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Ranking The Red Sox Playoff Roster

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    No. 24: Xander Bogaerts, IF

    Photograph By Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

    It's hard to remember now that Bogaerts began this season in Double-A and played just 60 games in Triple-A before being called up to the big leagues. He is 20, the youngest Sox position player since Dwight Evans in 1972. His ceiling is as high as any Sox player in memory. Whether he is ready to make memories this October remains to be seen. -- Edes
    • Matt Thornton
    • Xander Bogaerts
    • Quintin Berry
    • Mike Carp
    • Brandon Workman
    • Ryan Dempster
    • David Ross
    • Franklin Morales
    • Jake Peavy
    • Will Middlebrooks
    • Jarrod Saltalamacchia
    • Junichi Tazawa
    • Craig Breslow
    • Jonny Gomes
    • Daniel Nava
    • Stephen Drew
    • Mike Napoli
    • John Lackey
    • Clay Buchholz
    • Shane Victorino
    • Koji Uehara
    • David Ortiz
    • Jacoby Ellsbury
    • Jon Lester
    • Dustin Pedroia
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