In addition to the Boston Red Sox, I collect the team sets for their minor league teams as well. In 2017 that's the Pawtucket Red Sox at AAA, the Portland Sea Dogs at AA, the Salem Red Sox at advanced A, the Greenville Drive at A, and the Lowell Spinners at short-season A. The Red Sox farm system has been rich with future major league talent the past 10-12 years, so collecting them has been fun! I still have a few team sets from past years here and there that I'm after. See my minor league want list. Today in the mail I received the 2005 Pawtucket Red Sox team set. There weren't a lot of players who became major league regulars on that team.
Mr. Kevin Youkilis was by far the most successful. He won a gold glove, played in three All-Star games, played in four post seasons, and won one World Series championship in 2007. He played in the ALDS in another championship season, 2004, but didn't play in the ALCS or World Series. He finished as high as third in the MVP balloting and finished 6th another time.
The only other player from this Pawtucket set to go on and get 100 hits in a major league season was Dave Berg. Berg just made it with 101 hits in 2002 for the Toronto Blue Jays while playing six positions. Kelly Shoppach hit for good power for Cleveland in 2008.
Cla Meredith and Chris Narveson were the only pitchers to become regulars on major league pitching staffs. Meredith was a big part of the San Diego Padres bullpen from 2006-2009. Narveson won 12 and 11 games for the Milwaukee Brewers as a part of their starting rotation.
It's strange that only Youkilis would play in the post season for the Red Sox from this Pawtucket team. Nobody from the team is still in the major leagues only 12 years later.
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