2009-10 Off-Season Depth Chart

Off-Season Depth Chart

C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH SP SwM CL RP FA Legend

Pos.	Catchers	Level	40	NRI
C/1B	Victor Martinez ƅ	MLB	●
C	Jason Varitek ƅ	MLB	●
C	Dusty Brown	MLB	●
C	Gustavo Molina	MLB		●
C	Mark Wagner	AAA	●
C	Luis Exposito	AA		●
C	Juan Apodaca	AA
C	Tim Federowicz	A+
C/3B/1B	Will Vazquez	A+
C	Dan Butler	A+
C	Ryan Lavarnway	A
C	Michael Thomas	A
C	Maykol Sanchez	A
C	Chia-Chu Chen L	A-
C	Sean Killeen	A-
C/3B	Christian Vazquez	A-
C/3B	Carson Blair	A-
C	Leonel Escobar	RK
C	Oscar Perez	DSL
C	Derwin Pinto	DSL
C	Jair Bogaerts	YTD

Pos.	Third Baseman	Level	40	NRI
3B	Adrian Beltre	MLB	●
3B	Mike Lowell	MLB	●
3B/OF	Bill Hall	MLB	●
3B/2B/SS	Nate Spears L	AAA
UT	Christian Colonel	AAA
3B/2B/1B	Jon Hee ƅ	A+
3B	Will Middlebrooks	A
3B/1B	Michael Almanzar	A
3B/2B	Tom Di Benedetto	A
3B	Miles Head	RK
3B	Roberto Ramos ƅ	RK
3B/1B/C	Aly Gonzalez	DSL
3B	Juan Ugas	DSL

Pos.	Left Fielders	Level	40	NRI
LF/RF	Zach Daeges L	AAA
LF	David Mailman L	A+
LF	Chih-Hsien Chiang L	A+
LF/RF/1B	Kade Keowen	A+
LF	Ryan Westmoreland L	A-
LF/RF/CF	Wilfred Pichardo ƅ	A-
LF	Willie Holmes	A-
LF	Seth Schwindenhammer L	RK
LF	Brandon Jacobs	RK
LF	Moko Moanaroa L	RK
LF	Alfredo Soto	DSL
LF/RF	Javier Gutierrez	DSL
LF/3B	Dreily Guerrero ƅ	DSL

Pos.	Right Fielders	Level	40	NRI
RF	JD Drew L	MLB	●
RF/LF	Jeremy Hermida L	MLB	●
RF	Darnell McDonald	MLB		●
RF/CF/LF	Bubba Bell L	AAA
RF/LF	Jason Place	AA
RF/LF	Daniel Nava ƅ	AA
RF	Reid Engel L	AA
RF/LF/CF	Matt Sheely	AA
RF/CF	Mitch Dening L	A
RF/LF	Shannon Wilkerson	A
RF	Alex Hassan	A
RF	Bryan Peterson L	RK
RF	Tyler Yockey L	RK
RF	Curtney Doran	DSL

Pos.	First Baseman	Level	40	NRI
1B/3B	Kevin Youkilis	MLB	●
1B/LF	Aaron Bates	MLB	●
1B/LF	Brett Harper L	AAA
1B	Lars Anderson L	AA		●
1B	Anthony Rizzo L	A+
1B	Mike Jones L	A+
1B/C	Ty Weeden	A+
1B	Chris McGuiness L	A
1B/LF	Drew Hedman L	A-
1B	Boss Moanaroa L	RK
1B	Reynaldo Rodriguez	RK
1B	Pedro Chourio	DSL

Pos.	Second Baseman	Level	40	NRI
2B	Dustin Pedroia	MLB	●
2B/SS/3B	Tug Hulett L	MLB	●
2B/1B	Jeff Natale	AAA
2B	Ryan Khoury	AAA
2B/SS	Ryan Dent	A+
2B/SS	Luis Segovia ƅ	A+
2B/3B	Aaron Reza	A+
2B/3B	Zach Gentile L	A
2B/3B	Ken Roque L	A-
2B	Drew Dominguez	A-
2B	Jordan Sallis ƅ	RK
2B/SS	Derward Ruiz L	DSL
2B	Lewis Urena	DSL
2B/SS	Rafael Espinoza ƅ	DSL

Pos.	Shortstops	Level	40	NRI
SS	Marco Scutaro	MLB	●
SS/3B	Jed Lowrie ƅ	MLB	●
SS	Angel Sanchez	MLB		●
IF	Gil Velazquez	MLB		●
SS/2B/3B	Ray Chang	AAA
SS	Yamaico Navarro	AA		●
SS	Oscar Tejeda	A
SS/2B	Derrik Gibson	A-
SS/2B/3B	Joantoni Garcia	A-
SS	Jose Garcia	RK
SS	Jason Thompson ƅ	RK
SS	Heiker Meneses	DSL
SS	Jose Iglesias	YTD	●
SS/3B	David Renfroe	YTD
SS	Jose Vinicio ƅ	YTD
SS	Xander Bogaerts	YTD

Pos.	Center Fielders	Level	40	NRI
CF	Mike Cameron	MLB	●
CF	Jacoby Ellsbury L	MLB	●
CF/RF/LF	Josh Reddick L	MLB	●
CF/LF/RF	Ryan Kalish L	AA		●
CF	Che-Hsuan Lin	A+		●
CF/RF/LF	Pete Hissey L	A
CF	Jeremy Hazelbaker L	A
CF/LF	Ronald Bermudez	A-
CF	Reymond Fuentes L	RK
CF/RF	Felix Sanchez ƅ	RK
CF	Keury De La Cruz L	DSL
CF	Raoell Kortstam	YTD

Pos.	Designated Hitters	Level	40	NRI
DH	David Ortiz L	MLB	●
DH/1B	Jon Still	AA

Pos.	Starting Pitchers	Level	40	NRI
SP	Josh Beckett	MLB	●
SP	Jon Lester L	MLB	●
SP	John Lackey	MLB	●
SP	Clay Buchholz	MLB	●
SP	Daisuke Matsuzaka	MLB	●
SP	Tim Wakefield	MLB	●
SP	Junichi Tazawa	MLB	●
SP	Michael Bowden	MLB	●
SP	Kason Gabbard L	MLB
SP	Adam Mills	AAA		●
SP	Kris Johnson L	AAA		●
SP	Felix Doubront L	AA	●
SP	Ryne Lawson	AA
SP	Travis Beazley	AA
SP	Casey Kelly	A+		●
SP	Kyle Weiland	A+		●
SP	Stephen Fife	A+
SP	Eammon Portice	A+
SP	Seth Garrison	A+
SP	Stolmy Pimentel	A
SP	Fabian Williamson L	A
SP	Brock Huntzinger	A
SP	Caleb Clay	A
SP	Yeiper Castillo	A
SP	Austin Bailey	A
SP	Alex Wilson	A-
SP	Drake Britton L	A-
SP	Ryan Pressly	A-
SP	Roman Mendez	RK
SP	Manny Rivera L	RK
SP	Randy Consuegra	RK
RP	Tyler Wilson	RK
RP	Miguel Celestino	RK
SP	Nestor Lastreto L	DSL
SP	Yunior Ortega	DSL
SP	Raynel Vellette	DSL
SP	Francisco Taveras L	DSL
SP	Juan Rodriguez	DSL
SP	Madison Younginer	YTD
SP	Kendal Volz	YTD
SP	Renny Parthemore	YTD
SP	Raul Alcantara	YTD
SP	Mario Alcantara	YTD
SP	Richardo Betancourt L	YTD

Pos.	Swing Men (Spot Starters)	Level	40	NRI
SwM	Ramon A. Ramirez	MLB	●
SwM	Fabio Castro L	MLB	●
SwM	Boof Bonser	MLB	●
SwM	Randor Bierd	MLB		●
SwM	Devern Hansack	MLB
SwM	Ryne Miller	AA
SwM	Blake Maxwell	AA
SwM	Mike Lee	A
SwM	Jeremy Kehrt	A
SwM	Cesar Cabral L	A-
SwM	Pedro Perez	A-
SwM	Hunter Cervenka L	RK
SwM	Pete Ruiz	RK

Pos.	Closers	Level	40	NRI
CL	Jonathan Papelbon	MLB	●
CL	Fernando Cabrera	MLB		●
CL	TJ Large	AAA
CL	Bryce Cox	AA
CL	Felix Ventura	A
CL	Dennis Neuman	A
CL	Justin Erasmus	RK
CL	Luis Bastardo	DSL

Pos.	Relievers	Level	40	NRI
RP	Daniel Bard	MLB	●
RP	Hideki Okajima L	MLB	●
RP	Ramon Ramirez	MLB	●
RP	Manny Delcarmen	MLB	●
RP	Scott Atchison	MLB	●
RP	Dustin Richardson L	MLB	●
RP	Alan Embree L	MLB		●
RP	Robert Manuel	MLB		●
RP	Brian Shouse L	MLB		●
RP	Joe Nelson	MLB		●
RP	Jorge Sosa	MLB		●
RP	Chad Paronto	MLB
RP	Scott Patterson	MLB
RP	Kelvin Pichardo	AAA
RP	Robert Coello	AAA
RP	Miguel Gonzalez	AA
RP	Andrew Dobies L	AA
RP	Chad Rhoades	AA
RP	Tommy Hottovy L	AA
RP	Josh Papelbon	AA
RP	Kyle Fernandes L	AA
RP	Will Latimer L	AA
RP	Jason Rice	A+
RP	Armando Zerpa L	A+
RP	Chad Povich	A+
RP	D. Tyler Wilson L	A+
RP	Lance McLain L	A
RP	Mitch Herold L	A
RP	Leandro Marin	A
RP	Charlie Rosario	A
RP	Kyle Rutter	A
RP	Jeremiah Bayer	A-
RP	Michael Bugary L	A-
RP	Anatanaer Batista	A-
RP	Jordan Flasher	A-
RP	Chez Angeloni	A-
RP	Doug Wogee	A-
RP	Tom Ebert	A-
RP	Kyle Stroup	RK
RP	Richie Wasielewski L	RK
RP	Swen Huijer	RK
RP	Dustin Mercadante	RK
RP	Jennel Hudson	RK
RP	Wilfi Santana	DSL
RP	Enrique Cuevas	DSL
RP	Luis Diaz	DSL
RP	Ronaldo Juan	DSL
RP	Eduardo Medina	DSL
RP	Alex Mateo	DSL
RP	Israel Perez L	DSL
RP	Chris Court	YTD
RP	Eric Curtis	YTD
RP	Timmy Webb L	YTD
RP	Iago Januario	YTD
RP	Stephen Fox	YTD
RP	Ariel Cabral	YTD
RP	Sully Bonnelly	YTD
RP	Sergio Gomez	YTD
RP	Francelis Montas	YTD

Pos.	Major League Free Agents	Level	Signed With
CF/RF	Brian Anderson	MLB	Kansas City
RF/CF	Rocco Baldelli	MLB	TB Front Office
LF	Jason Bay	MLB	NY Mets
SP	Paul Byrd	MLB	-
SS	Alex Gonzalez	MLB	Toronto
RP	Billy Wagner L	MLB	Atlanta
SS/2B	Chris Woodward	MLB	Seattle

Pos.	Article XX(D) Free Agents	Level	Signed With
CL	Fernando Cabrera	MLB	Boston
CF/LF	Joey Gathright L	MLB	Toronto
SS/3B/2B	Nick Green	MLB	LA Dodgers
RP	Javier Lopez L	MLB	Pittsburgh
RP	Takashi Saito	MLB	Atlanta
SwM	Billy Traber L	MLB	-

Pos.	Minor League Free Agents	Level	Signed With
LF/1B	Jeff Bailey	MLB	Arizona
3B/SS	Angel Chavez	MLB	Tampa Bay
RF	Brad Correll	AA	Joliet
2B/3B	Travis Denker	MLB	Seattle
SwM	Enrique Gonzalez	MLB	Detroit
SwM	Devern Hansack	MLB	Boston
CL	Derrick Loop L	AA	San Diego
RP	Marcus McBeth	MLB	Oakland
SP	Dave McKae	AA	-
SP	Jarod Plummer	AAA	-
2B/SS/3B	Iggy Suarez	AAA	-
RP	Jose Vaquedano	AAA	-
IF	Gil Velazquez	MLB	Boston
SP	Charlie Zink	MLB	St. Louis

Legend

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Pos. - Position (primary position first, plus any position played for 5+ games in 2009)
Level - Highest level reached over career
   A+ denotes High-A (California, Carolina, and Florida St. leagues)
   A denotes Low-A (Midwest and South Atlantic leagues)
   A- denotes Short-Season-A (NY-Penn and Northwest leagues)
   YTD denotes player has yet to debut professionally
"40" Column
   ● denotes player is on Boston's 40-man Roster
   arb - denotes player will be eligible to file for pre-free agency arbitration between January 5-15, 2010
   opt - denotes player has a team option for 2010
   opt* - denotes player has team option that will not be picked up
R5 - Eligible for December 10, 2009 Rule 5 Draft if not added to the 40-man roster on or before November 20, 2009
NRI - ● denotes player is a non-roster invitee to spring training
L = bats right (for hitters only); throws left (for pitchers only)
ƅ = switch hitter (for hitters only)

Free Agents
Major League Free Agents - Following the completion of the term of his contract, any player with 6+ years of major league service time who has not executed a contract for the next succeeding season shall be eligible to become a free agent. (Basic Agreement, Article XX(B)).
Article XX(D) Free Agents - Any player with 3+ years of major league service time and whose contract is assigned outright to a minor league club may elect, in lieu of accepting such assignment, to become a free agent. (Basic Agreement, Article XX(D)).
Minor League Free Agents - On the fifth day following the completion of the World Series on the last year of a player's minor league contract, the player's contract shall expire and the player shall become a "minor league free agent" unless that player's club renews his contract. (Major League Rule 55(a)).