| 1B |
| 2002 Jeff Bagwell - Picked up in Pedro trade before 2002 season started. Traded before 2004 season for Dave Roberts. 2002 and 2003 starter. Erubial Durazo - Acquired in Nomar trade. Traded for Hafner in April 1st 2004 deal. Primary backup and often times started at DH from mid 2002-2003. Tony Clark - Original member of Red Sox. Bench player in 2005 with Sweeney's injury, minors rest of time. (2002-?) 2003 Frank Thomas - acquired in offseason trade for Bordick/Halter. Traded in June 14, 2004 deal for Barfield. Primary DH and backup 1B 2003-mid 2004. 2004 Carlos Pena - Acquired in offseason deal for Eric Chavez. Played sporadically in 2004 and 2005. 2006 Minors 2007 played off in on. Travis Hafner - Acquired in April 1st 2004 trade for Durazo. Traded away in May 2nd, 2004 trade with Carlos Lee for Wilkerson/Jenks/Klesko. Only with team for a month and was a backup DH Brad Wilkerson - Acquired in May 2nd deal for Hafner/Lee, traded in August 15th, 2004 deal for Escobar/ Ensberg/Sweeney. Played OF and 1B about as much as a starter would in brief tenure. Mike Sweeney - Acquired for Wilkerson in August 15th deal. Starter 2004-2005. Minors 2006-2007. Daryl Ward - June 2004 draft pick. Bench player 2004-2005. Dan Johnson - Drafted July 2004 pick. Traded July 28th, 2006 for Richie Sexson. Backup 1B and often DH in 2005. Backup 1B/Utility player first month of 2006. 2006 Justin Morneau - Acquired in December 19th, 2005 deal for Taveras Richie Sexson - Acquired July 28th, 2006 deal for Johnson, Phillips, and Teahen. Utility player 2006. Backup/minors 2007. Ryan Garko - Acquired January 30th, 2006 deal for Kevin Mench. Bench/minors 2007. 2007 Analysis - So far I've relied on old 1B (Bagwell, Thomas, Sweeney) far too much. I've been lucky enough to snag young 1B/DH a few times but so far they either implode (Pena) or I trade them away before I really know what they are capable of (Hafner), but hopefully that will change with Morneau and Johnson in 2006. Overall though, not a position of strength throughout Boston's history. August 12th, 2007 - Morneau has become a solid fixture at first and Pena has been revived from the dead. Those two with a healthy influx of players from Ryan Garko, James Loney, and Daric Barton makes this position a huge strength for the forseeable future. |