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Solid game for George Kottaras. 2 for 2, Double, HR, 3 RBIs, Run, Walk He did hit .308 after the All-Star break. So I will be keeping my eyes and ears out to see if he can put together a nice consistent season in Pawtucket

Hank had also ran his mouth during the offseason, speaking very openly about the current negotiations. It has been said that deadline given to the Twins was laughable to them. There is no doubt that Hank is flesh n blood

More depth insurance? http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/sports/rob_bradford/index.php/2008/02/27/freddy-garcia-is-in-the-house/ Freddy Garcia (who isnt expected back until the All Star Break) was at the Red Sox camp to be evaluated

The Sox have asked Colon to drop close to 20 pounds after seeing the shape he was in. http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/colon_0226.jpg

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Sorry Jayhawk... I just dont agree with the notion that the manager holds total responsibility for how all his players perform BH Kim? Jeez then all of his managers arent doing their jobs huh? I hardly find fault with Tito not giving "enough" playing time to then call up Dustin Pedroia. Its funny how its lost that he stuck with Pedroia through the trying month of April until Dusty took off... and became the ROY and a solid force in the playoffs Remember the 2nd game of the 06 season? In a 1 run game Tito called on for Papelbon, not Foulke, to get the save.

Good depth to have stashed away in Triple A, not bad of a deal

I had said in a previous post that I do see Teixeira and CC donning pinstripes for 2009. Both their teams are sure to be in the playoff race so I dont see mid summer trades to happen. They will be handed crisp blank checks once the clock strikes midnight for free agency to begin

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/7831916/Sources:-Cowboys-win-Thomas-sweepstakes?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=5 Good move by the Boys. Thomas had 2 offers on the table from New Orleans and new England

If Manny is going to New York for 2009, it will be as a Met Boras as Mannys new agent really doesnt change things, the Red Sox have a 2009 option on him last time I checked...

Actually Beckett has now thrown 200 innings for 2 years in a row. So he has in fact thrown that many innings in a year before

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/nationalsjournal/2008/02/odalis_perez_chooses_the_nats.html?nav=rss_blog The Nationals have signed Odalis Perez to a minor league contract. It will be worth $850,000 of he makes the team. He chose between the Red Sox and Washington, ultimately choosing the better place to have more starting opportunities

Innings pitched (2007) Red Sox Matsuzaka- 204.2 innings Beckett- 200.2 innings Wakefield- 189 innings Lester (minors & mlb)- 153.2 innings Buchholz (minors & mlb)- 148 innings. Sox have him projcted for 180-190 innings this year Yankees Pettitte- 215.1 innings Chien-Ming Wang- 199.1 innings Kennedy (minors & mlb)- 165.1 innings Mussina- 152 innings Chamberlain (minors & mlb)- 116 innings pitched. Will probably start out season in bullpen as 8th inning set up for Mariano. Yankees will have to hope that somebody steps up and then some when he goes on to start games. The loss of Joba there def gives the Sox the advantage of having the better bullpen. Phillip Hughes (minors & mlb)- 110 innings

Mark Wagner ended the 2007 season (all with Single A Lancaster) with a stat line of: 95 games- 117 for 368 (.318 avg) (.406 obp) (.533 slg) (.939 ops) 35 Doubles, Triple, 14 HRs, 82 RBIs, 55 Walks, 46 Ks He will open the 2008 season with the Double A Portland Sea Dogs as the starting catcher.

http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080215&content_id=2374140&vkey=spt2008news&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb Alrighty, well mlb. com took a poll of 30 MLB managers/representatives of who will win the World Series. 17 votes went to the Red Sox, the next closest ammount was Detriot with 7. None voted for the Yankees. But really picking who will win at the end is a crapshoot. Im taking it one day at a time and enjoying the beginning of spring training. I see PECTA projecting the Mariners to be in last place... wtf? Theyll easily finish 2nd, maybe even a close 2nd to the Angels in the West. They also have Colorado slipping to 4th place, the Rockies have a good chance to be tops in the division

Those arent confirmed reports. If there have been, you would have already seen 1 or 2 threads started up saying so. John Farrell and Terry were on WEEI today discussing the rotation. They went on to say that Buchholz, Tavarez and Snyder are in the mix for the 5th spot. Buchholz obviously has the best stuff of the group. The Sox are projecting him for 180-190 innings

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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/baseball/marlins/sfl-0215marlstad,0,6954135.story The team hopes to have the new $515 million ballpark to open by April 2011

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Yep thats Hansen, looks like he has packed on some pounds. Next to him is prospect Edgar Martinez Manny is said to be reporting on Feb 21st. Youkilis is the only known starting position player to be at camp

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