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| TRANSACTIONS 8/24/05 Sox get C. Zambrano SD gets Kazmir, Niemann and BOS 1st round pick 8/24/05 Sox get Elijah Dukes COL gets Erick Aybar 6/28/05 Sox Release Paul Bacot and Jayson Nix, sign Shane Lindsay, Freddie Bynum 6/3/05 Release Fortunato and Mike Neu, Sign Jose Mijares and Jacob Barrack 5/5/05 Sox acquire Renyel Pinto fro Rick Ankiel 4/26/05 Trade Shin Soo Choo for Dustin Pedroia 4/21/05 Acquire Zach Greinke, Adam Wainwright and Shin-Soo Choo for AJ Burnett and Kevin Youkilis 4/1/05 Send Torii Hunter to ATL for Chone Figgins & Ezequil Astacio. 3/21/05 Sign Jamie Burke & Bartolome Fortunato. Release Mike Redmond & Ray Aguilar. 3/3/05 Bosox Trade LHP Abe Alvarez for C Russell Martin 1/9/05 Bosox Draft Jeff Niemann #2 Overall 1/4/05 Sox Trade Wilkerson and Cantu for Kazmir and Antoin Gray 12/28/04 Sox sign Billy Traber, release Hernan Iribarren 8/18/04 Sox sign Chris Young, release Anderson Machado 7/20/04 Sox sign Jorge Cantu, Brandon Moss and Luis Soto. 4/1/01 Trade Sox Get John Maine, Abe Alvarez SF Gets Nomo, Graves 3/29/04 Sign Anthony Reyes, release Shane Hawk 3/7/04 Sign Jose Capellan Release Leslie Nacar 2/28/04 Trade Sox get Millar, McPherson PHI gets Glaus, Lerew 2/23/04 Sign Anderson Machado, Release Luis Soto 2/21/04 Trade Sox get Vlad, Upton and VanBenschoten NYY get A-Rod, Spooney, Bernadina 2/16/04 Sign SS Erick Aybar, Release Mike Bukvich 2/7/04 Draft Shane Hawk 119th overall 2/4/04 Draft Michael Bourn 89th overall 2/1/04 Draft Maels Rodriguez (3); Lou Pamisano (17); Jimmy Barthmaier (64); Chris Ray (70) |
| MINOR LEAGUE STARS |
| 2003 3-Palmisano, Lou C (HA MIL) 3-Barthmaier, J. RHP (A HOU) 3-Denker, Travis 2B (HA LA) 2004 4-Tankersley, Taylor LHP (A FL) 4-Jaramillo, Jason C (LA PHI) 4-Morlan, Eduardo RHP (A MIN) 4-Barrack, Jacob RHP (A PHI) |
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| Reserves 0-Andrus, Elvis SS (GCL ATL) 0-Doherty, Ryan RHP (A AZ) 0-Galvez, Gary RHP (GCL BOS) 0-Hawksworth, Blake RHP (SS STL) 0-Mijares, Jose RHP (A MIN) 0-Soto, Luis OF (SS BOS) 0-Van Benschoten, John RHP (DL PIT) |
| DRAFT PICKS |
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| 5 9 44 45 |
| Coming Attractions... |
| 2004 Rookie Draft Results Jeff Niemann - "From Spring 2004 - Niemann hasn't been at 100 percent this season. He had arthroscopic surgery last fall to clean out inflamed tissue in his elbow. His fastball registers 92-97 mph, and his 6-foot-9, 260-pound frame allows him to drive the ball down in the zone and make it that much more difficult to hit. His slider, the best breaking pitch in the draft, hits 87 mph. He also has a spike curveball and a changeup but hasn't needed them very often in college." Niemann would have ranked right behind Kazmir on TB's top 10, possibly in front of him with a strong 2004 had he signed. Taylor Tankersley - From Spring 2004 - His sturdy 6-foot-2, 225-pound frame and strong lower half help him pump fastballs regularly in the 88-92 mph range with average life; he can run it up to 94 and maintains his velocity well. He's aggressive with the pitch, attacking hitters inside and making them prove they can hit it. Tankersley's breaking ball, a power slider, plays average, and he's shown a feel for a changeup in a starting role. Bill Buckner - The Royals signed several pitchers with quality curveballs, none better than RHP Billy Buckner's. Buckner and Cordier looked like first-round picks at one point during the spring. Jason Jaramillo - C Jason Jaramillo (2), easily the system's best catching prospect, is solid behind the plate. Philadelphia drafted him in the 39th round out of high school in 2001. Steve Sollmann - 2B Steve Sollmann (10) batted .364, stole 23 bases and led the Rookie-level Pioneer League with 99 hits. |
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| 2006 RESERVES |
| SS Hernandez, Luis ATL OF Hollins, Damon TB 3b McPherson, D ANA OF Moss, Brandon BOS |
| 2006 Roster |
| Bullpen R Ray, Chris 2.96 R Bruney, Brian 6.23 R Cabrera, Fernando 1.04 L Munoz, Arnie 3.97 R Capellan, Jose 3.38 L Traber, Billy 4.10 |
| Rotation R Carlos Zambrano 3.03 R Myers, Brett 3.60 R Webb, Brandon 3.89 R Young, Chris 4.62 R Greinke, Zach 6.02 |
| Bench C Kevin Cash R IF Freddie Bynum IF Alejandro Machado S OFMichael Bourn L OF Elijah Dukes S |
| Probable Lineup 3B Chone Figgins S SS Michael Young R RF Vladimir Guerrero R 1B Mark Teixeira S LF Jonny Gomes R DH BJ Upton R 2B Dustin Pedroia R LF Jeremy Reed L C Russ Martin R |
| R Astacio, Ezequil HOU L James, Chuck ATL R Maine, John BAL L Pinto, Renyel CHN R Reyes, Anthony STL R Wainwright, Adam STL |