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| Height: 6-4
Weight: 230
Throws: R
Bats: R Born: Nov 23, 1980, Baton Rouge, LA |
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| October 11, 2008 With his three-out save Friday, Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon set a new postseason record for consecutive scoreless inning with 20.2, according to MLB.com. |
| October 6, 2008 Jonathan Papelbon will be available to pitch in Game 4 despite throwing 31 pitches in Game 3, according to the Red Sox Official Website. |
| October 4, 2008 Jonathan Papelbon got six outs for the win in Friday's 7-5 win over the Angels in Game 2 of the ALDS. He struck out one and allowed no hits. |
| September 23, 2008 Jonathan Papelbon went 1.1 innings and struck out two to pick up his 41st save of the season in the Red Sox victory over the Indians. |
| September 21, 2008 Jonathan Papelbon became the fifth player in Red Sox history to record 40-saves in a season, according to The Providence Journal. The others were Jeff Reardon (1991), Tom Gordon (1998), Derek Lowe (2000) and Ugueth Urbina (2002). |
| September 19, 2008 Jonathan Papelbon worked out of a jam on Friday to help the Red Sox defeat the Blue Jays 4-3. He struck out the last batter of the game with a man on third base. |
| September 16, 2008 Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon has not been as effective recently as he had been because he is struggling with locating his fastball, according to the Boston Globe. "For the past month, I've thrown 20 scoreless innings basically just going out there and throwing my heater and locating it. Well now, the same teams I did that against, they're making their adjustments on me," Papelbon said. |
| September 15, 2008 Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon might not be available for tonight's game against the Rays. Papelbon pitched on Saturday and Sunday and has only pitched on three consecutive days three times this season. The last time was last week, and on the third day, he blew a save opportunity to the Rays, according to the Boston Globe. |
| September 9, 2008 Jonathan Papelbon served up three hits and two runs to the Rays on Tuesday night and blew his fifth save of the season. The Rays won 5-4. Papelbon hadn't given up an earned run since July 13, a span of 18 outings. |
| September 8, 2008 Jonathan Papelbon collected his 36th save of the season Monday night as the Sox beat the Rays 3-0. |
| August 19, 2008 With his 33rd save of the season Monday, Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon moved into second place in franchise history with 105, according to the Boston Globe. |
| August 16, 2008 Jonathan Papelbon will be available on Saturday night despite suffering from migraines over the past two days, the Boston Globe reports. "I've had them pretty bad the last couple of days. When I get them it affects my whole body. But I should be OK. I take the medication. I should be OK," he explains. |
| August 3, 2008 Jonathan Papelbon picked up his 31st home run of the year for the Red Sox on Sunday and is just four saves from his third straight 35 save effort. |
| July 15, 2008 Fans in New York threatened the pregnant wife of Red Sox pitcher Jonathan Papelbon as the two were riding in open cars during the All-Star Game's red carpet parade, according to RedSox.com "I feel like I needed to be in a bullet-proof car. My wife is pregnant and she's getting her life threatened. It's stupid," said Papelbon. |
| July 14, 2008 Jonathan Papelbon recorded the 100th save of his career on Sunday, in a close 2-1 win over the Orioles, according to the Boston Globe. He remarked, "One hundred down, I guess three or four hundred left to go." |
| July 13, 2008 Jonathan Papelbon allowed one run on three hits, walked none and struck out one earning his 28th save of the season. |
| July 8, 2008 Jonathan Papelbon earned his second save in as many nights against the Twins on Tuesday. He gave up one hit and struck out one in a three-out appearance. |
| July 7, 2008 Jonathan Papelbon recorded the final three outs in Monday's 1-0 win over Minnesota for his 26th save of the season. |
| July 4, 2008 Jonathan Papelbon has not stepped on the mound in exactly one week, according to RedSox.com. "It's good, because you know there will be that period where I throw a bunch of days in a row," said Papelbon. |
| June 24, 2008 Boston reliever Jonathan Papelbon earned his 22nd save of the season this evening, working the ninth to close a tight 5-4 win over Arizona. Papelbon faced four batters, throwing 19 pitches to walk one, influence one ground out, and striking out two. |
| May 27, 2008 Jonathan Papelbon made his 23rd appearance of the season on Monday night at Safeco Field, but it wasn't routine. After throwing three straight balls to begin the inning, Papelbon was able to battle back and strike out Jeremy Reed for the first out. The right-hander then committed a throwing error on a swinging bunt by Miguel Cairo. Kenji Johjima followed with a base hit putting runners at first and third. After rookie Yuniesky Betancourt struck out swinging, Ichiro Suzuki hit a run-scoring single that made the score 5-2. Papelbon then followed with a wild pitch allowing Johjima to score from third making the talley 5-3. Jose Lopez then grounded out to Dustin Pedroia to end the game. |
| May 20, 2008 Jonathan Papelbon recorded four outs for his 13 save of the year in a 2-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night. |
| May 17, 2008 Jonathan Papelbon got the final three outs to help the Boston Red Sox beat the Brewers 5-3 on Saturday. The right-hander recorded his 12th save, despite giving up a solo homer to Ryan Braun with two out. |
| May 9, 2008 It's obviously not April, a month when Boston closer Jonathan Papelbon has been perfect during his career. Papelbon put runners at second and third in the ninth inning of Friday's loss to the Twins, and let Lamb lace an opposite-field liner to left that ended the game. |
| May 7, 2008 Jonathan Papelbon allowed a broken bat single to Placido Polanco to allow two runs to score as he picked up his first loss and blown save of the season to the Tigers. |
| May 5, 2008 Jonathan Papelbon registered his tenth save of the season as the Red Sox defeated the the Tigers 6-3 on Monday night. |
| April 22, 2008 Jonathan Papelbon recorded his eighth save on Tuesday night. He worked a spotless ninth inning against the Angels. |
| April 20, 2008 Jonathan Papelbon worked a perfect ninth inning for his seventh save as the Red Sox scored six runs in the seventh and eighth innings to beat the Rangers 6-5 on Sunday. |
| April 14, 2008 Jonathan Papelbon tossed a scoreless inning and picked up his fifth save on Monday. The Red Sox gave the elite closer the night off on Sunday. |
| April 13, 2008 Jonathan Papelbon won't be available to pitch on Sunday night, MLB.com confirms. He had to wait through a long rain delay to close the game on Saturday and is simply getting the day off. |
| April 12, 2008 Jonathan Papelbon worked around a lengthy rain delay to pick up his fourth save of the season on Saturday against the Yankees. |
| March 25, 2008 Jonathan Papelbon notched his first save of the new season against Oakland, but it wasn't pretty as he allowed one run on three hits over his one inning, with one walk and one strikeout. Boston held on to win 6-5 and the elite closer was let off the hook. |
| March 11, 2008 Jonathan Papelbon is enjoying success with the slider that he's added to his repertoire, according to the AP. "I used to throw it when I was starting so its not like a new pitch, really," Papelbon said. "Its a natural arm slot for me to throw this pitch. Its not like Im going out of my delivery to execute this pitch. To me, its just a matter of staying one step ahead of the competition." It's scary to think of a guy who had 37 saves, a 1.85 ERA and 0.77 WHIP with 84 strikeouts in 58.1 innings last year improving his stuff. On Tuesday, he worked two perfect innings, while striking out two batters. |
| March 6, 2008 Jonathan Papelbon signed a one-year deal for $775,000 on Thursday avoiding the arbitrary figure the team could have issued. The number is nearly twice what the team could have given him had they chose to renew his deal. According to the Boston Globe, Papelbon's new salary beats Mariano Rivera's two-year closer service time record of $750,000. |
| March 6, 2008 The Boston Globe reports that the Red Sox are expected to continue negotiations Wednesday night with the agents for closer Jonathan Papelbon on a new contract. If they can't reach an agreement the Sox are expected to renew his deal for an arbitrary figure that would likely be near the $425,000 he made last season. |
| March 5, 2008 Jonathan Papelbon is the latest young player not happy about his contract situation. "It's a tough situation for me right now because basically I'm at a point to where I feel like the position I'm in, there's a certain standard that needs to be put in place here," he tells the Boston Globe. "I feel like with me being at the top of my position, I feel like that standard needs to be set and I'm the one to set that standard. And I don't think that the Red Sox are really necessarily seeing eye to eye with me on that subject right now." The Red Sox will likely renew Papelbon's contract soon, and he'll make something short of $1 million. |
| March 4, 2008 Jonathan Papelbon confirmed Tuesday that his agents and the Red Sox have gotten to the point where they won't be able to even get close to working out a long-term deal before the March 11 deadline, according to the Boston Globe. Papelbon won't be eligible for arbitration until next offseason, so he doesn't have any real pull in negotations, as the Red Sox can simply renew his current deal. On the other hand, if he can keep pitching like the past two seasons, he's going to get crazy paid once abritration is an option next winter. |
| March 2, 2008 Jonathan Papelbon had migraines bad enough last year that he had to ask manager Terry Francona for the night off on a couple of occasions, according to the Boston Herald. "When I get them, they shut me down - I cant open my eyes," Papelbon said. "I dont know, maybe we can get to the bottom of it this year. Its something I have to deal with and hopefully its something we can find a cure for sooner than later." What he's doing this year is using a new mouthpiece that helps him deal with intense teeth-grinding while sleeping and when pitching. With any luck that will do the trick and allow the stud closer to be available every game. |
| February 22, 2008 Despite being Boston's closer, Jonathan Papelbon continues to follow the same throwing program in the first half of spring training that he was on as a starter, according to the Boston Herald. "We like it, but I dont think its typical," Papelbon said. "Its just more throwing in the beginning to build arm strength. Im going to go out there and throw two innings, and maybe another one and then back down from that. Halfway through (spring training) I will back down." Pitching coach John Farrell said the priority is to build up Papelbon's arm, and that working as a reliever early on just won't get the job done. |