The Winter Meetings start next week. It will be a week filled of free agent signings, of trades, of wheeling and dealing, of cell phone company executives accounts filling up. Here’s the depth chart of the Red Sox heading into the meeting, and a suggestion on who should fill the questions we have on said chart.
C Jason Varitek
C ? (Rod Barajas, Doug Mirabelli)
1B Kevin Youkilis
1B Eric Hinske
2B ? (Dustin Pedroia, Mark Loretta, Ronnie Belliard, Ray Durham)
SS ? (Julio Lugo, Dustin Pedroia)
3B Mike Lowell
INF Alex Cora
INF ? (Dustin Pedroia, Tony Graffanino … this would be the 25th spot, it could eithe be a 5th OF, extra IF, or utility guy. Personally, I would love to see Loretta and Lugo on the Red Sox with Pedroia cutting his teeth in this slot.)
LF Manny Ramirez (expected to be traded)
LF Wily Mo Pena
CF Coco Crisp
RF J.D. Drew (expected signing)
SP Curt Schilling
SP Tim Wakefield
SP Daisuke Matsuzaka (expected signing)
SP Josh Beckett
SP Jonathan Papelbon
CL ? (Eric Gagne)
Mike Timlin
Julian Tavarez
Manny Delcarmen
? (Joe Borowski, Octavio Dotel, Aaron Fultz, LaTroy Hawkins, Ray King, David Riske, Craig Hansen, Lenny DiNardo, Craig Breslow, Jon Lester)
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We have made two additions so far (Okajima and Matsuzaka) and we have EIGHT to go. Buckle up, the offseason ain’t over yet.
