The Red Sox second most promising young player made his Major League debut on Saturday. Jacoby Ellsbury, a draft pick from 2005, came up and played center field, batting ninth and pulling in a single. Sort of an inauspicious beginning for someone so highly regarded but it will come.
Sadly, for Ellsbury, the potential All-Star game starter for the AL, Mr. Josh Beckett, couldn't hold the 4 run lead he was given, promptly coughing it up, allowing the Rangers and the red-hot Kenny Lofton to continue their winning ways.
Pretty low key way to start but this kid could be the real deal. Its pretty standard to compare him to Johnny Damon but that’s not fair. This kid’s got a better arm than Damon.
Keep your eyes peeled for Clay Buchholz in the near future if one of the Sox throwers go down. The guy has been tearing things up in double-A and should be up by the end of the year for sure.
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