Boston Red Sox Spring Training Game Notes
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BOSTON RED SOX SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES Baltimore Orioles (0-5-1) at Boston Red Sox (2-2) Sunday, March 6, 2016 • 1:05 p.m. • JetBlue Park at Fenway South • Lee County, FL GRAPEFRUIT STATUS: Today the Red Sox continue their FARRELL’S RETURN: John Farrell returns for his 4th sea- MEDIA GUIDE: The 2016 Boston Red Grapefruit League slate with a home game against the son as Red Sox Manger in 2016...He missed from August Orioles...This is the 5th contest (2-2 thus far) in a stretch 14 through the end of the 2015 regular season on medical Sox Media Guide is available for down- of 31 Grapefruit League games over 30 days, which began leave after being diagnosed with stage 1 non-Hodgkin’s load at http://pressroom.redsox.com. Wednesday and continues through March 31...The Sox Burkitt lymphoma...In his absence, Bench Coach Torey Members of the media may see a mem- conclude their exhibition schedule with 2 additional games Lovullo served as interim manager. ber of the Red Sox Media Relations De- against Toronto in Montreal from April 1-2. partment to request a print copy. RUBEN ADDED: The only change to the Red Sox’ major The Sox break for split-squad action on March 18 (vs. league coaching staff this offseason was the hiring of Ru- MIN, at TB) and March 30 (at PIT, at TB)...Boston’s IN CAMP: Boston has 57 players in ben Amaro Jr. as fi rst base coach in October...The upcoming only off-day from today until the last of 2 games in Major League Spring Training Camp, season will be the fi rst coaching baseball at any level for Montreal comes on March 23. including 16 non-roster invitees...The Amaro, who has over 30 years of baseball experience as Boston opens the regular season on April 4 at CLE and a player and front offi ce executive...He most recently was breakdown: 29 pitchers (7 invitees), 6 plays its fi rst home game on April 11 vs. BAL. Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Phillies catchers (3 invitees), 13 infi elders (3 for parts of 7 seasons from Nov. 2008 to Sept. 2015. invitees), and 9 outfi elders (4 invitees). ON THE AIR: Today’s game will be broadcast on TV on NESN and on the radio on WEEI 93.7 FM...Tomorrow’s Torey Lovullo returns as Bench Coach, Chili Davis as Hitting Coach, Carl Willis as Pitching Coach, Brian HOW THEY WERE OBTAINED game will not be broadcast, but Tuesday’s contest against RED SOX 40-MAN ROSTER the Orioles in Sarasota will be available on MLB Network. Butterfi eld as Third Base Coach, Victor Rodriguez as Assistant Hitting Coach, and Dana LeVangie as Amateur Draft Picks (16): Barnes (2011- YESTERDAY’S GAME: The Sox fell to 2-2 in Grapefruit Bullpen Coach. 1st round), Betts (2011-5th round), Brad- League play yesterday, falling to the Yankees at George M. ley Jr. (2011-compensation round), Brentz Steinbrenner Field, 6-4...The Sox were held to 5 hits in the DOMBROWSKI ABOARD: 2016 marks David Dombrows- (2010-compensation round), Buchholz game, but 4 of those went for extra bases (2B, 3B, 2 HR). ki’s fi rst full season in the Red Sox organiztion after being (2005-compensation round), Coyle (2010- hired as President of Baseball Operations last August 18... 3rd round), Jerez (2011-2nd round), Johnson The Sox took an early lead in the 1st inning when Among his offseason moves, Dombrowski acquired RHP (2012-1st round), Light (2012-1st round), Mookie Betts hit a leadoff triple and Brock Holt Craig Kimbrel from the Padres (11/13/15), signed OF Chris Marrero (2012-1st round), Owens (2011-1st followed with an RBI single...Boston pitching gave up Young (12/2/15), signed LHP David Price (12/4/15), and ac- round), Pedroia (2004-2nd round), N. Ramirez 6 unanswered runs before the Sox cut the defi cit with quired RHP Carson Smith and LHP Roenis Elias from the (2011-4th round), Shaw (2011-9th round), 3 runs in the 8th, powered by a 2-run homer by Ryan Mariners (12/7/15). Swihart (2011-1st round), Vazquez (2008-9th LaMarre and a solo shot by Brennan Boesch. round), Workman (2010-2nd round). Starting RHP Steven Wright took the loss, allowing 2 ON THE ROSTER: On Boston’s 40-man roster, only Wil- By Trade (14): Craig (From Cardinals, July runs on 5 hits over 3.0 innings. liams Jerez, Pat Light, Sean Coyle, and Marco Hernandez 2014), Elias (From Mariners, Dec. 2015), do not have major league experience...The youngest player Escobar (From Giants, July 2014), Hanigan SIM GAME: David Price, Carlos Marmol, and Roenis Elias in camp is non-roster invitee Sam Travis (22, born 8/27/93) (From Padres, Dec. 2014), Hembree (From Gi- all pitched in a simulated game at JetBlue Park yesterday. and the oldest is Koji Uehara (40, born 4/3/75). ants, July 2014), Hernandez (From Cubs, Dec. Price threw 38 pitches, facing 11 batters over 2 Those in major league camp were born as close to 2014), Holt (From Pirates, Dec. 2012), Kelly innings...Marmol threw 19 pitches, facing 5 batters Boston as Danbury, CT (Matt Barnes)...Players in camp (From Cardinals, July 2014), Kimbrel (From over 1 inning... Elias threw 19 pitches, facing 7 batters come from 7 foreign countries: Aruba (Bogaerts), Padres, Nov. 2015), Porcello (From Tigers, over 1 inning. Cuba (Castillo, Elias), Dominican Republic (Hernandez, Dec. 2014), Rodriguez (From Orioles, July Marmol, Mendez, Ortiz, H. Ramirez), Japan (Tazawa, 2014), Ross Jr. (From Rangers, Jan. 2015), FACING THE O’S: Today’s game marks the 1st of 5 meet- Uehara), Puerto Rico (Vazquez), Venezuela (Cuevas, Smith (From Mariners, Dec. 2015), Wright ings between the Red Sox and Orioles this spring, with the Escobar, Leon, Rodriguez, Sandoval), and Mexico (Solis). (From Indians, July 2012). clubs facing off again on Tuesday in Sarasota. Free Agents (7): Layne (Nov. 2013), Ortiz BETTS & BOGEY: From May 19 through the end of the (Jan. 2003), Price (Dec. 2015), H. Ramirez These teams will face each other 19 times during 2015 regular season, the top 2 hitters in the AL by AVG (Nov. 2014), Sandoval (Nov. 2014), Uehara the regular season, beginning with the Red Sox’ were Boston’s Xander Bogaerts (.335) and Mookie Betts (Oct. 2014), Young (Dec. 2015). fi rst home series of the season, a 3-game set from (.315)...The now-23-year-olds were born within a week of International Free Agents (3): Bogaerts April 11-13...The meet again for their fi rst series in each other in 1992 on 10/1 (Bogaerts) and 10/7 (Betts). Baltimore from May 30-June 2, a 4-game series. (Aug. 2009), Castillo (Aug. 2014), Tazawa Betts and Bogaerts were the 1st Red Sox teammates, (Dec. 2008). The Red Sox have dropped their last 3 season series both in their age-22 season or younger, to each total against the Orioles by the same 8-11 margin...The Sox at least 174 hits in a season. INSIDE THE 2015 SEASON won their last 4 match-ups with the O’s after starting the year 4-11 against Baltimore. FINAL RECORD: 78-84 (.481) PANNING FOR GOLD: The Red Sox have 4 players among 5TH IN AL EAST, 15.0 GB TOR the fi rst 20 of Baseball America’s Top 100 Prospects list, FINALE BEGINS: David Ortiz announced on November 18, twice as many as any other team...They are: Yoan Moncada HOME: 43-38; ROAD: 35-46 his 40th birthday, that the 2016 season will be his last as a (3rd), Andrew Benintendi (15th), Rafael Devers (18th), and THE TURNAROUND: The Red Sox had major league player...It will be his 20th big league season Anderson Espinoza (19th). (debuted in 1997) and his 14th season with Boston (since the 4th-best record in the AL from 7/30 2003). on, going 34-26 (.567), after posting an JETBLUE PARK: This spring marks the Red Sox’ 5th at AL-worst 44-58 (.431) record prior to the Fenway South Spring Training and Player Development A member of the Red Sox since 2003, Ortiz is the that point...From 8/18 on, the Sox went active player with the longest continuous tenure with Complex in Fort Myers, FL since moving here in 2012... his current major league team. The complex’s main fi eld, JetBlue Park, mimics the playing 26-18 (.591), trailing only TOR (.651, dimensions of Fenway Park in Boston, including a Green 28-15) and TEX (.622, 28-17) in the AL. FOND FORT FAREWELL: This marks David Ortiz’s 20th Monster in left fi eld...JetBlue Park’s total capacity is ap- OFFENSIVE IMPROVEMENT: Be- and fi nal Spring Training in Fort Myers...He called Ham- proximately 11,000, with 9,900 fi xed seats. ginning on 7/30, the Sox offense led mond Stadium his Spring Training home as a member of the The Sox have called Fort Myers their Spring home for MLB in AVG (.282) and ranked 2nd in Twins from 1997-2002, then trained at City of Palms Park 24 consecutive seasons beginning in 1993 at City of R/G (5.5)...From 8/14 to the end of the (2003-11) and JetBlue Park (2012-16) with the Red Sox. Palms Park (through 2011)...Only Winter Haven, FL year, Boston had the 2nd-best run dif- In 329 career Grapefruit League games between the hosted the club for more springs (27 from 1966-92).