2005 Vs. 2006

The infield
An overall comparison of the new-look infield compared to last year’s version: 2005 2006
1B Millar/Olerud ............Youkilis/Snow
2B Graffanino ..................Loretta
SS Renteria .....................Gonzalez
3B Mueller .......................Lowell

Offseason overview
Overall, the Red Sox lineup looks vastly different this year. Here’s a look at the projected lineup compared to last year’s: 2005 2006
1 Damon................ Crisp
2 Renteria............. Loretta
3 Ortiz................... Ortiz
4 Ramirez............. Ramirez
5 Nixon................. Varitek
6 Varitek.............. Lowell
7 Millar................. Nixon
8 Mueller.............. Youkilis
9 Graffanino........ Gonzalez

The rotation
Here is one projected Red Sox rotation (it's a very rough projection ... basically, our best guess; it's also assuming David Wells gets traded) compared to last year's: 2005 2006
Schilling............. Schilling
Wells.................. Beckett
Clement............. Wakefield
Wakefield.......... Papelbon
Arroyo............... Clement

The bullpen
An overview of the new-look bullpen (again, our best guess; we've included seven pitchers for '06 ... the 'pen will likely be six) compared to last year’s version: 2005 2006
Lefty: ........Myers.....................DiNardo
Long man: J. Gonzalez.............Arroyo
Setup: .......Bradford................ Seanez
Setup: .......Papelbon............... Tavarez/Riske
Setup: .......Timlin.................... Timlin
Closer: .......Foulke................... Foulke