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Found February 02, 2013 on Boston Sports Then & Now: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Mike Napoli,  Lyle Overbay,  David Ortiz,  Jacoby Ellsbury,  Shane Victorino,  Dustin Pedroia,  Will Middlebrooks,  Jarrod Saltalamacchia,  Stephen Drew,  Ryan Sweeney,  Daniel Nava,  David Ross,  Pedro Ciriaco,  Jonny Gomes
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Ellsbury will once again set the table at the top of the Red Sox’ order this year The Red Sox have recently made the move to sign Mike Napoli official along with adding veteran left-handed hitter Lyle Overbay as protection for Napoli and David Ortiz.  Those two moves should fill out the Red Sox’ roster of position players, at least heading into spring training.  Here is a primer of how the Red Sox lineup may fill out for the most part this season. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF Shane Victorino, RF Dustin Pedroia, 2B David Ortiz, DH Mike Napoli, 1B Will Middlebrooks, 3B Jarrod Saltalamacchia, C Johnny Gomes, LF Stephen Drew, SS Bench – Ryan Sweeney, Daniel Nava, David Ross, Lyle Overbay, Pedro Ciriaco Obviously this is a very early estimate of how the opening day Sox might look but I’d be shocked if I was all that far off.  Let’s break the lineup into 3 sections and analyze from there. Pedroia will likely move to 3rd in the Red Sox order this season The top third – Ellsbury is obviously the ...
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