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Activations official

Email|Link|Comments (2) Posted by Adam Kilgore, Globe Staff September 5, 2008 04:29 PM

First baseman Sean Casey, third baseman Mike Lowell and tonight’s starting pitcher Josh Beckett have officially been activated off of the disabled list, giving the Red Sox 28 players on their roster. Because we’re in September and teams can activate as many as 40 players, there are no corresponding roster moves needed.

Casey (neck) has not played since Aug. 19, Lowell (right oblique) has not played since Aug. 12 and Beckett (elbow) has not pitched since Aug. 17.

Also, pitcher Bartolo Colon, as expected, will pitch tomorrow for Triple A Pawtucket at Scranton-Wilkes-Barre in Game 4 of the PawSox Internationl League playoff series.

We'll have lineups for the Red Sox and Rangers soon.

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Why haven't the Sox expanded their roster so if they play a extra inning game or have some freak injury during a game they are not limited by who can play that night?

Posted by dd lang September 5, 08 05:58 PM

Because Pawtucket, Portland, Lancaster and Lowell are all in the playoffs. Once their seasons are done several players should be called up including Chris Carter, Charlie Zink, Clay Buchholz, Michael Boweden, Bartolo Colon, Devern Hansack, George Kottaras and/or Dusty Brown, Jonathan Van Every and possibly Argenis Diaz.

Posted by Travis Liles September 5, 08 08:52 PM