What the Red Sox roster might look like on Opening Night, April 4 vs. the Yankees (barring more transactions and/or injuries).............
Starting Lineup
LF- Jacoby Ellsbury
2B- Dustin Pedroia
C- Victor Martinez
1B- Kevin Youkilis
DH- David Ortiz
3B- Adrian Beltre
RF- J.D. Drew
CF- Mike Cameron
SS- Marco Scutaro
Bench
Jason Varitek
Jeremy Hermida
Bill Hall.......(it would be nice if we got the 2006 Billy Hall........35 HR's for the Brewers
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Mike Lowell (if not traded or DL'd) OR Jed Lowrie OR TBA
Starting Rotation
Jon Lester
Josh Beckett
John Lackey
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Clay Buchholz
Bullpen
Jonathan Papelbon
Josh Bard
Hideki Okajima
Ramon Martinez
Manny Delcarmen
Tim Wakefield
Dustin Richardson OR TBA
The starting rotation is obviously the strength of this team.
The bullpen doesn't appear to be as deep as last year without Saito and Billy Wagner ( look for a big year from flamethrower Bard- Pap's heir apparent)
The lineup- sans Bay- doesn't have as much power. However, both C and SS are HUGE upgrades over last Opening Day.
Also, the overall defense with Cameron, Beltre and Scutaro is a HUGGGGGE!!! improvement over last season.