Gulf Coast League Red Sox

Gulf Coast League Red Sox
Founded in 1989
Fort Myers, Florida
Winter Haven, Florida (1989–1992)
Team logoCap insignia
Class-level
Current Rookie league
Minor league affiliations
League Gulf Coast League (1989–present)
Division South Division
Major league affiliations
Current Boston Red Sox (1989–present)
Minor league titles
League titles (3)
  • 2006
  • 2014
  • 2015
Division titles (12)
  • 1991
  • 2001
  • 2003
  • 2004
  • 2005
  • 2006
  • 2012
  • 2013
  • 2014
  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2018
Team data
Nickname GCL Red Sox
Ballpark jetBlue Park at Fenway South
Previous parks
 City of Palms Park (1993–2011)
Owner(s)/
Operator(s)
 Boston Red Sox
Manager Tom Kotchman
General Manager Todd Stephenson

The Gulf Coast League Red Sox are the rookie level Minor League Baseball affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. The team is located in Fort Myers, Florida, and plays its home games at the jetBlue Park in the Fenway South complex. The team played its first four seasons (1989–1992) in Winter Haven, Florida, moved to City of Palms Park in Fort Myers in 1993, and moved to its current facility in 2012.

League

Gulf Coast League (GCL) team rosters are thirty players, and cannot have more than twelve players over 20 years old, and no more than four players over 21. No player can have more than two years of prior service, excluding Rookie leagues outside the United States and Canada. The team is composed mainly of players who are in their first year of professional baseball, either as draftees or non-drafted free agents from the United States, Canada, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela, among other countries. Injured players from the Boston Red Sox and their minor league system occasionally play for the GCL Red Sox as their first step on a rehabilitation assignment.

Titles

The team has finished first in its GCL division 12 times, most recently in 2018. The team has won the GCL championship three times: 2006, 2014, and 2015. The best record of any GCL Red Sox team was recorded in 2015 when the club was 41–17, a .707 winning percentage.

jetBlue Park, home ballpark of the GCL Red Sox

Yearly team records

SeasonDivisionWLPct.Division
finish		League
rank		ManagerPlayoffs
 1989 Northern 27  36 .4295th10th (t)Sam Mejías
1990North3429.5243rd5thFélix Maldonado
1991Northern3327.5501st2ndFélix Maldonado Lost in first round 
vs. GCL Expos (1 game to 0)
1992Central1841.3055th15thFrank White
1993Western3228.5333rd6th (t)Félix Maldonado
1994Western4020.6672nd3rdFélix Maldonado
1995 Southwest 2136.3683rd13thFélix Maldonado
1996Southwest2436.4004th14thBob Geren
1997Northwest3128.5253rd5th (t)Luis Aguayo
1998Western2737.4505th10thLuis Aguayo
1999Western3029.5084th7thJohn Sanders
2000Western2926.5273rd7thJohn Sanders
2001Western3722.6271st2ndJohn SandersLost in first round
vs. GCL Yankees (1 game to 0)
2002Southern2634.4335th11thJohn Sanders
2003Southern3326.5591st3rdEdgar CáceresLost in first round
vs. GCL Braves (1 game to 0)
2004Southern3424.5861st4thJohn SandersLost League Finals
vs. GCL Yankees (2 game to 0)
Won in first round
vs. GCL Mets (1 game to 0)
2005Southern3024.5561st3rdRalph TreuelLost in final round
vs. GCL Yankees (1 game to 0)
2006South3519.6481st1stDave TomlinLeague Champions
vs. GCL Dodgers (2 games to 1)
2007Southern3026.5363rd7thRalph Treuel
2008South2827.5093rd8thDave Tomlin
2009South2627.4914th10thDave Tomlin
2010South3128.5252nd5th (t)Dave Tomlin
2011South2733.4503rd11thGeorge Lombard
2012South3426.5671st4thGeorge LombardLost League Finals
vs. GCL Pirates (2 games to 0)
Won in first round
vs. GCL Tigers (1 game to 0)
2013South3525.5831st3rdDarren FensterLost League Finals
vs. GCL Nationals (2 games to 0)
Won in first round
vs. GCL Yankees 2 (1 game to 0)
2014South3624.6001st4thTom KotchmanLeague Champions
vs. GCL Yankees 1 (2 games to 1)
Won in first round
vs. GCL Cardinals (1 game to 0)
2015South4117.7071st1stTom KotchmanLeague Champions
vs. GCL Blue Jays (2 games to 0)
Won in first round
vs. GCL Cardinals (1 game to 0)
2016South3328.5411st5thTom KotchmanLost in first round
vs. GCL Cardinals (1 game to 0)
2017South2731.4664th14thTom Kotchman
2018South3322.6001st3rd[1]Tom KotchmanLost in first round
vs. GCL Tigers West (1 game to 0)[2]

Source: [3]

GCL Red Sox Roster

Gulf Coast League Red Sox roster
Players Coaches/Other

Pitchers

  • 29 Rayniel Adames
  • 49 Robbie Baker
  • 57 Edison Batista
  • 59 Brayan Bello
  • 37 Jose Bens
  • 46 Connor Berry
  • 65 Ryan Fernandez
  • 55 Alberto Franco
  • 41 Rafael Gomez
  • 38 Juan Morillo
  • 64 Yusniel Padron-Artilles
  • -- Aaron Perry (60-day)
  • 52 Gregorio Reyes
  • 63 Eddy Reynoso
  • 16 Luis Rivero
  • 60 Miguel Suero
  • -- Thad Ward

Catchers

  •  7 Jonathan Diaz
  • 23 Carlos Pulido
  • 58 Justin Qiang

Infielders

  • 17 Jecorrah Arnold
  • -- Marco Cardoso ‡
  • -- Andre Colon
  • 20 Ricardo Cubillan
  • 19 Antoni Flores
  • 56 Ivan Houellemont
  • 71 Keibert Petit

Outfielders

  • -- Nick Decker #
  • 25 Chad Hardy
  •  3 Juan Hernandez
  • 22 Brandon Perez
  • 39 Caleb Ramsey

Manager

Coaches


7-day disabled list
* On Boston Red Sox 40-man roster
# Rehab assignment
∞ Reserve list
‡ Restricted list
§ Suspended list
† Temporary inactive list
Roster updated August 30, 2018
 Transactions
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References

  1. ↑ "2018 Gulf Coast League Standings". MiLB.com. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  2. ↑ "2018 Gulf Coast League Playoffs". MiLB.com. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  3. ↑ "GCL Red Sox". Baseball-Reference.com.
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