The Red Sox have designated for assignment Randy Williams in order to open up a spot on the 40 man for top catching prospect Ryan Lavarnway. 
In 7 games with the Red Sox 35 year old Randy Williams went 0-1 with a 6.48 ERA with a 1.80 WHIP. For the PawSox Williams appeared 22 games posting a 1.44 ERA with opponents batting .202 against him.Lefties hit .103 against him in AAA. It’s unlikely another team will claim him so he’ll probably remain on the PawSox.
Pawtucket Red Sox catcher and DH Ryan Lavarnway will join the big league team today due to Youkilis being placed on the DL by the Red Sox. Youkilis will likely receive a shot but will not be on the DL for long.
Lavarnway was hitting at a .301/.385/.608 slash line at Pawtucket with 16 home runs. Between Portland and Pawtucket he has 30 home runs in 110 games. Overall this year he is hitting at a .293/.372/.559 slash line. He has 85 RBIs. Best of luck Ryan!
UPDATE: Terry Francona has stated that Lavarnway will be in the starting lineup tonight against Kansas City. He will be batting 7th as the DH.
Ellsbury CF
Pedroia 2B
Gonzalez DH
Youkilis 1B
Lowrie 3B
McDonald RF
Crawford LF
Saltalamacchia C
Aviles SS
Pawtucket Red Sox
Key Lines:
Ryan Kalish: 0-3 BB 2 SO
Lars Anderson: 0-4 SO
Jose Iglesias: 0-3 BB
Felix Doubront: 3 IP 6 H 5 ER 0 BB 4 SO HR
Jason Rice: 3 IP 2 BB SO
Hideki Okijima: 3 IP 0 H 0 BB SO
According to the Lowell Spinners Facebook page Raul Alcantara will start tomorrow for the Spinners.
To say the least Alcantara is having a ridiculous year. In 9 starts with the GCL Red Sox Alcantara went 1-1 with a 0.75 ERA with a 0.60 WHIP in 48 innings pitched. Pretty ridiculous stats. Last year he went 5-3 with a 3.28 ERA and a 1.14 WHIP with 60.1 innings pitched for the DSL (Dominican summer league) Red Sox. It’ll be very interesting to see how Raul does in his first start in A ball. He has a very high ceiling and is one of the Red Sox top pitching prospects. If he can do well for the Spinners to end the year he’ll certainly be regarded as a top 20 Red Sox prospect and maybe even a top 100 prospect if the stars align in the right way.
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Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
Jed Lowrie, 3B
Adrian Gonzalez, 1B
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
Josh Reddick, RF
Carl Crawford, DH
Mike Aviles, SS
Jason Varitek, C
Darnell McDonald, LF
Pawtucket Red Sox
Key Lines:
Ryan Kalish: 0-5 3 SO
Ryan Lavarnway: 1-5 R HR RBI 2 SO
Lars Anderson: 0-4 BB 2 SO
Jose Iglesias: 2-5 2B 2 RBI SO
Michael Bowden: 1 IP 0 H 0 ER 0 BB
By: Matt Mcgrath
Three up:
Alex Hassan: In what continues to be a trend for this column, Hassan jumped from the “three down” list last week into the “three up” section of this week’s edition. Following his recent struggles, Hassan turned in a 10-for-22 week that included seven extra-base hits (including two home runs) and five walks, for a final slash line of .454/.555/1.000.
Matt Fox: Despite little acclaim, Fox continued his strong season this past week, turning in two outstanding performances on the road as he continues to rattle off quality starts for Pawtucket. Fox got off to a great start to the week on the 9th, holding Charlotte to just three baserunners over six innings while striking out eight. He topped that with a gem last night by throwing a complete-game shutout Gwinnett while striking out seven and scattering three baserunners.
Stolmy Pimentel: Pimentel’s struggles this season have been well-noted, but he’s turned a corner of late after a mid-season demotion to Salem. He’s now won his last three starts, the latest a six-inning outing where he allowed just two baserunners and struck out five. Hopefully this can help rebuild Stolmy’s confidence heading into the 2012 season. Continue reading »
