BOSOX 2011-THE SHOW

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THE REDSOX WENT PITCHING FIRST IN THE FANTASY DRAFT AND HAVE OPENED THE 2011 SEASON WITH A 9-6 MARK. THE TEAM ERA IS 3.82 BUT THE SOX SPORT JUST A .263 BA.

MLB ROSTER
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11 B GARDNER OF
45 T SNIDER OF-1B
41 R DOUMIT C
35 M STANTON OF
43 A CONNER OF
5 S SHERMAN 1B
28 A FERNANDEZ IF
21 W VALDEZ 2B
52 D VICIEDO 3B
15 T GRISSOM UTIL
24 C MAYBIN OF
49 B ANDERSON C
22 J GOFF SS

SP
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34 R HALLADAY
29 C CARPENTER
33 B WEBB
37 M SCHERZER
44 L HOCHEVAR

[JonahLomu]

RED SOX MAKE SMALL CHANGES
BABY STEPS

BY EARL TATUM

SPORTSWRITER

BOSTON BEACON

ANAHEIM - AS THE END OF APRIL WAS DRAWING TO A CLOSE, THE RED SOX LOOKED TO BETTER THEIR CHEMISTRY - STARTING FROM THE TOP DOWN.

BOSTON MANAGER TERRY FRANCONA ANNOUNCED THE MOVES THURSDAY, APRIL 21 AFTER THE RED SOX TOPPED THE ANGELS 5-3 TO IMPROVE TO 11-8 OVERALL, ONE-HALF GAME IN FRONT OF TAMPA AND A GAME AHEAD OF THE ORIOLES.

"WE'RE DROPPING LEADOFF HITTER (LEFTFIELDER) BRETT GARDNER TO THE NINE SLOT AND PUTTING TIMMY (GRISSOM) AT THE TOP," FRANCONA SAID. "THIS WILL BE FOR BOTH GAMES AGAINST RIGHT- AND LEFT-HANDED PITCHERS."

GARDNER'S ON-BASE PERCENTAGE HAD FALLEN TO JUST .279 WHILE GRISSOM IS AT .333.

BOSTON MADE THREE ROSTER MOVES AS WELL, WITH AT LEAST ONE RESULTING IN A NEW STARTER WITH FREDDIE FREEMAN TAKING OVER FOR STEVE SHERMAN AT FIRST BASE. OUTFIELDER JOSE TABATA AND CATCHER MAX ST. PIERRE ALSO JOINED THE CLUB FROM CLASS AAA AS OUTFIELDER CAMERON CAMERON MAYBIN AND CATCHER BRYAN ANDERSON WERE DROPPED.

"TABATA COULD TAKE OVER FOR GARDNER SOONER THAN LATER," SAID AN AL SCOUT.

[JonahLomu]

MAX SCHERZER MADE THE A.L. ALL-STAR TEAM, PITCHING ONE SCORELESS INNING


RED SOX
2011 ALL-STAR TO END REGULAR SEASON UPDATE


53-39 +8 .262 3.70


LEADERS
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DOUMIT .320 12 40 0
F FREEMAN .302 9 29 3


M SCHERZER 10-3 2.81
CARPENTER 9-4 4.41
E SANTANA 7-5 3.77
B WEBB 7-5 4.34
HALLADAY 7-7 3.87


TRANSACTIONS
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5-1
AQ E SANTANA FROM NYM FOR L HOCHEVAR


5-4
ACQ D JENNINGS FROM TEX FOR RP T BYRDAK


7-12
ACQ 3B C DOBSON, CT H CONGER AND SP C LUEBKE FROM SD FOR SP E SANTANA AND SS D WORTH
ACQ RF P DURAN AND SP B DUENSING FOR




THRU AUG 8
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BOS 68-68 +2 .269 3.95



END REGULAR SEASON
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BOS 82-80 +2

AAA
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A CONNER .311 21 73 1
AD FERNANDEZ .310 8 35 4
S SHERMAN .300 12 36 5


C LUEBKE 15-10 .284
B BUCKNER 13-7 3.10
P TEJADA 10-2 3.30


AA
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M AVILES .402 6 13 2
R SAMUELS .372 3 55 37
BARRIOS .304 10 46 20
D TSENG 13-5 3.15






BOS
MORSE 303 4 23 5
DOUMIT .295 19 68 0
DURSON 294 6 26 1
LUDWICK 285 29 95 1
FREEMAN 281 22 61 1
GRISSOM .298 22 32
C DOBSON 275 4 14 2
H CONGER 271 17 50 9

SCHERZER 15-8 3.59
CARPENTER 12-9 4.32
HALLADAY 12-15 4.24
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LEADERS
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AVG
AL
M CABRERA BAL .332
T HELTON CLE .323
A PUJOLS MIN .320
M HOLLIDAY KC .320

NL
VOTTO PIT .322
N MORGAN ATL .318

HR
AL
P FIELDER TOR 52
PUJOLS 48

NL
DUNN STL 50


RBI
AL
PUJOLS 138
FIELDER 135
J HEWWARD 125

NL
DUNN 127
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PLAYOFF BRACKETS
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CLE
BOS

SEA
MIN

COL
STL

ATL
LAD

[JonahLomu]

2011
82-80 5.91 .236




BOSTON 2012-SIMMED OFFSEASON
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OPENING DAY ROSTER
MGR-T FRANCONA


15 T GRISSOM SS-UT
38 M MORSE UT
24 T SNIDER OF
35 M STANTON OF
0 H CONGER C
53 D VICIEDO IF
45 M DORWIN IF
23 K RAMIREZ IF
10 L DURANGO OF
41 R DOUMIT C
25 C MAYBIN OF
7 F FREEMAN UT


34 R HALLADAY
33 B WEBB
29 C CARPENTER
37 M SCHERZER
32 I KENNEDY
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TRANSACTIONS


6-7
JUNE DRAFT
1-ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ SP R-R 19 6-5 199
2-NELSON McCLUGHEN C R-R 18 6-3 221
3-KENDRICK PETTY 1B L-R 22 6-1 186
4-RICK DUNN 2B L-R 18 6-2 176
5-ALBERTO CASTRO CF L/L 20 6-0 216


6-1
ACQ SP D HAREN AND CP K GREGG FROM STL FOR SP R HALLADAY, CP R FRANKLIN AND 3B J FRANCISCO


4-12
ACQ CF N MORGAN FROM ATL FOR OF C MAYBIN AND OF G GROSS
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APRIL UPDATE 2012
11-11 4.79 .277


MAY
29-22 4.27 .269 --


JUNE
40-38 4.10 .258 --


JULY
58-47 3.91 .256 --- +3.5


AUG
71-62 3.95 .258 -2, --


FINAL UPDATE
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88-74 3.94 .263


AN UPSURGE IN OFFENSE KEPT BOSTON WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE OF CAPTURING THE WILD CARD SPOT AND MANAGER TERRY FRANCONA SUCCESSFULLY GUIDED THE RED SOX INTO THE PLAYOFFS.


OF GIANCARLO STANTON PLAYED IN ALL BUT TWO OF BOSTON'S GAMES AND CONTRIBUTED A .252, 34 AND 98 SEASON WHILE RF TRAVIS SNIDER REBOUNDED FROM A SLOW START TO HIT .281 WITH 34 KNOCKS AND 95 RBIs.

GIANCARLO STANTON HELPED LEAD BOSTON TO THE PLAYOFFS.

UNSUNG MIKE MORSE PLAYED A SOLID SS AND TURNED IN A CAREER YEAR AT .277, 18 ASND 64.


MIKE DORWIN, A 22-YEAR-OLD 1B-3B, FINISHED SECOND IN AL ROY HONORS, HITTING .278 WITH 10 HRs AND A TEAM HIGH 72 WALKS, HE ALSO PICKED UP A GOLD GLOVE WITH JUST SIX ERRORS ON THE SEASON.


ANOTHER ROOKIE, 19-YEAR-OLD CF AARON CONNER, REBOUNDED FROM A SLOW SPRING AND A STINT AT CLASS AA TO BAT .303 IN 48 GAMES. BRETT GARDNER (.300, 12 HRs AND 40 STEALS, NYJER MORGAN (35 SBs) AND FREDDIE FREEMAN (17 HRs IN JUST 286 ABs) ALSO CONTRIBUTED IN THE OF.


SWITCH-HITTING CATCHER HANK CONGER, JUST 24, ADDED 50 EXTRA-BASE HITS AND 59 RUNS DRIVEN IN.

CATCHER HANK CONGER HAD 59 RBIs.



SP DAN HAREN WAS PART OF A JUNE 1 DEAL THAT SENT ROY HALLADAY TO ST. LOUIS AND FINISHED AT 14-10, WITH AN ERA OF 3.55. CHRIS CARPENTER AND BRANDON WEBB FINISHED A COMBINED 21-19 - A DISAPPOINTMENT - BUT POSTED 3.56 AND 3.52 ERAs, A GOOD PLAYOFF SIGN.


MARK HENDRICKSON (9-2), TAKASHI SAITO (7-2), RICH THOMPSON (6-0), DANIEL BARD (5-1) PICKED UP THE STARTERS' SLACK BY GOING A COMBINED 27-5.


KEVIN GREGG, PART OF THE HALLADAY DEAL, CONVERTED 41 OF 50 SAVE TRIES WITH A 3.99 ERA. HALLADAY, 1-5 WHEN DEALT, FINISHED AT 12-11 FOR THE CARDS.
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LEAGUE LEADERS


AVG
AL-V MARTINEZ BAL .323
NL-J WERTH ATL .320


HITS
AL-A PUJOLS MIN 200
NL-R CANO ATL 200


HR
AL-PUJOLS 51
NL-R HOWARD ATL 41
D WRIGHT ATL 41
J WERTH ATL 38
R CANO ATL 37


RBI
AL-PUJOLS 135
NL-H RAMIREZ LA 122


W
AL-D BRADEN CLE 20
NL-J WEAVER ATL 20


ERA
AL-C.C. SABATHIA 2.79
NL-J VERLANDER 2,40


SO
AL-J JOHNSON NY 205
NL-VERLANDER 234
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AWARDS


MVP
AL-A PUJOLS MIN 1B .317 51 135 .622 SLG 107R
NL-J WEAVER ATL SP 20-8 3.28 191K 1.19WHIP


CY
AL-D BRADEN CLE 20-9 3.23 111K 1.16WHIP
NL-WEAVER


ROY
AL-THOMAS DOBY SEA RF .271 26 70
NL-VICTOR CASTO HOU 1B .299 7 35
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PLAYOFFS


OAK 101-61
BOS 88-74


TOR 92-70
CLE 89-73


LAD 96-66
HOU 90-72


ATL 93-69
ARIZ 86-76
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UP NEXT: PLAYOFFS

[JonahLomu]

PLAYOFFS 2012


OAK 101-61----2
BOS 88-74===3


TOR 92-70===3
CLE 89-73===2


LAD 96-66----3
HOU 90-72----2


ATL 93-69----3
ARIZ 86-76---1
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TOR 4
BOS 0

ATL 4
LAD 2
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WORLD SERIES

ATL 4
TOR 0

MVP-D WRIGHT 9-28 ,321 3SB
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UP NEXT: 2013 OFFSEASON

[JonahLomu]

2012 RETIREES
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BOS-M HENDRICKSON, S LINEBRINK, T SAITO

JD DREW, B LIDGE, K MILLWOOD, J VARITEK, AND JONES, T STAUFFER (INJ), T BYRDAK, M TEJADA, O CABRERA, R FRANKLIN, D ORTIZ, K WOOD
==================================

RESIGNED A FERNANDEZ, S McCAULEY, V ANDRADE, I BARRIOS, C HANNA, M SCHERZER-3/23.05M
HONG-CHIH KOU 8/30.56=====WTF COMPUTER?
D HAREN 5/73.39M
T SNIDER 3/9.24M
K GREGG 3/7.05M


CHOSE SS V HAYWOOD AS RULE 5 DRAFT SELECTON.

OPENING DAY 2013 ROSTER
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43 CONNER CF
49 C DOBSON 3B
35 M STANTON LF
21 T SNYDER RF
38 M MORSE SS
44 P DURAN DH
45 M DORWIN 1B
39 M ST. PIERRE C
28 A FERNANDEZ 2B
53 D VICIEDO 3B-1B
22 J GOFF IF
41 R DOUMIT C
2 V HAYWOOD IF
DL-11 B GARDNER OF


24 D HAREN
29 C CARPENTER
33 B WEBB
37 M SCHERZER
32 I KENNEDY
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[JonahLomu]

TRANSACTIONS 2013
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3-18
B GARDNER 15DL FRACTURED HAND

BRETT GARDNER STARTED THE SEASON ON THE DL.

[JonahLomu]

UPDATES 2013
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TO JUNE 1
28-25 3.69 .259 --

TO SEPT 1.
74-59 3.72 .257 +8.5

TRANSACTIONS
7=1
REC LF P WILDER, 2B M DORWIN, CF A CONNER, C R DOUMIT AND RP J SKAGGS

OPT LF F FREEMAN, SS J GOFF, C B ANDERSON, RP K JANSEN AND RP S MANSFIELD

6=1
REC IF M DORWIN, UT T GRISSOM, UT F FREEMAN, C H CONGER, C B ANDERSON, SP D HOLLAND AND RP S MANSFIELD


OPT CF A CONNER, IF J GOFF, IF M MORSE, C MAX ST.PIERRE, C R DOUMIT, SP B DUENSING, RP K JANSEN


JJUNE DRAFT
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1-24 STEPHEN BROWN 3B R/R 6-5 200 19
2-24 JONAS MESA SP R/R 6-4 186 20
3-24 ARAMIS BLANCO 1B L/L 6-1 184 21
4-24 EDMUND BAEZ 1B-LF-CF S/R 6=3 210 20