Red Sox-Padres (June 22, 23 & 24); Minor League Player of the Week (6/11-6/17)

My home computer is in the shop (enough with the porn Ben!) and the machine I am on right now does not open Yahoo! Geocities for whatever reason so the Sox-Padres preview and the ML Player of the Week will be in this space for the time being. Here are the pitching matchups as the Sox invade San Diego this weekend... FRIDAY: Daisuke Matsuzaka (8-5, 4.18) v. Greg Maddux (6-3, 3.90) @10:05 SATURDAY: Tim Wakefield (7-7, 4.18) v. Chris Young (6-3, 2.26) @ 10:05 SUNDAY: Josh Beckett (10-1, 3.14) v. Jake Peavy (9-1, 1.98) @ 4:05 This should be a great weekend for people that love great pitching. Playing at spacious Petco Park and facing a subpar Padre lineup will allow the Boston pitchers to be more aggressive than usual. On the other side of things, facing Maddux/Young/Peavy will not be light duty for the Red Sox hitters. The Beckett-Peavy matchup on Sunday hopefully will live up to the hype it is getting. Remember the Mike Lowell-for-Peavy rumors from last summer? As much as I love Lowell, Peavy -- who was struggling at the time of the rumors -- would make this Sox team one for the history books. As for the Minor League Player of the Week... David Murphy, OF, Pawtucket Red Sox .283 BA, 5 HR, 34 RBI, .362 OBP The 2003 first round pick out of Baylor is expected to be called up from Triple-A this weekend. With Schilling on the DL there is an open roster spot but because Schill's spot doesn't need to be filled until Tuesday, Murphy should get the call due to the muscle strain that J.D. Drew suffered in Atlanat that will take a few days to heal. This is a well deserved opportunity for Murphy and it is also an opportunity for the Sox to showcase the 25-year-old with the trade deadline seven weeks away.