Former Spinners pitch Red Sox to victory, Smith earns first major league victory

All nine innings of last night’s Red Sox game were pitched by former Spinners as Boston defeated Arizona 5-4. Justin Masterson, a 2006 alumni, started for Boston and went six innings, allowing four runs on seven hits. Chris Smith, who pitched in Lowell in 2002, relieved Masterson in the seventh and pitched two innings of [...]

Notes from the first homestand

-In both of their wins against Vermont the Spinners scored walk-off wins with two outs in the ninth. Luis Sumoza’s three-run bomb on Friday night was probably the hardest hit ball this season and Will Middlebrooks’ sacrifice fly got the job done on Sunday.
 
-The six games were decided by a total of eight runs. [...]

Former Spinner wins Eastern League Player of the Month for May

 
Zach Daeges, an outfielder for the 2006 Spinners, won the Eastern League Topps Player of the Month award for May. Daeges hit .414 on the month with 13 extra base hits, 14 RBI, 17 runs scored and 29 walks in just 26 games.
 
Daeges was a sixth round pick from Creighton in 2006. Making his [...]

Trio of DSL players to bolster ’08 Spinners

Three young players will be playing professionally in the United States for the first time when they take the field for Lowell this year. Pitchers Yeiper Castillo and Stolmy Pimentel and outfielder Ronald Bermudez starred for the 2007 DSL Red Sox, and have been assigned to Lowell for 2008, skipping over the rookie-level Gulf Coast [...]

Five ‘07 Spinners back for more in ‘08

Five members of the 2007 Lowell Spinners will return to LeLacheur Park for the 2008 season. Joseph Guerra is the lone returning pitcher. Guerra began the season in the Spinners starting rotation and made seven starts and ten relief appearances before being promoted to Greenville. Guerra struggled early in the season, which contributed to this [...]

Red Sox 2008 draft boasts big name college players

Several Red Sox draftees are well-known to college baseball fans, and several may feature for the 2008 Spinners. The most recognizable name for college baseball fans is North Carolina catcher Tim Federowicz, who was taken in the seventh round. Federowicz is a three-year starter for the Tar Heels, who have lost to Oregon State in [...]

Spinners look forward to more top talent from 2008 draft

After their historic 2004 World Series title the Boston Red Sox began building toward their next championship with their first pick in 2005. They picked an outfielder from a college baseball backwater, Oregon State. After a year of seasoning with the Spinners, Jacoby Ellsbury tore through the Red Sox system in two years and helped [...]