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Pawtucket Red Sox Roster Opening Day Projections Final, Michael Chavis Misses Cut

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Certainly, a lot to get to here in the final Pawtucket Red Sox projections ahead of Friday’s home opener. A flurry of unexpected moves happened within the last week with Brandon Workman being sent to Pawtucket and Marcus Walden and Bobby Poyner breaking in the season with the big league club.

Other moves such as Austin Maddox to the 10-day-dl and Fernando Rodrguez being in AA-Portland to start the year were also minor storylines for Kevin Boles’s pitching staff.

As for the lineup, the big storyline was the releasing of Steve Selskey which has yet to become official. In fact, the official roster for the PawSox has a number of missing players including Jesse Quiroz and Dan Butler who have yet to be added to the roster and technically Selskey is still listed.

As for players that missed the PawSox roster the more notable one is prospect Michael Chavis who will start the season in Portland and another is hyper utility player Chad De Le Guerra who will also be in Portland to start.

We should have a better idea on depth charts once we meet with Boles and company for PawSox media night on Wednesday ahead of the opener.

Pitchers

  1. Andy Ferguson (Starter)
  2. Justin Haley (2.66 ERA in 44 innings for Pawtucket in 7 starts, came over from Twins as part of rule 5 draft in 2017, Starter)
  3. Tommy Layne (Back after spending parts of 2016 and all of 2017 with the New York Yankees, bullpen depth for Boston)
  4. Kyle Martin
  5. Jalen Beeks (Starter)
  6. Ty Buttrey  (Kevin Boles views Buttrey as a future closer)
  7. Austin Maddox (10-Day-DL)
  8. Williams Jerez
  9. Chandler Shepherd
  10. Brandon Workman (Suprise Sent Down)
  11. Robby Scott (Might be in Boston since the Red Sox do not have any other real left-handed option out of their own bullpen)
  12. Roenis Elias (Might be used in Boston’s bullpen later on in the season, but in Pawtucket a likely starter.)

Catchers

  1. Dan Butler (Not yet on the official team roster, odd)
  2. Mike Ohlman (Traded to Boston from Texas, .216 average with 12 home runs in 2017)
  3. Oscar Hernandez *Suspended
  4. Jake Romanski* Suspended

Infield

  1. Mike Miller
  2. Jantzen Witte
  3. Tzu-Wei Lin
  4. Sam Travis (Needs a breakout season)
  5. Iván De Jesus Jr.(.242 MLB average with 495 career at-bats, most recently with the Reds. Originally played for Boston back in 2012 when he came over in the Dodger trade. Played for the Pawsox in 2012 and 2014 for a very limited time)
  6. Jesus Quiroz (Comes over from Mexican league, batted .293 in 436 games, hyper utility player)

Outfield

  1. Jeremy Barfield (Potential to replace Bryce Brentz as a power option for Kevin Boles)
  2. Rusney Castillo
  3. Aneury Tavarez
  4. Luke Tendler

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Tanner founded Trifecta Network in Spring of 2016 and has been the Chief of Content for the Network since that time. Currently Tanner covers all the sports teams in Boston and has contacts in many of the teams in the city. Before starting Trifecta, Tanner was a Site Expert for the FanSided site Chowder and Champions before leaving to cover Boston teams on the ground as a member of the media for Trifecta.

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Boston Red Sox Pitcher Marcus Walden Added Back To Paw Sox Roster

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Boston Red Sox Pitcher Marcus Walden Added Back To Paw Sox Roster

With starting pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez being activated off of the disabled list this morning, Marcus Walden was sent back down to AAA Pawtucket to make room for Rodriguez on the active roster. Rodriguez will be the starting pitcher for the Red Sox today. Marcus Walden is active for today’s Paw Sox game against the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs.

Marcus Walden pitched well for the Red Sox during his short stint up in Boston. In 5 innings of work, he gave up 4 hits, 2 runs, 0 walks and 3 strike outs.

 

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Pawtucket Red Sox Preview Sunday April 8th And Drew Pomeranz

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Pawtucket Red Sox Preview Sunday April 8th And Drew Pomeranz

The Pawtucket Red Sox and the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs close out their shorten series this afternoon at 1:35pm. In the first game of the series on Saturday afternoon, the Iron Pigs knocked off the Paw Sox by a score 3-1. Justin Haley labored as the Paw Sox starter, however that appeared to be due to the cold.

Drew Pomeranz will be making a rehab start with the Paw Sox this afternoon. He will be faced up against Tom Eshelman for the Iron Pigs. According to Red Sox manager Alex Cora, Pomeranz will go between 5-6 innings on the mound today.

Here is the Paw Sox lineup for this afternoon against the Iron Pigs

  1. CF Rusney Castillo
  2. SS Tzu-Wei Lin
  3. 2B Ivan De Jesus Jr.
  4. 1B Sam Travis
  5. LF Ramon Flores
  6. DH Jeremy Barfield
  7. RF Aneury Tavarez
  8. 3B Jantzen Witte
  9. C Dan Butler

It’s going to be another cold afternoon for any fans coming out to the game. If you are, dress warm.

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Pawtucket Red Sox Will Have Drew Pomeranz On The Mound Rehabbing Sunday

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April 7, 2018

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Drew Pomeranz

There were a few reports out of Boston pointing towards the fact that Boston Red Sox starter Drew Pomeranz would be rehabbing in Pawtucket on Sunday. But now this news has become official.

Per the Pawtucket Red Sox Pomeranz will be on the mound Sunday in McCoy Stadium rehabbing in what is Pawtucket’s second game of the season. According to Boston manager Alex Cora the plan for Pomeranz is to go 5 or 6 innings and then take it from there going forward.

Pomeranz is right on track for his middle of April return. He was placed on the 10-day disabled list by Boston with a flexor strain in his left forearm.

For baseball fans in the Rhode Island area it should be a great day at the ballpark to watch a major league pitcher work in what is an actual start for Pomeranz in terms of length.

Trifecta Sports will be at Pomeranz’s rehab start and will have play-by-play coverage including Tweets, video of his rehab, post-game interviews with Drew Pomeranz and PawSox manager Kevin Boles to gauge how the rehabbing lefty feels and what the next steps are.

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