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March 27, 2007

Sox roster set

With a series of roster moves, the Red Sox now have a 25-man roster. Plus, Jon Lester is being sent to Class A Greenville.

Here is the Sox roster (at least until reliever Mike Timlin is back in a couple of weeks:
THE 2007 RED SOX (for now)
STARTING PITCHERS
Josh Beckett
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Curt Schilling
Julian Taravez
Tim Wakefield
RELIEF PITCHERS
Brendan Donnelly
Javier Lopez
Hideki Okajima
Jonathan Papelbon
Joel Pineiro
J.C. Romero
Kyle Snyder
CATCHERS
Doug Mirabelli
Jason Varitek
INFIELDERS
Alex Cora
Eric Hinske
Mike Lowell
Julio Lugo
David Ortiz
Dustin Pedroia
Kevin Youkilis
OUTFIELDERS
Coco Crisp
J.D. Drew
Wily Mo Pena
Manny Ramirez

Lester, who is coming back from cancer, is being assigned to lower Class A Greenville for four starts. Manager Terry Francona said the Red Sox will re-analyze Lester's situation after that.

Posted at 04:40 PM

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I didn't know we had a player named Mike Yimlin?

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March 28, 2007 02:14 PM

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