Off-Season Projections
1. Mike Lowell will sign with the Yankees and A-rod will sign with us
2. Schilling will leave and go back to the Phillies
3. Buchholz will take Schillings spot in the rotation
4. Red Sox sign Keith Foulke to a one-year half million deal
5. Coco is traded to Athletics for a minor league prospect
6. Jacoby takes CoCo's spot in center
7. Red Sox sign Francisco Cordero
25-Man Roster Projections
LINEUP
C—Varitek
1B—Youkilis
2B—Pedroia
SS—Lugo
3B—Rodriguez
LF—Manny
CF—Ellsbury
RF—Drew
DH—Ortiz
BENCH
Eric Hinske (Hinske's last full season with the Sox)
Alex Cora
Bobby Kielty
Doug Mirrabelli
ROTATION
Josh Beckett (2008 Cy Young award winner)
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Clay Buchholz
Jon Lester
Tim Wakefield
BULLPEN
Jonathan Papelbon
Hideki Okajima
Francisco Cordero
Manny Delcarmen
Javier Lopez
Craig Hansen
Keith Foulke
Season Projections
1. Manny will put up some of his best numbers of his career with 43 HRs and a 1.106 OPS.
2. Lugo and Drew will both put up better numbers, both having an AVG over .270.
3. Wakefield will be on the DL agian towards mid season because of shoulder problems.
4. Dice-K will lead the AL in strikeouts.
5. Josh Beckett and Dice-K will be in the Cy Young race.
6. Red Sox will lead the Majors in bullpen ERA.
7. Ellsbury, Dice-K, and Pedroia will all win a Golden Glove award.