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Last season's Pawtucket Red Sox managed to etch its name in history books, as the club set five team records andA clinched the International League North title A for the first time since 2003, but despite the success, and the nature of baseball, prominent members of the unforgettable season ventured on to new organizations .

With the 2012 MLB draft quickly approaching, it's time to shift the focus of the Boston Red Sox towards the future of the franchise and those players who hope to make that a success.

Kevin Millwood didn't mind spending last June and July pitching for Triple-A Pawtucket and riding the PawSox bus to exotic locales like Buffalo, N.Y., and Louisville, Ky.

The Red Sox made a few trades this off-season in order to shore up their bullpen, rearrange some money, and get Mike Aviles in a position to be the team's starting shortstop.

Jacobs still hasn't started hitting very much after his promotion to High-A. The power hasn't been there at all, with Jacobs getting the kind of results he saw prior to his 2011 breakout, and his alarming strikeout rate -- 31 percent -- is part of the reason his batting average is as low as it is at the moment.

As we all know, the Boston Red Sox went through one of the toughest months in franchise history last September and thus followed with a complete revamping of the organization.

During the offseason, the Boston Red Sox ' new front office made a bold move of trading shortstop Jed Lowrie and pitcher Kyle Weiland to the Houston Astros for reliever Mark Melancon.

Baltimore's Mark Reynolds can't reach a foul ball that went into the stands in the fifth inning.

The club hasn't accomplished the feat since it took six straight games from the Cardinals and Cubs between Aug.

Aaron Cook's opt-out was set for May 1. He was eligible to invoke its awesome free-agent-granting powers should the Red Sox not have him on the major-league roster by the time the clock and calendar struck May 2. After that, the Red Sox would have a 48-hour window to respond to Cook's opt-out, either letting him walk, or finding a spot for him ... (more)

He is actually overqualified for that. Happ is overqualified for a position that we desperately need right now.

Bronson Arroyo made thirty-two starts last season, Andrew Miller , Kyle Weiland , and Tim Wakefield started important games down the stretch for the Red Sox , and the Yankees are going to give Phil Hughes every opportunity to cling to the rotation.

The Rangers lost their first series of the year and it had nothing to do with Mike Napoli hitting seventh while Elvis Andrus hit second.