Jacoby in the Spotlight of Spring Training Opener

Jacoby Ellsbury, who helped lead the Portland SeaDogs to the Eastern League Championship in 2006, is hopping into the spotlight today.
The 2005 Spinners centerfielder will be patrolling center field in today’s 7 p.m. Spring Training Opener, says the Boston Globe’s Gordon Edes (And so it begins anew).
How many other former Spinners will appear in the [...]

Spring Training Spinners — BRANDON MOSS

Today’s installment in the Spring Training Spinners series focuses on outfielder Brandon Moss, who joined the Lowell Spinners in his sophomore campaign in 2003.
Brandon Moss – 2003 Spinners statistics: .237 BA, 7 HR, 34 RBI, 53 SO, 15 BB in 228 AB
Drafted as a second baseman out of Loganville (GA) High School in the eighth [...]

New Spinners Website

Today marked the launch of the new Spinners website. This is a space set up for you to let us know what you think of the new website.
It is our intention that the new website will be both sleeker and more user-friendly.
Thanks to Simplistix Plus for all of their hard work on the [...]

Spring Training Spinners — JACOBY ELLSBURY

Today we profile another former Spinner who’s on the Red Sox Spring Training roster, centerfielder Jacoby Ellsbury.
Jacoby Ellsbury – 2005 Spinners stats: .317 BA, 1 HR, 19 RBI, 20 SO, 24 BB in 139 AB
Delayed only by Oregon State’s trip to the College Baseball World Series, Jacoby arrived in Lowell in early July as the [...]

Spring Training Spinners — KEVIN YOUKILIS

Continuing our series profiling former Lowell Spinners on the Red Sox Spring Training roster, we turn today to Boston first baseman Kevin Youkilis.
Kevin Youkilis – 2001 Spinners stats: .317 BA, 3 HR, 28 RBI, 28 SO, 70 BB in 183 AB
“Youk” came to Lowell after being drafted in the 8th round of the 2001 Amateur [...]

Spring Training Spinners — JONATHAN PAPELBON

After a long weekend, we’re back delivering profiles of former Spinners in Red Sox Spring Training. Today we take a look at a guy you may have heard about last year, Jonathan Papelbon. If you made it to LeLacheur Park last year, you probably saw Jonathan’s brother, Joshua, closing out games for the Spinners.
Jonathan Papelbon [...]

SPRING TRAINING SPINNERS — Edgar Martinez

Today we continue our series on former Spinners on Boston’s Spring Training roster with a look at former catcher and current relief prospect Edgar Martinez.
Edgar Martinez – 2001 Spinners stats: .320 BA, 3 HR, 25 RBI, 23 SO, 10 BB in 175 AB
If you don’t remember Edgar Martinez closing games in Lowell, you’re not [...]

Spring Training Spinners — KYLE JACKSON

Today’s installment profiling former Spinners on the Red Sox Spring Training roster features right-handed pitcher Kyle Jackson.
Kyle Jackson — 2003 Spinners stats: 1-1, 0.93 ERA, 2/2 K/BB in 9.2 IP
A New Hampshire native from just over the boarder, Kyle Jackson was drafted in the 32nd round of the 2001 Amateur Draft by his hometown Boston [...]

Spring Training Spinners — ABE ALVAREZ

As New England wrestles with its largest storm of the season, Spring Training lies just around the corner. We thought we’d warm up your snow day with an eye toward Boston’s Spring Training roster in Florida. We’ll be profiling a new former Spinner each day, updating the blog every business day with a new player [...]

LET THE RED SOX SEASON BEGIN!

Okay, I had my two weeks of fun and although my beloved Bears bit the big one, I still love them.  It was a magical season.  One that only comes around every 20 years or so.  I relished every press conference.  All the  hype and boy did I love the opening kickoff,  but now it’s [...]