Afternoon Red Sox Delight – 4/2

I have to admit, I’ve been slacking lately on keeping up with the Boston Red Sox news. With the move over to Bloguin and trying to get the site up and running, I fell behind.

Normally, I know what’s going on with the Red Sox so last night I spent the evening catching up while working behind the scenes here.

The Red Sox will break camp today as they head north to Washington, D.C. for an exhibition game against the Washington Nationals. As they break camp, the roster is all but set now.

A pair of Scott’s will take the final two spots in the Red Sox bullpen. Scott Atchison and Scott Schoeneweis were given the final two spots in the bullpen. Joe Nelson and Alan Embree will both head to Pawtucket to start the season.

Schoenweis has an opt-out date of April 15th if he didn’t make the big league club out of camp so it appears maybe that played a factor as Embree wasn’t ready yet. Embree also has an opt-out date of April 15th so he’ll either be with the Red Sox or given his release unless another deal is worked out.

Nelson will be with the club through at least June 1st (that’s his opt-out date) but I expect we’ll see him with the team before then.

Mike Lowell won’t be heading to the Texas Rangers as they claimed Ryan Garko off of waivers from Seattle. This means Lowell will start the season on the Red Sox bench. The other bench players will be Jeremy Hermida, Bill Hall and Jason Varitek.

Daisuke Matsuzaka, Boof Bonser, Junichi Tazawa and Jed Lowrie will all start the season on the disabled list.

Before the Red Sox leave Ft. Myers later today, they’ll take on the Nationals. The game will start at 1:05 PM and there is no television or radio for the game.

Clay Buchholz will start for the Red Sox and he’ll be followed by Jonathan Papelbon, Hideki Okajima and Daniel Bard. Scott Olsen will start for the Nationals.


1. Nyjer Morgan	DH	1. Jacoby Ellsbury	LF
2. Willie Harris	RF	2. Dustin Pedroia	2B
3. Cristian Guzman	2B	3. Victor Martinez	C
4. Mike Morse	DH	4. Kevin Youkilis	1B
5. Roger Bernadina	LF	5. David Ortiz	DH
6. Alberto Gonzalez	3B	6. Adrian Beltre	3B
7. Wil Nieves	C	7. J.D. Drew	RF
8. Eric Bruntlett	SS	8. Mike Cameron	CF
9. Willy Taveras	CF	9. Marco Scutaro	SS
Scott Olsen	SP	Clay Buchholz	SP