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No active members of Red Sox named in Mitchell Report

While 15 players with ties to the Red Sox were identified as potential users of performance-enhancing drugs in the just-released Mitchell Report, no players currently on the team's 40-man roster were named.

Brendan Donnelly, who was not tendered a 2008 contract offer by last night's midnight deadline, was named in the report, as was Eric Gagne, who was obtained by the Sox at the July 31 trading deadline and who recently signed with the Milwaukee Brewers as a free agent. They were the only players on the 2007 team in the report.

Other players with past ties to the Sox named in the report (years they were with the Red Sox listed):

Manny Alexander, utility infielder, 2000
Jose Canseco, designated hitter, 1995-96
Roger Clemens, pitcher, 1984-96
Paxton Crawford, pitcher, 2000-01
Chris Donnels, infielder, 1995
Jeremy Giambi, designated hitter, 2003
Mike Lansing, infielder, 2000-01
Josias Manzanillo, pitcher, 1991
Kent Mercker, pitcher, 1999
Mike Spinelli, minor-league infielder in the 1990s
Mike Stanton, pitcher, 1995-96
Mo Vaughn, first base, 1991-98
Steve Woodard, pitcher, 2003

Posted by Art Martone  at 2:18 PM | Permalink

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Tim | December 15, 2007 3:05 PM link