Justin Masterson heading to bigs!

April 23, 2008 at 10:42 PM

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The sinkerballin', groundballin', Fenway favorite (from the minor league game at Fenway two years ago) is headed to the bigs.

Justin Masterson will be making a spot start and since he's not on the 40-man roster, someone's gonna hafta go. I'm not really sure who it could be, so be sure to check the comments as I'm sure readers more informed than I will bring the names up. (I wonder since Hansen went over an inning tonight if they could demote him to Triple-A and then waive a minor league player off the 40?)

Masterson will kick his big league career off at 1:35 PM against Joe Saunders in the final home game of this homestand. He is 22 years old and has started four games in Portland so far. With just one win to his credit, it comes with a 0.95 ERA in 19 innings, 14 hits, zero homers, five walks and 23 strikeouts. His groundball to fly ball ratio is at 3.57 and while he does profile as a reliever long term, it's gonna be quite nice to see him starting. This is the era of the kids, indeed.

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8 Comments on "Justin Masterson heading to bigs!"

Posted by Sean O, April 23, 2008 11:41 PM

AND I GOT LESTER! DAMMIT! COME ON.

Posted by Dylan, April 24, 2008 12:34 AM

The Sox 40 man roster is not full. Hansen will be sent down to make room on the 25, but no move on the 40 will be necessary.

Posted by TALL THRILL, April 24, 2008 2:22 AM

As Dylan said, we have plenty of room on the 40 man roster. Jed Lowrie was #37, Craig Hansen has been on since July of 2005, and Justin Masterson will be #38. As far as I know, sending Hansen down is not yet official. But it makes sense to me.

Posted by TALL THRILL, April 24, 2008 2:29 AM

unless this is official

http://blogs.courant.com/redsox/2008/04/masterson-starts-thursday.html

Posted by Evan Brunell, April 24, 2008 7:44 AM

Oh, good. I received faulty information, though, that the 40 was full. My bad on not double checking, I was getting it up as fast as possible to go to bed. Hansen being optioned makes complete sense.

Posted by Jaredk, April 24, 2008 10:59 AM

That was my bad, I just knew Masterson was not on the 40 man when I posted in the game thread and had assumed that at this point in the season it would be full with the Colon/Hull types that have been aquired.

Posted by Noah, April 24, 2008 11:38 AM

hes 23 years old

Posted by Sheano, April 24, 2008 2:49 PM

Go Justin! I went to high school with him :)

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