Casey Kelly (who had better be f#$%ing good)
In what has become, to me at least, one of the signs of impending spring, the Red Sox announced yesterday their list of non-roster players who will none the less get an invite to Spring Training. After my annual disappointment of not seeing my name on the list (I’m not quite so deluded to believe that I’d be on the 40-man roster), I took a look and was pretty happy with what I saw. In addition to prospects such as Josh Reddick, Junichi Tazawa, Jose Iglesias and Mark Wagner, all of whom are already occupying places on the roster, Casey Kelly, Ryan Kalish, Lars Anderson and Luis Exposito (supposedly the catcher of the future), the prized prospects who the team isn’t willing to give up for Adrian Gonzalez (who I really don’t want to mention again until Peter Gammons says it’s a done deal), will be at least making an appearance at the big league spring training site this March.
I can't believe that our best everyday prospect still has zits.
Notable exceptions are Ryan Westmoreland, who is entering only his second full season of pro ball and some say is the best of the group but isn’t mature enough in his game to go to the big league camp, and Raymond Fuentes, the first round pick who is Carlos Beltran’s cousin and in the same situation as Westmoreland.
The guy on the list that I am most excited about is Randor Bierd. Not because I think he can be a contributor, or because he gives us bullpen depth, but because he is named Randor. He sounds like a character out of Xena Warrior Princess or Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire (which was a really weird show that never really hit it’s stride because it didn’t have a big name star, but had a solid concept and not altogether horrible writing).
Doesn't this look like more like a Randor Bierd than the guy on the right does?
I would love to be able to put up the headline “Fear the Wrath of Randor” after he has a great game, or “Randor is the Harbinger of Doom” if he reaches Rudy Seanez level of bullpen failure.
I know it’s not likely that he makes the big club, especially with Boof Bonser occupying the requisite “name that nobody believes is spelled right the first time they see it” spot on the club, but, if he ever does get in there, the options are limitless.
Go Sox.
12 Days.
Done.
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