Félix Doubront
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Carabobo
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, Venezuela
Venezuela
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Venezuela
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n professional baseball
Baseball
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pitcher
Pitcher
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with the Boston Red Sox
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of Major League Baseball
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. Listed at 6'2", 200 lb., Doubront bats and throws left-handed
Left-handed
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Armed with a high 80s fastball that tops out at 91 mph, Doubront has a very good curveball with an improving slider and good control. His deceptive delivery results in hitters not being able to pick up the ball until late. The late pick up also makes his fastball look faster to opposing hitters.
Doubront was 17 years old when he entered the minors in 2005 with the VSL Red Sox
Venezuelan Summer League
The Venezuelan Summer League is a minor league baseball rookie league which operates in Carabobo and Aragua states, Venezuela.The VSL was created in 1997, after several operational years of the Major League Baseball's academies in the country...
(rookie), playing for them one year before joining the GCL Red Sox
Gulf Coast League
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(rookie, 2006), Lowell Spinners
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(A–, 2006–2007), Greenville Drive
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(A, 2007–2008) and Lancaster JetHawks
Lancaster JetHawks
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(A+, 2008). His most productive season came in 2008, when he posted a combined 13-9 record with a 3.76 ERA
Earned run average
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in 119 ⅓ innings of work.
In a three-season career, Doubront has a 17-19 record with a 4.57 ERA and a 3.17 strikeout-to-walk ratio (228-to-72) in 271 ⅔ innings. He made his Major League debut on Friday, June 18, 2010 versus the Los Angeles Dodgers. Doubront pitched five innings, gave up three earned runs, walked two, and struck out two for the win. It was a spot start and Doubront was optioned back to Pawtucket after the game. He was later recalled on July 5 after Clay Buchholz joined a long list of banged-up Red Sox players to go on the disabled list. Doubront made two more starts and lost both of them before being optioned on July 17. He was recalled August 6, and returned to the Red Sox roster as a reliever.
Doubront started the season in Pawtucket, was called up April 8 following an injury to Matt Albers
Matt Albers
Matthew James Albers is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball.-High school:In 2001, Albers graduated William P. Clements High School in Sugar Land, Texas...
. He was optioned ten days later after pitching in three games.
Awards
- 2005 - BRS Minor League Latin pitcher of the month (July)
- 2005 - BRS Minor League Latin pitcher of the year
- 2006 - BRS prospects All-Star (LH starting pitcher)
- 2008 - BRS prospects pitcher of the week (July 28 - August 3)
- 2008 - BRS prospects pitcher of the week (August 18–24)
- 2008 - BRS prospects All-Star (starting pitcher)
- 2008 - South Atlantic LeagueSouth Atlantic LeagueThe South Atlantic League is a minor league baseball league based chiefly in the Southeastern United States, with the exception of three teams in the Mid-Atlantic States...
All-Star - 2009 - Portland Sea DogsPortland Sea DogsThe Portland Sea Dogs are the Double-A minor league affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. Established in 1994 and based in Portland, Maine, the Sea Dogs play in the Northern Division of the Eastern League....
Pitcher of the Year
Source: Boston Red Sox prospects