The Dominican Summer League Red Sox, often called the DSL Red Sox, are a
Minor League Baseball affiliate of the
Boston Red Sox
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of
Major League Baseball
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, playing in the foreign
Dominican Summer League
The Dominican Summer League (DSL) is a branch of affiliated Minor League Baseball which is played in the Dominican Republic. The league was founded in 1985. After the demise of the Venezuelan Summer League after the 2015 season, it is the only ...
. The team, classed as a
Rookie League franchise, plays at the El Toro Complex in the
Dominican Republic
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.
For the
2021 Boston Red Sox season
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, the field coordinator is
José Zapata, and the Red Sox are fielding two teams; one managed by Ozzie Chavez and the other managed by Sandy Madera.
History
The Red Sox have fielded at least one team in the DSL each season since 1996; the team that season was a cooperative with the
Houston Astros. Since 1997, the Red Sox have fielded their own team. In some seasons, the Red Sox have fielded two teams in the league. This first occurred in 2003, when the
Venezuelan general strike of 2002–03
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impacted the
Venezuelan Summer League
The Venezuelan Summer League (VSL) was a professional baseball sports league that operated in Venezuela from 1997 to 2015, primarily in the state of Carabobo. Teams in the league served as academies for Major League Baseball (MLB) organizations, a ...
, where the Red Sox also had an affiliate. The Red Sox have fielded two DSL teams each season since 2015, except for 2017. When two teams are fielded, they are distinguished by the suffixes 1 and 2, or Blue and Red (e.g. DSL Red Sox 1). In 2022, both Red Sox teams competed in the same division.
The Red Sox fielded a cooperative team with one or more other MLB clubs several times: 1989 with the
Baltimore Orioles
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and
Milwaukee Brewers; 1990 with the
Detroit Tigers and
San Diego Padres
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; 1996 with the Astros; 2000 with the
Arizona Diamondbacks
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; and 2001 with the
Cleveland Indians
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.
The DSL Red Sox reached the league championship series in 2014, and DSL Red Sox 1 won the league championship series in 2016.
Notable alumni include
Hanley RamÃrez
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, who played with the team in 2001,
Xander Bogaerts
Xander Jan Bogaerts (born October 1, 1992; ), nicknamed "the X-Man" and "Bogey" or "Bogie", is an Aruban professional baseball shortstop for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Boston Re ...
, who hit .314 with the team during the 2010 season, and
Rafael Devers
Rafael Devers Calcaño ( ; born October 24, 1996) is a Dominican professional baseball third baseman for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2017, and was an All-Star in 2021 and 2022.
Career
The Red Sox ...
, who hit .337 with the team during the 2014 season.
Results by year
Cooperative teams
Red Sox teams
Notes:
* Finish position is within the team's division.
* Records of the 1997 through 2004 seasons are incomplete on
Baseball-Reference.com
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.
Roster
See also
*
Notable DSL Red Sox players
Notes
References
External links
DSL Red Sox Blueat MiLB.com
DSL Red Sox Redat MiLB.com
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Baseball teams established in 1997
Baseball teams in the Dominican Republic
Boston Red Sox minor league affiliates
Dominican Summer League teams
1997 establishments in the Dominican Republic