Fall Instructional League opens

The Fall Instructional League - or FIL - gets underway today in Fort Myers. The FIL Roster is by invitation from the front office only, and is usually comprised of the most highly-regarded prospects from short-season ball or below. Players at higher levels also sometimes attend to work on the development of specific skills, or if they missed time in the previous season due to injury or the like. Games are generally not open to the public or the media. Although not always the case, an invitation to the FIL usually indicates that the team is willing to invest time and money in the given player for the foreseeable future. Here is the Red Sox 2008 FIL Roster:

Pitchers

Anatanaer Batista

Cesar Cabral

Yeiper Castillo

Hunter Cervenka

Bryce Cox

Swen Huijer

Wang-Yi Lin

Roman Mendez

Pedro Perez

Eammon Portice

Ryan Pressly

Manny Rivera

Pete Ruiz

Hunter Strickland

Kyle Stroup

Raynel Vellette

Richie Wasielewski

Tyler Wilson

Armando Zerpa

Catchers

Luis Exposito

Tim Federowicz

Ryan Lavarnway

Christian Vazquez

Ty Weeden

Infielders

Carson Blair

Chih-Hsien Chiang

Ryan Dent

Joantoni Garcia

Jose Garcia

Derrik Gibson

Casey Kelly

Will Middlebrooks

Outfielders

Jered Stanley

Ronald Bermudez

Mitch Dening

Bryan Peterson

Pete Hissey

Ryan Westmoreland

A number of other pitchers and players are down in Fort Myers working on strength and conditioning, but will not see game action. In the case of the pitchers, this is meant to rest their respective arms.

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