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2008 Power Pros Default Rosters - Where are they now?
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Author:  ZeroGibson13 [ Sun Aug 03, 2014 12:33 am ]
Post subject:  2008 Power Pros Default Rosters - Where are they now?

Where are all of the players on the default rosters now?

Boston Red Sox
C Jason Varitek, 42 - Retired, Works as a "Special Assistant" to the Red Sox GM
C Kevin Cash, 36 - Retired, Now the bullpen coach for the Cleveland Indians
1B Sean Casey, 40 - Retired, Works for MLB Network as an analyst
1B David Ortiz, 38 - Still playing for the Boston Red Sox. .250 25HR 78RBI in 2014
1B Kevin Youkilis, 35 - Playing for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in the NPB
2B Dustin Pedroia, 30 - Still playing for the Boston Red Sox. .278 4HR 40RBI in 2014
3B Mike Lowell, 40 - Retired, works as an analyst on MLB Network
SS Alex Cora, 38 - Retired, now a baseball analyst for ESPN
SS Julio Lugo, 38 - Retired
LF Manny Ramirez, 42 - Currently in the Chicago Cubs organization as a player-coach for the Iowa Cubs
CF Coco Crisp, 34 - Plays for the Oakland Athletics. .274 7RHR 32RBI in 2014
CF Jacoby Ellsbury, 30 - Plays for the New York Yankees. .279 9HR 48RBI in 2014
RF J.D. Drew, 38 - Retired
SP Tim Wakefield, 48 - Retired, works for NESN as a studio analyst for the Red Sox
SP Josh Beckett, 34 - Plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers. 6-5 2.74 ERA in 2014
SP Jon Lester, 30 - Was traded to the Oakland Athletics on July 31st, 2014. 10-7 2.52 ERA in 2014
RP Clay Buchholz, 29 - Still plays for the Boston Red Sox. 5-7 5.87 ERA in 2014.
SP Daisuke Matsuzaka, 33 - Plays for the New York Mets. 3-3 3.87 ERA in 2014.
RP Julian Tavarez, 41 - Retired
RP Mike Timlin, 48 - Retired
RP David Aardsma, 32 - Currently in the minor league for the St. Louis Cardinals
RP Javier Lopez, 37 - Plays for the San Francisco Giants. 2.31 ERA in 2014.
RP Manny Delcarmen, 32 - Currently in the minor leagues for the Washington Nationals.
RP Hideki Okajima, 38 - Plays for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of the NPB
CL Jonathan Papelbon, 33 - Plays for the Philadelphia Phillies. 26 saves 1.75 ERA in 2014
C George Kottaras, 31 - Currently a free agent
C Dusty Brown, 32 - Currently plays in the minor league for the Oakland Athletics
1B Chris Carter, 32 - Last played for the Saitama Seibu Lions of the NPB
SS Jed Lowrie, 30 - Plays for the Oakland Athletics. .239 5HR 40RBI in 2014
RF Brandon Moss, 30 - Plays for the Oakland Athletics. .257 23HR 72RBI in 2014
SP Curt Schilling, 47 - Retired, works as an ESPN baseball analyst. Currently battling cancer.
RP Bryan Corey, 40 - Retired
RP Craig Hansen, 30 - Currently a free agent, was released by the Mets in March, 2013

If anyone wants to do this for any other team then go ahead! I'll do some more teams later hopefully!

Author:  SkittleMonster [ Sun Aug 03, 2014 12:59 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 2008 Power Pros Default Rosters - Where are they now?

Firstly, Schilling is in remission

Secondly, I'm starting an official petition to rename the Athletics to the Oakland Red Sox

Author:  philliesfan134 [ Sun Aug 03, 2014 1:15 am ]
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Lester, Crisp, Moss, and Lowrie, wow. Never noticed that, haha.

might do the Phillies later but I might get stuff wrong.

Author:  Baseballteen9500 [ Sun Aug 03, 2014 2:24 am ]
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I'll do the Oakland A's soon

Author:  Paul McCartney15 [ Sun Aug 03, 2014 12:30 pm ]
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Great thread Zero.

Also @phillies if you need any help on where the 2008 Phillies are now, I'd be glad to help.

Author:  dishnet34 [ Sun Aug 03, 2014 12:59 pm ]
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I can also give you some help on the Tigers roster, if needs be.

Author:  ZeroGibson13 [ Sun Aug 03, 2014 5:51 pm ]
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@Paul: Thanks! :)

And basically I looked all this stuff up on Wikipedia. :lol:

Author:  dishnet34 [ Mon Aug 11, 2014 5:28 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 2008 Power Pros Default Rosters - Where are they now?

Because I enjoy the idea of this topic, I figured I would continue it with a look at where the god-awful 2008 Tigers are now...

Detroit Tigers
C Ivan Rodriguez, 42 - Retired in 2012, now a special assistant with the Texas Rangers
C Vance Wilson, 41 - Retired in 2010, now the manager of the Northwest Arkansas Naturals (AA affiliate of the Kansas City Royals)
1B Carlos Guillen, 38 - Retired in 2012.
2B Placido Polanco, 38 - Free Agent, last played for the Marlins in 2013 (.262/.315/.302 with 1 HR and 23 RBI in 118 games).
3B Brandon Inge, 37 - Free Agent, last played for the Pirates in 2013 (.181/.204/.238 with 1 HR and 7 RBI in 50 games).
3B Miguel Cabrera, 31 - Still playing for the Tigers, batting .304/.364/.508 with 17 HR and 84 RBI in 114 games so far.
SS Edgar Renteria, Retired in 2013.
SS Ramon Santiago, 34 - Currently playing for the Cincinnati Reds, batting .236/.331/.307 with 1 HR and 10 RBI in 53 games so far.
LF Ryan Raburn, 33 - Currently playing for the Cleveland Indians, batting .201/.251/.291 with 3 HR, 21 RBIs, 66 games, and this.
CF Curtis Granderson, 33 - Currently playing for the New York Mets, batting ..232/.337/.397 with 15 HR and 46 RBI in 113 games so far.
RF Magglio Ordonez, 40 - Retired in 2012, now the mayor of the Juan Antonio Sotillo Municipality in the Venezuelan state of AnzoƔtegui.
RF/DH Gary Sheffield, 45 - Retired in 2010, now a coach on his son's youth tackle football team, and the agent of Angels pitcher Jason Grilli and Orioles minor leaguer Josh Banks.
RF Marcus Thames, 37 - Retired in 2011, now the hitting coach of the Trenton Thunder (AA affiliate of the New York Yankees)
SP Kenny Rogers, 49 - Stopped playing in 2008 (not formally retired), currently eligible for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
SP Nate Robertson, 36 - Free Agent, last played with the Toledo Mud Hens (AAA affiliate of the Detroit Tigers) this season (0-2, with a 3.43 ERA in 21 innings).
SP Jeremy Bonderman, 31 - Free Agent, last played with the Detroit Tigers (and previously, the Seattle Mariners) in 2013 (combined 2-4 with a 5.40 ERA in 55 innings).
SP Dontrelle Willis, 32 - Currently playing for the Bridgeport Bluefish of the independent Atlantic League. Last played in the Majors with the Reds in 2011 (1-6 with a 5.00 ERA in 75.2 innings).
SP Justin Verlander, 31 - Still playing for the Tigers, with a 10-10 record and a 4.57 ERA in 157.2 innings.
RP Zach Miner, 32 - Free Agent, last played for the Tacoma Rainiers (AAA affiliate of the Seattle Mariners) this season, with an 0-2 record and 8.60 ERA in 37.2 innings.
RP Armando Galarraga, 32 - Free Agent, last played for the Brother Elephants (Taiwan) this season.
RP Bobby Seay, 36 - Free Agent/Retired/I have no clue, last played for the Detroit Tigers in 2009 (6-3, with a 4.25 ERA in 48.2 innings)
RP Clay Rapada, 33 - Free Agent, last played for the Norfolk Tides (AAA affilate of the Baltimore Orioles) this season, with a 2-0 record and 7.23 ERA in 18.2 innings.
RP Fernando Rodney, 37 - Currently playing for the Seattle Mariners, with a 1-5 record, with a 2.40 ERA in 48.2 innings, and 33 saves so far.
RP Denny Bautista, 33 - Currently playing for the Mexican League team Tabasco, posting a 1-2 record with a 3.38 ERA in 16 innings.
RP Todd Jones, 46 - Retired in 2008, now an adviser for his local high school and middle school baseball teams. Was on the 2014 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, but did not get the 5% of votes needed to stay on the ballot.
LF Jacque Jones, 39 - Retired in 2010. Was on the 2014 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, but did not get the 5% of votes needed to stay on the ballot another year.
CF Clete Thomas, 30 - Currently playing for the Lehigh Valley IronPigs (AAA affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies), batting .247/.338/.339 with 1 HR and 13 RBI in 49 games.
RP Aquilino Lopez, 39 - Last played for SK Wyverns (Korea) in 2012 (3-2, 3.86 ERA in 28 innings).
SP Jordan Tata, 32 - Free Agent/Retired in 2009, now a head coach of "select Texas baseball teams"
RP Joel Zumaya, 29 - Retired in 2014.

Author:  ZeroGibson13 [ Mon Aug 11, 2014 6:01 pm ]
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I didn't know Zumaya retired. I thought he was in the MILB somewhere.

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