Red Sox Opening Day Roster

Giddy with anticipation. I haven't been this excited about baseball since April '08!

The Red Sox today selected infielder Nick Green to join the big club and to set their 2009 Opening Day 25-man roster, Theo Epstein announced. The roster includes 12 pitchers, two catchers, six infielders and five outfielders. Five players (righthanders Miguel Gonzalez and John Smoltz, infielder Julio Lugo, and outfielders Mark Kotsay and Jonathan Van Every) will begin the season on the 15-day disabled list.

The Red Sox’ 2009 Opening Day Roster is as follows:

Pitchers: Josh Beckett, Manny Delcarmen, Jon Lester, Javier Lopez, Justin Masterson, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Hideki Okajima, Jonathan Papelbon, Brad Penny, Ramon Ramirez, Takashi Saito, Tim Wakefield

Catchers: George Kottaras, Jason Varitek

Infielders: Nick Green, Mike Lowell, Jed Lowrie, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Kevin Youkilis

Outfielders: Rocco Baldelli, Jason Bay, Chris Carter, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury

From the Extra Bases blog. Also, as a sidenote - How awesome is it that we have local legend Rocco on the team? And that his name is Rocco?

Very much so, the awesome.