Where They Were and How They Did in 2009
Back in April, I searched through rosters to see where former PawSox during my years in the booth (2006-present) were currently playing. I figured it might be interesting to see how they finished in 2009 (I am not including current Red Sox).
David Aardsma – Seattle Mariners – 3-6, 38 saves, 2.52 ERA
Abe Alvarez – Reggio Emilia (Italian Baseball League) – 3-8, 2.96 ERA
Craig Breslow – Minnesota Twins – 1-2, 6.26 ERA and Oakland Athletics – 7-5, 2 saves, 2.60 ERA
Mike Burns – Nashville Sounds – 8-3, 2.62 ERA and Milwaukee Brewers – 3-5, 5.75 ERA
Kevin Cash – Scranton/WB Yankees – .221, 2 HR, 9 RBI and NY Yankees – .231, 0 HR, 3 RBI
Hee-seop Choi – Kia Tigers (Korean Baseball League) – .308, 33 HR, 98 RBI
Bartolo Colon – Chicago White Sox – 3-6, 4.19 ERA and Charlotte Knights – 1-1, 3.75 ERA
Bryan Corey – Triple-A Oklahoma City Redhawks – 7-9, 5.34 ERA
Keoni DeRenne – York Revolution (Atlantic League) – .289, 5 HR, 34 RBI
Keith Foulke – Newark Bears (Atlantic League) – 5-4, 11 saves, 5.02 ERA
Keith Ginter – Charlotte Knights – .262, 6 HR, 33 RBI
Matt Ginter – Triple-A Nashville Sounds (perfect for his banjo playing) – 3-3, 2 saves, 3.81 ERA
Craig Hansen – Pittsburgh Pirates – 0-0, 5.68 ERA (didn’t pitch after April 20th due to injury)
Willie Harris – Syracuse Chiefs – .222 in 5 games and Washington Nationals – .235, 7 HR, 27 RBI
Lincoln Holdzkom – Double-A Altoona Curve – 0-1, 0.00 ERA (didn’t pitch after May 17th)
Travis Hughes — York Revolution (Atlantic League) 1-2, 5.93 ERA and Calgary Vipers (Golden Baseball League) 3-0, 4.50 ERA
Eric Hull – Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers – 7-3, 1 save, 6.13 ERA
Chuck Jeroloman – Southern Maryland Blue Crabs (Atlantic League) – .190, 11 HR, 38 RBI
Jason Johnson – Scranton/WB Yankees – 2-2, 5.50 ERA and Trenton Thunder – 0-2, 14.54 ERA
Bobby Kielty – Buffalo Bisons – .231, 1 HR, 3 RBI (didn’t play after April 17th)
Jason Lane – Triple-A Las Vegas – .253, 13 HR, 47 RBI
George Lombard – Long Island Ducks (Atlantic League) – .343, 11 HR, 49 RBI (With Pawtucket before I was doing the games)
Alejandro Machado – Rochester Red Wings – .222, 0 HR, 5 RBI, New Britain Rock Cats – .200, 1 HR, 6 RBI, Ft. Myers Miracle – .277, 0 HR, 3 RBI and GCL Twins – .556, 0 HR, 0 RBI
Edgar Martinez – Newark Bears (Atlantic League) – 1-3, 6.09 ERA. El Guapo Lives!
“Super” Joe McEwing – Manager of Class-A Winston-Salem Dash – Went 73-65 to win Southern Division. Lost in the playoffs to the Salem Red Sox.
Cla Meredith – San Diego Padres – 4-2, 4.17 ERA and Baltimore Orioles – 0-0, 3.77 ERA
Corky Miller – Chicago White Sox – .205, 0 HR, 5 RBI, Cincinnati Reds – .179, 1 HR, 10 RBI, Charlotte Knights – .143, 0 HR, 0 RBI, and Louisville Bats – .286, 0 HR, 8 RBI
Brandon Moss – Pittsburgh Pirates – .236, 7 HR, 41 RBI
David Murphy – Texas Rangers – .269, 17 HR, 57 RBI
Jeremy Owens – Southern Maryland Blue Crabs (Atlantic League) – .240, 28 HR, 80 RBI. (Was actually with Pawtucket in 2004 before I was doing the games, but his name caught my eye)
David Pauley – Norfolk Tides – 9-12, 4.37 ERA
Wily Mo Pena – Buffalo Bisons – .276, 5 HR, 21 RBI
Joel Pineiro – St. Louis Cardinals – 15-12, 3.49 ERA
Alex Prieto – Long Island Ducks (Atlantic League) – .240, 7 HR, 31 RBI
Josh Pressley – Somerset Patriots (Atlantic League) – .314, 15 HR, 72 RBI
David Riske – Milwaukee Brewers – 0-0, 18.00 ERA (pitched in 1 game on April 9th)
Bobby Scales – Triple-A Iowa Cubs – .278, 5 HR, 39 RBI and Chicago Cubs – .242, 3 HR, 15 RBI
Jimmy Serrano – Southern Maryland Blue Crabs (Atlantic League) – 0-2, 6.09 ERA
Chris Smith – Triple-A Nashville Sounds – 2-0, 17 saves, 1.27 ERA and Milwaukee Brewers – 0-0, 4.11 ERA
Kyle Snyder – Buffalo Bisons – 3-8, 1 save, 4.23 ERA
Chad Spann – Triple-A Round Rock – .246, 1 HR, 8 RBI and Double-A Corpus Christi – .129, 0 HR, 2 RBI
Junior Spivey – Camden Riversharks (Atlantic League) and Tucson Toros (Golden Baseball League) – .366, 3 HR, 22 RBI
Adam Stern – Double-A Huntsville Stars – .280, 3 HR, 32 RBI and Triple-A Nashville Sounds – .310, 1 HR, 8 RBI
Jon Switzer – Buffalo Bisons – 1-3, 4 saves, 3.29 ERA and NY Mets – 0-0, 8.10 ERA
Michael Tejera – Tigres de Quintana Roo (Mexican League) – 3-1, 3.83 ERA and Sultanes de Monterrey – 2-0, 3.04 ERA
Joe Thurston – St. Louis Cardinals – .225, 1 HR, 25 RBI
Michael Tucker – Newark Bears (Atlantic League) – .231, 0 HR, 0 RBI in 12 games.
Beau Vaughan – Triple-A Oklahoma City Redhawks – 4-2, 4.62 and Double-A Frisco RoughRiders – 3-0, 8 saves, 2.35 ERA. Check out his blog here!
John “Way Back” Wasdin – Seibu Lions (Japan Central League) – Way before my time with Pawtucket (1998-2000), but interesting no?
Josh Wilson – Arizona Diamondbacks – .231, 0 HR, 2 RBI, San Diego Padres – .105, 0 HR, 1 RBI, Seattle Mariners – .250, 3 HR, 10 RBI, Triple-A Reno Aces – .260, 1 HR, 10 RBI, and Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers – .245, 1 HR, 3 RBI. Also pitched in lopsided games for both Arizona and San Diego
Let me know if I missed anyone!
Heard It From Hoard 
I’ve gone up and down this list about 10 times and I can’t find anyone that would have started in Boston this year. Murph might have helped off the bench.
It’s amazing that not many of the minor league players would have made the 2009 PawSox, but I guess that’s better than having a list of players we wish were still in the organization.
How about Travis Hughes? After playing in Japan in 2008, he pitched for both the York Revolution (May 13-July 7) and the Calgary Vipers (July 10 through the end of the season) this year. He was 1-2 with a 5.93 ERA in 12 games for York, 3-0, 4.50 in 15 regular season games and 0-0, 11.25 in 4 postseason games for Calgary.
http://www.pointstreak.com/baseball/player.html?playerid=8313
Probably worth noting that Craig Hansen only pitched in 5 games for the Pirates, never coming off the DL after April 20.
Kelly
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We were fortunate to be at the New Britain Rock Cats game when Alejandro Machado hit his first home run! We found out he was rehabbing there and took the trip to see him.