Red Sox sign Casey Kelly

The Sox have announced that they have officially signed 1st round draft choice Casey Kelly. Kelly, taken as the 30th pick, was a two sport star (football and baseball) for Sarasota High School and had previously committed to playing for Tennessee. The Sox had faith that they could sign him anyway (and so did I [...]

Charlie Zink gets screwed by the IL

We mentioned the other day that 5 Pawtucket players have been elected to participate in the International League’s All-Star Game (link). Among them was RHP Charlie Zink, who is leading all starters (with 100+ IP) with a 2.22 ERA. Unfortunately because Zink pitched last night, the IL decided that they didn’t want him to participate [...]

Che-Hsuan Lin named MVP of Futures Game

All it took was two swings of the bat to morph OF Che-Hsuan Lin from an obscure Single-A prospect into a slightly less obscure Single-A prospect. Lin, representing the Red Sox in Sunday’s ‘XM All-Star Futures Game,’ went 2-2 in the game and was named the MVP. His two hits included a solo HR to [...]

Spotlight on Michael Bowden

Michael Bowden was #3 on my pre-season list of Red Sox pitching prospects (link) and number 94 on Baseball America’s ‘Top 100 MLB Prospects’ list for 2008 (link). So far this season he’s done nothing but put together a good case to increase his ranking on both lists. Bowden started out his season in Double-A [...]

Two PawSox players selected for Home Run Derby

Six players have been selected to participate in the International League’s home run derby next Monday. Among them are Pawtucket’s own Jeff Bailey and Jonathan Van Every. Both of them have had very minor stints with Boston but are crushing the ball in Triple-A. Bailey is leading the PawSox with 23 HR and Van Every [...]

Justin Masterson to be converted to a reliever

Terry Francona announced today that there would be a bit of a change in the Red Sox pitching staff. Justin Masterson, who has spent his season as a starting pitcher, will be converted to a reliever. The reasoning is most likely to keep his inning total low for the rest of the season in hopes [...]

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