Now that the Sox are officially in the postseason, I figured we should have a thread to discuss to first round before it starts on 10/8 (assuming the Yankees choose Series A).
The pitching matchups will likely be:
10/8: Lester v. Lackey
10/9: Beckett v. Weaver
10/11: Buchholz v. Kazmir
10/12: Matsuzaka v. Saunders (if necessary)
10/14: Lester v. Lackey (if necessary)
I'll put the rosters in this post when they're announced, but the projected lineups are:
Red Sox:
CF Jacoby Ellsbury
2B Dustin Pedroia
C Victor Martinez
1B Kevin Youkilis
DH David Ortiz
LF Jason Bay
3B Mike Lowell
RF J.D. Drew
SS Alex Gonzalez
Angels:
3B Chone Figgins
SS Erick Aybar
RF Bobby Abreu
DH Vladimir Guerrero
CF Torii Hunter
1B Kendry Morales
LF Juan Rivera
2B Howie Kendrick
C Mike Napoli
Lineups obviously could and will be different some games.
By the way, this thread is for discussion, predictions and general excitement/anticipation.