BOSTON RED SOX SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES New York Mets (0-0) at Boston Red Sox (0-0) Friday, February 24, 2017 • JetBlue Park at Fenway South • Lee County, FL Online Pressbox: http://pressroom.redsox.com Twitter: @BostonRedSoxPR; @SoxNotes 1 DOWN, 200 TO GO: The Red Sox opened their 2017 HAVE WE BENINTRODUCED?: Red Sox OF Andrew Ben- spring training schedule yesterday with a 9-6 win over intendi has been ranked No. 1 overall in Baseball America’s MEDIA GUIDE: The 2017 Boston Red Northeastern University...BOS has 200 games remaining Top 100 Prospects list...Since the list debuted in 1990, the Sox Media Guide is available for down- in 2017, including exhibition contests, Grapefruit League only other Red Sox player to begin a season ranked No. 1 load at http://pressroom.redsox.com games, and regular season play. overall is Daisuke Matsuzaka (2007)...Benintendi’s rookie and www.redsoxpressbox.com. 1B Mitch Moreland and DH Sam Travis each hit a 3-run status remains intact for the 2017 season. HR in the 3rd inning yesterday...It was Moreland’s 1st Also representing the Red Sox on Baseball America’s IN CAMP: Boston has 58 players in game with the Red Sox since signing as a free agent Top 100 Prospects list are 3B Rafael Devers (No. 18) Major League Spring Training Camp, in- on 12/8/16, and Travis’s 1st game since suffering a and LHP Jason Groome (No. 43). cluding 18 non-roster invitees: 30 pitch- season-ending knee injury on 5/29/16. ers (8 NRI), 6 catchers (3 NRI), 12 infield- Brian Johnson (2.0 IP), Marcus Walden (1.0), Austin CLASSMATES: Of the 58 Red Sox players in major league ers (3 NRI), and 10 outfielders (4 NRI). Maddox (1.0), Ben Taylor (1.0), and Ty Buttrey (0.1) camp, 14 were selected in the 1st round of a June Draft: combined for 5.1 scoreless innings. Year Player Overall Team MOST WINS, RED SOX MANAGERS 2005 Brian Bogusevic 24th HOU GRAPEFRUIT OPENER: The Red Sox and Mets both open 2007 David Price 1st TB Rk. Manager Wins their Grapefruit League schedules today...Their only other Matt Dominguez 12th FLA 5. Jimmy Collins 455 meeting this spring will be 3/8 at First Data Field in Port St. Rick Porcello 27th DET Lucie...BOS has won its last 5 spring training games against 6. Jimy Williams 414 2010 Drew Pomeranz 5th CLE 7. Don Zimmer 411 NYM, dating back to the 2011 season. Chris Sale 13th CWS 8. Eddie Kasko 345 Bryce Brentz 36th BOS DEFENDING CHAMPS: The Red Sox won the 2016 AL 2011 Matt Barnes 19th BOS 9. John Farrell 339 East Division title with a 93-69 record, finishing 4.0 games Blake Swihart 26th BOS ahead of BAL (89-73) and TOR (89-73)...The division has Henry Owens 36th BOS RED SOX 2016 SPRING TRAINING seen 3 different champions in the past 3 years (2014-BAL, Jackie Bradley Jr. 40th BOS STATISTICAL LEADERS 2015-TOR, 2016-BOS), and no team has won consecutive 2012 Deven Marrero 24th BOS Stat Leader AL East titles since the Yankees from 2011-12. Brian Johnson 31st BOS The Sox have not won the AL East title in consecutive 2015 Andrew Benintendi 7th BOS AVG ............... Marco Hernandez (.579) years since divisional play began in 1969...They have Hits ......................... Mookie Betts (24) been crowned division champions 8 times: 1975, FRESH FACES: 4 players on BOS’ 40-man roster are Runs ........................ Mookie Betts (15) 1986, 1988, 1990, 1995, 2007, 2013, and 2016. making their Red Sox organization debut in 2017: Mitch Doubles .............. Marco Hernandez (6) Moreland, Chris Sale, Tyler Thornburg, and Steve Selsky... HR ............................. Mookie Betts (4) MANAGING EXPECTATIONS: John Farrell returns for his RHP Kyle Martin and LHP Luis Ysla are the only players RBI ...............................Sam Travis (13) 5th season as Red Sox Manger, having been named the 46th on the 40-man roster with no major league experience. BB ..................................Brock Holt (7) manager in club history on 10/21/12...On 2/21/15, he signed a contract extension through the 2017 season with a club BUY LOCAL: Of the 58 players in Red Sox camp, only Matt HOW THEY WERE OBTAINED option for 2018; the team exercised that option on 12/5/16. Barnes was born in New England (Danbury, CT)...5 players RED SOX 40-MAN ROSTER Farrell enters the 2017 season with 493 managerial were born in FL: Brian Johnson (Lakeland), Austin Maddox wins between BOS (339) and TOR (154)...He ranks 9th (Jacksonville), Deven Marrero (Miami), Chris Sale (Lake- Amateur Draft Picks (14) on the Red Sox’ all-time managerial wins list and is land), and Robby Scott (Miami). Barnes (2011-1st round), Benintendi fewer than 80 wins behind Eddie Kasko (8th, 345), 15 players in camp were born outside of the 50 United (2015-1st round), Betts (2011-5th Don Zimmer (7th, 411), and Jimy Williams (6th, 414). States, including 5 in the Dominican Republic, 4 in round), Bradley Jr. (2011-compensation Farrell finished 4th in BBWAA AL Manager of the Year Venezuela, 2 in Cuba, 1 in Puerto Rico, 1 in Canada, 1 round), Brentz (2010-compensation in Mexico, and 1 in Aruba. voting in 2016 after leading BOS to the AL East title round), Johnson (2012-1st round), Mar- and a 93-69 (.574) record...He and Joe Morgan (1988, rero (2012-1st round), Martin (2013- 1990) are the only managers in Red Sox history to JETBLUE PARK: The Red Sox are starting their 6th spring lead the club to multiple division titles. at the Fenway South Spring Training and Player Develop- 9th round), Owens (2011-1st round), ment Complex in Fort Myers, FL since moving here in 2012... Pedroia (2004-2nd round), N. Ramirez CHANGE OF DISAR-SCENERY: The only change to the The complex’s main field, JetBlue Park, mimics the playing (2011-4th round), Swihart (2011-1st Red Sox’ major league coaching staff this offseason was the dimensions of Fenway Park in Boston...JetBlue Park’s total round), Vazquez (2008-9th round), hiring of Gary DiSarcina as bench coach...This is his 7th sea- capacity is approximately 11,000, with 9,900 fixed seats. Workman (2010-2nd round) son working in the organization, having previously served This is the 25th consecutive season the Sox have By Trade (17) as a baseball operations consultant (2006), Short-A Lowell called Fort Myers, FL their Spring Training home Abad (From Twins, Aug. 2016), Elias manager (2007-09), minor league infield coordinator (2010), (1993-2017), having played at City of Palms Park and Triple-A Pawtucket manager (2013)...In addition, his through 2011...Only Winter Haven, FL hosted the club (From Mariners, Dec. 2015), Hembree final season as a player came in 2002 with the PawSox. for more springs (27 years from 1966-92). (From Giants, July 2014), Hernandez (From Cubs, Dec. 2014), Holt (From Pi- YOUTH BRIGADE: Dustin Pedroia (born 8/17/83), Chris SPRING FOOTAGE: The Red Sox will make video highlights rates, Dec. 2012), Kelly (From Cardinals, Young (9/5/83), and Hanley Ramirez (12/23/83) are the old- of select games available to the media for download at July 2014), Kimbrel (From Padres, Nov. est players in Red Sox camp, and they are only 33 years old. redsoxpressbox.com, including highlights from yesterday’s 2015), Leon (From Nationals, Mar. 2015), The youngest player in camp is 20-year-old non-roster game vs. Northeastern and today’s game vs. NYM...Media Pomeranz (From Padres, July 2016), Por- invitee Rafael Devers (born 10/24/96)...8 players on must have an mlbpressbox.com username/password, which cello (From Tigers, Dec. 2014), Rodriguez the Red Sox’ 40-man roster are younger than 25: can be obtained by registering through that site. (From Orioles, July 2014), Ross Jr. (From Andrew Benintendi (22), Eduardo Rodriguez (23), HOME WHITES: The Red Sox are scheduled to wear home Rangers, Jan. 2015), Sale (From White Mookie Betts (24), Xander Bogaerts (24), Marco Sox, Dec. 2016), Smith (From Mariners, Hernandez (24), Henry Owens (24), Blake Swihart white jerseys for the first time tomorrow vs. MIN...They will (24), and Luis Ysla (24). also don white uniforms on 3/5 vs. ATL, 3/10 vs. BAL, 3/19 Dec. 2015), Thornburg (From Brewers, Dec. 2016), Wright (From Indians, July 7 of the Red Sox’ 18 non-roster invitees are younger vs. MIN, and 3/25 vs. PHI. than 25 years old: Devers (20), Jamie Callahan (22), 2012), Ysla (From Giants, Aug. 2015) Jordan Procyshen (23), Sam Travis (23), Jake DePew LOOKING BACK: In 2016, the Red Sox led MLB in runs Free Agents (6) (24), Chandler Shepherd (24), and Ben Taylor (24). (878), AVG (.282), OBP (.348), SLG (.461), OPS (.810), and Moreland (Dec. 2016), Price (Dec. doubles (343)...They scored 101 more runs than any other 2015), H. Ramirez (Nov. 2014), San- AL team (CLE-777). LOOKING BACK: In 2016, the Red Sox took over sole pos- doval (Nov. 2014), Scott (Aug. 2011), BOS won 71 games in 2014, 78 in 2015, and 93 in session of 1st place in the AL East on 9/7 and never relin- Young (Dec. 2015) quished the lead...They began July with a 5.0-game deficit 2016...Their 15-win improvement from 2015 to 2016 and suffered a 21-2 loss to LAA at Fenway Park on 7/2, but was the largest in the majors...BOS last increased its International Free Agents (1) their .610 winning percentage (50-32) from 7/3 through the win total in 3 consecutive years from 2001-04 (82 in Bogaerts (Aug.