Sox of the Red Variety (2008)

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Boston Red Sox Dynasty (2008)
Using Out of the Park Baseball 8.

Personal Rules

1. Some realism.
2. Some winning.
3. Some more rings.

The Logistics

1. Overall ratings 20-80.
2. All other ratings 1-10.
3. No coaching, no scouting.
4. Personalities on.
5. Injuries on high, average fatigue.
6. Trading on high, hard difficulty.
7. All contractual rules match MLB to best ability.

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The Squad
25-man roster as of January 1st, 2008

$ = contract year, @ = arbitration eligible, + = out of options
* = could refuse assignment, & = no-trade or ten/five guy

SP Josh Beckett *
SP Curt Schilling $ + *
SP Daisuke Matsuzaka
SP Tim Wakefield $ * &
SP Julian Tavarez $ *

MR David Aardsma
MR Manny Delcarman
MR Javier Lopez @
MR Hideki Okajima *
MR Jon Switzer @
CL Jonathan Papelbon

C Jason Varitek $ + * &
C Doug Mirabelli $ *
1B Kevin Youkilis @ +
2B Dustin Pedroia +
3B Mike Lowell + *
SS Julio Lugo *
IF Keith Ginter $ + *
IF Jed Lowrie

LF Manny Ramirez $ * &
CF Jacoby Ellsbury
RF J.D. Drew *
OF Brandon Moss
OF Coco Crisp + *

DH David Ortiz * &

The Prospects
The up-and-comers and how far out they are.

#1 (MLB #3, 1B #1): A 1B Lars Anderson (3-4 years, no options remaining.)
#2 (MLB #30, SP #10): AAA SP Jon Lester (0-1 year, three options remaining.)
#3 (MLB #48, 2B #1): MLB 2B Dustin Pedroia (0 years, no options remaining.)
#4 (MLB #53, CF #11): MLB CF Jacoby Ellsbury (0 years, three options remaining.)
#5 (MLB #78 SP #28): AAA SP Clay Buchholz (0-1 year, three options remaining.)

#6: MLB IF Jed Lowrie (0-1 year, three options remaining.)
#7: A SP Michael Bowden (2-3 years, three options remaining.)
#8: A SP Justin Masterson (2-3 years, three options remaining.)
#9: R SP Daniel Bard (3-4 years, three options remaining.)
#10: AAA CF Jason Place (1-2 years, three options remaining.)

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Up Next? The remainder of the 2007/2008 offseason!