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The Red Sox send Bartolo Colon, Keith Ginter, and Joe Thurston to minor league camp

GoSoxGo — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:21:18 +0000

The Boston Red Sox have sent down Bartolo Colon, Keith Ginter, and Joe Thurston to minor league camp.

Colon was a once shot at making the active roster out of spring training, but he will get some more time down in minor league camp and try to get his velocity up before the Red Sox think about calling him up to the big leagues. If Colon isn’t able to make the active roster by May 1st, he will become a free agent.

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Curt Shilling moved to 60-day disabled list while Doug Mirabelli is released.

GoSoxGo — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:07:46 +0000

It wasn’t good news at Red Sox Spring Training on Thursday for a couple of veteran players. Both moves are kind of a suprise to me to tell you the truth, but I do see where the team is coming from with both of them.

First off, Curt Shilling has been moved to the 60-day disabled list. You have to wonder how bad Shilling’s injury realy is. Will we even see him at all in 2008? Doesn’t look like we will until atleast July and that would be at the earliest.

The next move that Red Sox made is more of a suprise. This morning Doug Mirabelli was told that he had been released. Mirabelli was pretty much only used as Tim Wakefield’s personal catcher and his numbers really have dropped in the past few season. I figured they liked him in the lockeroom and that was why they kept him around. It must have just been time for Mirabelli to move on. I wonder what team will take a chance at him now?

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The Red Sox option two players to Triple-A and send three players to minor league camp

GoSoxGo — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:03:20 +0000

The Boston Red Sox made a couple of roster moves today as they trimmed off five spots off their Spring Training roster. Two players were optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket while three players were reassigned to minor league camp.

Devern Hansack and Jonathan Van Every were the two players that were sent to Triple-A while Lee Gronkiewicz, Michael Tejera, and Jon Switzer were reassigned to minor league camp.

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Coco Crisp will ask for trade if not named starting center fielder

GoSoxGo — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:24:47 +0000

Coco Crisp has come out and said that he will ask to be traded if he Jacoby Ellsbury beats him out of the job for starting center fielder. Crisp says he would be unhappy sitting on the bench, and feels that he can help out a team as a starting center fielder.

I know there have been rumors in the past about the Chicago Cubs possibly be intersted in Crisp as they would use him to platoon with Felix Pie. It will be interesting to see how this works out.

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