The opening day roster to appear in New York, pending injury, is set in stone at this point. There are only two games left in spring training, so if we do come down with an injury then we are unfortunately unlucky and will need to find another player to fill in.
Pitchers B/T Ht Wt DOB 61 Bronson Arroyo R/R 6-5 190 02/24/77 30 Matt Clement R/R 6-3 210 08/12/74 43 Alan Embree L/L 6-2 190 01/23/70 29 Keith Foulke R/R 6-0 210 10/19/72 54 John Halama L/L 6-5 215 02/22/72 31 Matt Mantei R/R 6-1 200 07/07/73 52 Wade Miller R/R 6-2 220 09/13/76 -- Mike Myers L/L 6-3 220 06/26/69 -- Blaine Neal L/R 6-5 250 04/06/78 38 Curt Schilling R/R 6-5 235 11/14/66 50 Mike Timlin R/R 6-4 210 03/10/66 49 Tim Wakefield R/R 6-2 210 08/02/66 3 David Wells L/L 6-3 250 05/20/63
Catchers B/T Ht Wt DOB 28 Doug Mirabelli R/R 6-1 220 10/18/70 33 Jason Varitek S/R 6-2 230 04/11/72
Infielders B/T Ht Wt DOB 12 Mark Bellhorn S/R 6-1 205 08/23/74 15 Kevin Millar R/R 6-0 210 09/24/71 11 Bill Mueller S/R 5-10 180 03/17/71 16 Edgar Renteria R/R 6-1 200 08/07/75 23 Ramon Vazquez L/R 5-11 170 08/21/76 20 Kevin Youkilis R/R 6-1 220 03/15/79
Outfielders B/T Ht Wt DOB 18 Johnny Damon L/L 6-2 190 11/05/73 7 Trot Nixon L/L 6-2 210 04/11/74 44 Jay Payton R/R 5-10 185 11/22/72 24 Manny Ramirez R/R 6-0 215 05/30/72 60 Adam Stern L/R 5-11 190 02/12/80
Designated Hitters B/T Ht Wt DOB 34 David Ortiz L/L 6-4 230 11/18/75
Yes, there are 27 players on that list and yes, there is a limit of 25 players for a major league roster. Included on this list, though, are Wade Miller, who won't appear until May at the earliest, and Adam Stern who already has a date with the disabled list prepared. That makes it a solid 25. That means Curt Schilling will not be on the opening day disabled list. If he is for some reason, then we can expect to see David McCarty fill his role on the team.
Red Sox. Defending champions. Sunday. Opening day. Almost game time!