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[drtooth]

Josh Papelbon
48th Round
DOB 6/24/83
6'1 210lb
RHP University of North Florida

From the school's Website

2006: Led the team with 29 appearances, all coming in relief ... led UNF with eight saves... tallied a 4-3 record and a 2.81 ERA over 41.2 innings of work... became the all-time saves leader on March 10 against Campbell, saving a 2-1 UNF victory for save No. 20 of his career...finished the season with 24 career saves... pitched two scoreless innings against UCF on Feb. 17 to help the Ospreys hold on for 1-0 win and earn his first win of the season... held right-handed hitters to a .214 batting average... finished second among relievers with 40 strikeouts and tallied four strikeouts in a game two times... surrendered 39 hits and 13 earned runs ... walked just 14 hitters and allowed only two home runs... tallied an 8.64 strikeouts per nine innings ratio

From soxprospects.com poster noblepap (well know on that as to who she is)

I don't think Josh was a "courtesy pick" unless the Red Sox are not being truthful which I guess could be. Cherington was worried that Josh would think exactly that and called to make sure he didn't think that but that they thought he'd go back to school and wouldn't sign. How clubs get such wrong information is amazing. There were several clubs that for whatever reason thought Josh was a senior sign, as Jonathan would say why go back for your senior year when all you are going to get is a box of Cracker Jacks with the prize a plane ticket. Well now all those worried about a starter for the Sox, Jonathan can now move into the rotation and Josh can close.  It's been quite a day here, Jonathan is so happy for his brothers, Jeremy is at the batting cage so he will be ready to face Jonathan Jeremy is glad to be the Cubs first LHP pick. They are both anxious to start their careers and as Josh has said he will again have to prove everyone wrong that he belongs (just like he had to walk on at UNF) and he knows he will be compared to Jonathan and that is just fine it will make him want to fill those shoes all that much more.

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Edited by drtooth, 24 June 2006 - 11:49 AM.

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According to soxprospects.com, Josh Papelbon has signed and appears headed to Lowell

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Edited by drtooth, 12 June 2006 - 12:14 PM.

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Nice debut for little brother. 2 innings, no hits, 3 K's in Spinners 9-3 win

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Papelbon pitches a perfect 9th with 1 K in Spinner's 5-1 loss

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1 inning 1 H 1 HBP 1 K but no runs in Spinners 3-2 12 inning win. Has yet to give up a run

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Little brother gets his 1st save pitching a scoreless 9th allowing 1 hit with 1 K in Lowell's 5-2 win

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Papelbon pitches 1 2/3 innings, 1 H 1 K no runs to earn his 2nd save in Lowell's 4-3 win. Has yet to allow a run or walk a batter in 5 appearances(6 2/3 innings). Has allowed only 3 hits with 7 K's.

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Worst night as a pro so far. Pitches 2/3 of an inning with 2 K's, but allows 3 hits, a BB and 4 unearned runs although the Spinners win 7-6 in 10 innings

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Pitches 2 shutout innings, allowing 2 hits with 2 K's. Earns his 3rd save in Spinners 3-1 win. Still has not allowed an earned run.

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Papelbon pitches 1 scoreless inning with 1 K and a throwing error in Spinners 3-1 loss. Still has yet to allow an earned run

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Edited by drtooth, 18 July 2006 - 09:07 PM.

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Papelbon earns his 4th save as he works a perfect 10th inning in Spinners 5-4 win
Still no earned runs allowed

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Papelbon earns his 5th save as he pitches a perfect 9th with 2 K's in Lowell's 4-3 win. Still no earned runs yet

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Edited by drtooth, 27 July 2006 - 09:04 PM.

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Papelbon gets save #6 pitching a perfect 9th with a K in Spinners 7-5 win

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Allows his first earned runs and gets his first loss. Pitches 2/3 of an inning allowing 1 BB, 4 hits and 4 runs in Spinners 8-7 loss. ERA jumps to 2.40

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Edited by drtooth, 08 August 2006 - 06:10 AM.

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Papelbon pitches a scoreless 9th with 2 K's in Lowell's 5-4 loss. ERA 2.25

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Papelbon pitches 1.1 innings allows 1 hit and no runs to earn his 7th save in Spinner's 4-3 win. ERA 2.08

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Papelbon earns his 8th save, pitching a perfect 9th with 2 K's in Lowell's 4-3 win. ERA now 1.96

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Papelbom pitches 1.1 innings, allows no hits with 2 K's to earn his 9th save in Lowell's 6-4 win. ERA now 1.83

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Pitches 1 inning, allowing 2 hits but no runs in Lowell's 4-3 10 inning loss. ERA now 1.74

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Papelbon pitches 1 inning with 1 walk, 1 K but no runs in Lowell's 2-0 loss. ERA 1.66

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Gets a blown save and commits his 3rd error of the year in Lowell's 4-3 loss in Game 2 of a double-header. Pitches 2 innings, allows 4 hits, 2 unearned runs and 2 K's. ERA now 1.52

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Pitches a perfect 9th with a K in Lowell's 3-1 win on Futures at Fenway day. Earns his 10th save and lowers his ERA to 1.46.


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Edited by drtooth, 26 August 2006 - 07:42 PM.

[Lucen]

Pitches a perfect 9th with a K in Lowell's 3-1 win on Futures at Fenway day.  Earns his 10th save and lowers his ERA to 1.46.
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Not to be the turd in the punchbowl, but I will... It took one very impressive defensive play and a second defensive play I'd rate as difficult, but not spectacular to give Papelbon that perfect ninth. He got hit pretty well in two of the three at bats, but Kristopher Negron made some really nice plays.

It's the only time I've seen him pitch, but he didn't seem as impressive as his numbers would indicate. Might just be a weird day for him, though.

[941827]

Not to be the turd in the punchbowl, but I will... It took one very impressive defensive play and a second defensive play I'd rate as difficult, but not spectacular to give Papelbon that perfect ninth.  He got hit pretty well in two of the three at bats, but Kristopher Negron made some really nice plays.

It's the only time I've seen him pitch, but he didn't seem as impressive as his numbers would indicate.  Might just be a weird day for him, though.

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I'm far from an expert, but I think the knock on him was that he doesn't have overwhelming stuff. I've been suprised by his level of success in light of what I was hearing when he was drafted. If your (admittedly small sample-size) evaluation is right, he may be in for a comeuppance once he moves up to AA.

[Lose Remerswaal]

Hard to guess pitch speeds when you're not in your usual seats (they had the guns turned on for the first few batters of each game, but not after that), but I'd guess Paps was low to mid 80's.

Got some pics of his funky motion (none with the knuckles hitting the dirt, unfortunately), but the stress he puts his arm through cannot be a healthy thing!

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Got some pics of his funky motion (none with the knuckles hitting the dirt, unfortunately), but the stress he puts his arm through cannot be a healthy thing!

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I put mine on my own site (thumbnails page) and also in the SoSH galleries (since I don't have a slideshow option). Couldn't quite get the knuckles at the ground either.

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Papelbon strikes out the side in the 9th to earn his 11th save in Lowell's 2-1 win. ERA now 1.40

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Pitches 1.1 innings, allows 1 walk with 3 K's to earn his 12th save in Lowell's 9-6 win. Lowers ERA to 1.33

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Gets the blown save and loss in game 1 of a twin bill. Strikes out 2 but walks 2, gives up 2 hits and 2 runs in Lowell's 3-2 loss. ERA 1.95

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Finishes the season with his 13th save in Lowell's 6-1 win. Pitches 1.1 innings and allows 1 hit with 1 K. ERA 1.86

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Final end of season stats

0-2, 1.86 ERA, 13 saves, 25 games, 29 IP, 22 hits, 12 runs, 6 ER, K/BB- 36/6, WHIP-.97

Allowed no HR's this season and allowed a .195 BA against him

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Edited by drtooth, 08 September 2006 - 10:47 AM.

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Papelbon rated #46 in scout.com's Sox top 50 prospects

Edit: Projected by soxprospects.com to start the year in Greenville

Edited by drtooth, 20 February 2007 - 09:07 PM.

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Listed on the Drive roster

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Pitches 1 inning, allowing a walk and a hit but no runs in Drive's 2-1 loss..Link

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Earns his 1st save in the Drive's 6-5 win, allowing 2 hits but no runs in 1 inning.

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[The Gray Eagle]

From his wikipedia site:

"Josh's and Jeremy's teams launched the 'Papelbon Papel-bet,' in which the twin with the lowest ERA at the end of the season will get to name a charity to which his brother's team must make a donation. [2] For every half-run difference between the twins' ERA, the losing team will pay $50."

Josh and Jeremy setting up Jon would make a very effective Papelpen, with the junkballing side-armers from each side, then the heat from the big bro at the end.

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Pitches 1 scoreless inning allowing 1 hit in Greenville's 5-2 loss

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Gets 2nd save in Drive 3-2 win. 1 IP 1 H 1 K. Still has yet to allow a run

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[bowiac]

Josh and Jeremy setting up Jon would make a very effective Papelpen, with the junkballing side-armers from each side, then the heat from the big bro at the end.

If I'm not mistaken, Jeremy isn't a junkballer.

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Earns his 3rd save as he comes in the 9th with the bases loaded. Does allow ahit but also has a K in Drive's 9-7 win

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Rough night in Drive's 13-9 win. Pitches the final 2.1 innings allowing 3 runs on 5 hits with 3 K's. ERA now 3.68

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4/22-- Throws 1 perfecr innings, with 2 K's, to earn his 4th save in Drive's 4-3 win. ERA now 3.24

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Pitches 1 scoreless inning allowing only 1 hit with1 K in Greenville's 8-0 loss. ERA now 2.89

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Earns his 5th save with a perfect 9th in Drive's 7-4 win.

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Gets his 1st win in Drive's 8-7 comeback win. Pitches 2 perfect innings with 3 K's to lower his ERA to 2.19

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[SouthPaw21]

RotoWorld.com had this to say about Josh today...

Josh Papelbon struck out three in two perfect innings to earn a relief win Monday for low Single-A Greenville.
Papelbon has a 2.19 ERA and five saves as Greenville's closer. His 2007 season is off to a better start than that of twin brother Jeremy, who has a 6.97 ERA in 10 1/3 innings for the Cubs' low-A affiliate in Peoria. Jeremy was considered to have the higher ceiling of the two coming out of North Florida, but Josh, as a submarining right-hander with the ability to get plenty of grounders, probably has the better chance of reaching the majors someday. Neither is a fantasy prospect.

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Pitched a pefect 9th in Drive's 7-2 loss. Lowered his ERA to 2.02

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Pitches 1 inning and allows 2 or 3 inherited runners to score in Greenville's 8-2 loss. Gives up 2 hits and a walk but allowed no runs of his own to score to lower his ERA to 1.80

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Throws 1 scoreless inning, allowing 1 hit in a 6-1 drive loss. Lowers his ERA to 1.69

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