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The Red Sox knew that shortstop
Dustin Pedroia was not the most
physically gifted player when they
selected him in the second round
out of Arizona State last June |
But
they also knew that his baseball
skills and instincts were well-honed.
And after Pedroia batted a combined
.357 with a .434 on-base percentage in stops at Class-A Augusta
and Sarasota, the Red Sox seem ready for him to start the 2005
season at Double-A Portland.
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If the Red Sox are to succeed in replacing Pedro Martinez and Derek Lowe, the key to their success might very well be 28-year-old right-hander Wade Miller. Following a season in which a frayed rotator cuff limited him to just 15 starts with the Houston Astros, Miller became a free agent when the Astros failed to tender him a contract in December. If Miller can regain the form he had in 2001-02 — he was a combined 31-12 with a 3.35 ERA and 327 strikeouts in 376.2 innings over those two seasons — the Red Sox will have themselves a steal.
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