year but did hit 16 home runs and 65 RBI in 120 games. Nick Huggins will be in the starting lineup on opening day at second base due to an injury that will keep Dustin Pedroia on the disabled list for the first several days of the season. Huggins, 25, is a left-handed hitter that can play each infield position and hit .263 with two RBI in 19 at bats with Boston last year. He hit .361 with five homers and 35 RBI in 105 games with Pawtucket last year. Miguel Cabrera, 29, is well on his way to the Hall of Fame and hopes to further his credentials in 2013. Cabrera hit .306 with 35 homers and 110 RBI in 132 games last season. In his 11-year-career, he has hit .333 with 303 homers, 1,221 RBI and 2,048 hits. Hanley Ramirez, 29, begins his eighth season with the Red Sox and will be, once again, the starting shortstop. Ramirez hit .302 with 43 doubles, 16 triples, 11 homers, 87 RBI, 102 runs and 24 stolen bases in 150 games last year. He is a lifetime .295 hitter. Bill Hopkins will open the year as the utility infielder. Hopkins, 27, hit just .179 with a solo homer in 28 at bats with Boston last year, .300 with a homer and 16 RBI in 100 at bats with Pawtucket. A lifetime .324 hitter over 1,071 at bats, Reggie Willits will once again be in the lineup for the Red Sox in 2013. Willits hit .341 with no homers, 42 RBI, 83 runs and 13 stolen bases in 127 games with Boston last year. Grady Sizemore, 30, will be in the middle of the lineup and in centerfield. Sizemore hit .276 with 21 homers and 92 RBI in 151 games last year. The Red Sox hope Matt Kemp will return to the slugger he was in 2009, when he hit .353 with 30 homers, 100 RBI, 130 runs and 38 stolen bases. He hit .271 with 14 homers and 76 RBI in 142 games last year and is a career .299 hitter. Lou Farsey opens the year as the fourth outfielder after hitting .289 with five homers, 35 RBI, 45 runs and 13 stolen bases in 108 games in 2012 - his first full season with a big league team. Boston's fifth outfielder to start the year will be Adam McCormick, who hit .219 with four RBI in 32 at bats with the Red Sox last year. He hit .334 with 13 homers and 71 RBI in 112 games with AAA Pawtucket. Future Hall of Famer Manny Ramirez is slated to begin the year as Boston's designated hitter. Ramirez, 40, hit just .261 with five homers and 20 RBI in 153 at bats with the Chicago White Sox last year. While the Red Sox are not expecting him to put up the numbers locals are accustomed to seeing out of him after 15 seasons with Boston, but hope he can be a productive member of the team. He is a lifetime .298 hitter with 577 homers and 1,798 RBI in 2,421 games. Disabled List To open the season, Boston has two big league ballplayers on the disabled list - pitcher Dave Mason and secondbaseman Dustin Pedroia. Mason, a 23-year-old Somerville, Mass. native entering his third season with the Red Sox, strained a bicep tendon during spring training and will miss the season-opening series against Oakland but will return shortly after. Mason went 13-11 with a 4.23 ERA in 32 starts with Boston last year. Pedroia, 29, will miss the first week of the season but will then be back in the starting lineup. He hit .319 with 16 homers and 95 RBI in 142 games last year and is a .290 career hitter in five seasons with Boston.