My ALDS Roster

With the announcement of the Red Sox ALDS roster coming very soon, here are my picks:

Position Players

Starting Lineup:

Jacoby Ellsbury (CF)
Dustin Pedroia (2B)
Victor Martinez (C)
Kevin Youkilis (1B)
David Ortiz (DH)
Jason Bay (LF)
Mike Lowell (3B)
JD Drew (RF)
Alex Gonzalez (SS)

Bench: Brian Anderson (OF), Joey Gathright (OF), Jed Lowrie (2B, 3B, SS), Jason Varitek (C),
Casey Kotchman (1B)

Pitchers

Starting Rotation:

Jon Lester (Game 1, possibly Game 4)
Josh Beckett (Game 2, possibly Game 5)
Clay Buchholz* (Game 3)


* I went along with the rotation that has already been chosen, but my pick would have been Daisuke Matsuzaka as the Game 3 starter based on him having more playoff experience.

Bullpen:

Daisuke Matsuzaka (long relief, can start if necessary)
Paul Byrd (long or middle relief)
Ramon Ramirez (middle relief)
Takashi Saito (middle relief)
Daniel Bard (middle relief)
Billy Wagner (set-up)
Hideki Okajima (middle relief or set-up)
Jonathan Papelbon (closer)

It will be interesting to see how my picks jive with the Red Sox' picks, especially for the bench and bullpen.

LET'S GO RED SOX!!!!! KEEP ON HEXING THE HALOS!!!