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More live BP

Email|Link|Comments (3) Posted by Chris Forsberg, Boston.com Staff February 20, 2009 10:18 AM

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- After a short batch of drills to start the morning, the Red Sox have jumped into another session of live batting practice, with action on four of the the five fields here at the player development complex.

Among the notable tossers were Josh Beckett and Jon Lester. Beckett initially threw to a trio that featured Brad Wilkerson, Kevin Youkilis, and J.D. Drew. From behind the cage, general manager Theo Epstein observed the session.

As he did yesterday, Drew did not offer a swing during one stint against Beckett, but Wilkerson and Youkilis made solid contact with Beckett throwing quality heat.

In the bullpen, Brad Penny highlighted a group of pitchers throwing side sessions, including Devern Hansack, Michael Bowden, and Clay Buchholz. John Smoltz observed some of the tossing alongside members of the coaching staff.

Check out the video above to see Beckett, Lester, and Penny throwing pitches and Youkilis take a cut against Beckett in the cage.

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3 comments so far...

So I heard on WEEI this morning that Martinez and Ortiz's names are now tied to the latest Arod steroid news. Some 'trainer' from the Dominican who is banned from all big league facilities.

Will this ever end ?

Posted by Steve February 20, 09 11:08 AM

My understanding now from Red Sox training camp is Josh Beckett sprained his shoulder while taking a nap between work outs.....Francona....you gotta be S_ _ _ _ _ _ g me!

Posted by howcanubsus February 20, 09 12:35 PM

So Ortiz is starting the season injured. Great. Slept on his shoulder my a$$. These stories they concoct to explain injuries just get more implausible all the time. He's fat, old and breaking down. They can try to spin that any way they want, but only a fool would believe them.

Given this team still hasn't healed from last season's injuries (Ortiz, Beckett, Lowell, Drew) and all the team's off-season signings were from other teams' DLs last year or have other health issues (Saito, Baldelli, Smoltz, Penny), does anyone really expect this team to really accomplish anything this year? It seems to me that their moves were cheap for a reason - Henry's taking a beating in this economy and just couldn't do any major deals. The Sox will be luck yo make the wold card.

Posted by chillsra February 20, 09 03:41 PM