Gabbard demoted, Timlin to DL
Mar 20th, 2007 by Rob Bradford
This just in from Red Sox PR Central:
FORT MYERS, FL — The Boston Red Sox today optioned lefthanded pitcher Kason Gabbard to Triple-A Pawtucket of the International League.
The announcement was made by Executive Vice President/General Manager Theo Epstein.
The move leaves 40 players in Boston’s major league spring training camp.
Gabbard made four starts, finishing with a 2.70 ERA over 10 innings. He appears to be the perfect candidate to serve as the starting rotation’s Pawtucket safety valve until Jon Lester is up to speed.
The Red Sox also announced after the game that Mike Timlin would start the season on the disabled list, most likely forcing him to miss just the first road trip.
Also of note from the Red Sox’s 6-5 win over Minnesota tonight was that Joel Pineiro notched his first save, going one inning and giving up one hit and no runs. He now hasn’t surrendered a run in six straight appearances. Josh Beckett also struck out eight batters while not walking anyone. Thus far this spring, he has 17 punch-outs and just one walk, and that doesn’t include the five strikeouts he notched in two innings against Northeastern.
Offensively, Mike Lowell hit his team-leading third homer of the spring, and J.D. Drew upped his preseason batting average to .440 with two his in three at-bats.
5 reader comments to “Gabbard demoted, Timlin to DL”
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1Anonymous said:
I want to see what Pineiro can do. If he’s not the closer to start the season, I’m going to be pissed.
I want the bullpen to pretty much look like this: Snyder-Delcarmen-Okajima-Donnelly-Romero (LOOGY)-Pineiro. Screw Tavarez, he’s useless, and let Timlin heal on the DL.
If Lowell can keep hitting for power to left, I’ll be giddy. He can tattoo balls off the Monster for doubles all season long.
J.D. Drew is really endearing himself to a lot of us with his spring performance. Let’s hope it translates to the regular season.
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2Brando said:
Speaking of the team’s low batting average, and 9 HRs, is there any concern that Magadan may be to blame here or does it really not matter like you suggest? Sure it’s spring, but Manny has been hitting all winter and he has one double, Papi has one HR and Tek and Coco have averages that make Mirabelli’s performance last year look like Teddy Ballgame.
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3Tom P said:
Rob,
We’ve been reading a lot about Bryce Cox lately (in those other papers), but nothing about anybody else in the minor league camp. Any news about Justin Masterson? Daniel Bard? Carlos Fernandez? Ryan Kalish?
I know you’re not on site anymore, but … are you hearing anything about these guys?
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4educatedcheese said:
Rob, could you clarify… The Globe said Jon Lester would NOT be left behind in extended spring training, but the blonde on NESN Sports Desk said he WOULD be left in E.S.T. Which is it, and if he’s not being left in Fort Myers, where should we expect him to start the year? (I assume Pawtucket…)
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5tym said:
Schilling plugged your blog (with a link) in his latest entry.
