Red Sox Minor League Player of the Week (April 7-13, 2008)

The Red Sox MLPotW is back, but not by popular demand. No, TheBostonInsider just wanted something to blog about on this nice Sunday morning. (Yes, I know that Manny Ramirez and the Red Sox knocked off the Yankees last night, that BC won the NCAA men's ice hockey national championship and that the Bruins lost in overtime in Montreal. I'm sticking with the guys on the farm.) The first winner of this prestigious award goes to Portland Sea Dogs starting pitcher Justin Masterson, a righthander we might be seeing sometime around July in Boston. To start the young season, Masterson is 0-0 but he does sport a 0.00 ERA in his first nine innings pitched. Masterson also has a 10-0, strikeout-to-walk ratio which is very impressive. Masterson projects to be a top of the rotation starter in the future but his biggest contribution in Boston in 2008 will most likely be out of the bullpen.