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February 08, 2009
Invited non-roster players announced

With pitchers and catchers ready to report to Fort Myers, the Red Sox announced their 19 non-roster players invited to camp.

Among the 19 is Jeff Bailey who was taken off the 40-man roster to make room for Jason Varitek.

Here are the 59 players coming to Fort Myers:

NON-ROSTER INVITEES
Pitchers: Daniel Bard, Fernando Cabrera, Enrique Gonzalez, Kris Johnson, Marcus McBeth, Dustin Richardson, Billy Traber and Charlie Zink.
Catcher: Carlos Maldonado.
Infielders Lars Anderson, Jeff Bailey, Angel Chavez, Nick Green, Ivan Ochoa, Gil Velazquez.
Outfielders: Chip Ambres, Zach Daeges, Paul McAnulty and Josh Reddick.

40-MAN
PITCHERS
Josh Beckett
Michael Bowden
Clay Buchholz
Manny Delcarmen
Felix Doubront
Miguel Gonzalez
Devern Hansack
Hunter Jones
Jon Lester
Wes Littleton
Javier Lopez
Justin Masterson
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Hideki Okajima
Jonathan Papelbon
Brad Penny
Ramon Ramirez
Takashi Saito
John Smoltz
Junichi Tazawa
Tim Wakefield
CATCHERS
Josh Bard
Dusty Brown
George Kottaras
Jason Varitek
Mark Wagner
INFIELDERS
Argenis Diaz
Mike Lowell
Jed Lowrie
Julio Lugo
Dustin Pedroia
Kevin Youkilis
OUTFIELDERS
Rocco Baldelli
Jason Bay
Chris Carter
J.D. Drew
Jacoby Ellsbury
Mark Kotsay
Jonathan Van Every
DESIGNATED HITTER
David Ortiz

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Kevin covers baseball for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. He first reported on spring training games for the St. Petersburg Times in 1978. He wisely moved to Maine in 1994 and now writes about the Portland Sea Dogs and Boston Red Sox—when he's not coaching Little League baseball.

He is married to Nancy, and the couple recently completed their lineup card with the birth of their ninth child.



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