William S. Middlebrooks (born September 9, 1988) is an American professional baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

 third baseman

Third baseman

A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in baseball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run...

 in Boston Red Sox

Boston Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...

 organization.

Middlebrooks was drafted by the Red Sox in the 5th round of the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft

2007 Major League Baseball Draft

The 2007 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft was Major League Baseball's annual amateur draft of high school and college baseball players, and was held on June 7 and June 8, 2007...

.

Middlebrooks participated in the 2011 All-Star Futures Game

All-Star Futures Game

The All-Star Futures Game is an annual baseball exhibition game between a team of top minor league prospects from the United States and a team of prospects from other parts of the World...

. After the 2011 season, the Red Sox assigned Middlebrooks to the Arizona Fall League

Arizona Fall League

The Arizona Fall League is an off-season league owned and operated by Major League Baseball which operates during the fall in Arizona, United States at five spring training complexes...

, where he was named to the Rising Stars Game.

In August 2011, ESPN called Middlebrooks "Boston's likely 3B (third baseman) of the future" upon his promotion from the AA Portland Seadogs to the AAA Pawtucket Red Sox

Pawtucket Red Sox

The Pawtucket Red Sox are the minor league baseball Triple-A affiliates of the Boston Red Sox and belong to the International League...

. In November 2011, Middlebrooks, Che-Hsuan Lin

Che-Hsuan Lin

Che-Hsuan Lin [Chay shoo-ahn Lin] is a Taiwanese outfielder in the Boston Red Sox minor league system. Lin was born in Hualien, Taiwan.-Career:Lin helped his 12-and-under Bronco League team to the World Championship with a grand slam...

 and Drake Britton

Drake Britton

Drake Britton is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Boston Red Sox organization.Britton was born in Waco, Texas on May 22, 1989 and attended Tomball High School. The lefty was drafted out of Tomball in the 23rd round of the 2007 MLB Draft by the Boston Red Sox. Britton signed a...

 were added to the Red Sox 40-man roster to avoid being selected in the Rule 5 Draft.

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