BOSTON, MA The Boston Red Sox today announced the winners of the organization’s 2023 Minor League Awards:
- Offensive Player of the Year: OF Roman Anthony
- Defensive Player of the Year: INF David Hamilton
- Starting Pitcher of the Year: RHP Wikelman Gonzalez
- Relief Pitcher of the Year: RHP
‘Dustin (Pedroia) was as good as it gets,’ says his Sea Dogs manager
There were those who doubted the diminutive infielder at first sight, including Todd Claus. But there was talk that the kid can play.
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Dustin Pedroia is shown during spring training in 2005, the year he played with the Portland Sea Dogs while on the fast track to a stellar major league career with the Boston Red Sox.
John Ewing/Staff Photographer
Todd Claus was in his first year in the Boston Red Sox organization, in 2004, managing the advanced Class A minor league team in Sarasota, Florida, when a round, baby-faced 20-year-old, maybe 5-foot-7, introduced himself.