Rundown: First week of Spring Training

The first week of spring games is officially over so I thought I'd take a look at the week's top performers, along with some disappointments.

In the hitting department:
-Josh Reddick has been stellar thus far, posting a .471/.471/.824 line in 17 AB. It is still early, but with a relatively fragile outfield with J.D. Drew, Reddick could certainly see more time in the bigs this year.

-Jacoby Ellsbury had a nice day today. He's only hitting .250 but he blasted two home runs today against the Rays (making him the club leader for the spring).

-Highly touted prospect Jose Iglesias has been solid to this point. He's only notched 10 plate appearances so far, but has a home run and three rbi's to his credit.

-On the other end of the spectrum, David Ortiz, looking to rebound from a down year in 2009, has posted a line of .091/.167/.091. In 11 AB's he has a hit, a walk and two strikeouts. It's early so I'm not trying to make any definitive statement about how his year will go, but he has not been good to this point.

From the mound:

-Tim Wakefield has tossed 5 scoreless innings so far, and looks very solid. Clay Buchholz on the other hand has looked abysmal in his only appearance, pitching 2.0 innings and allowing 5 hits, 2 walks and 3 earned runs. So far the fifth spot looks like Timmy's.

-It's too early to say anything about a specific pitcher but in prospect Casey Kelly's only appearance he threw two frames, walking a batter and striking out another. He looks to start the year in AA Portland.

-Again, too early, but things do not look great for Adam Mills thus far. He's averaging about four hits and three runs an inning, and today earned the loss against the Rays.

In other news, Buster Olney reported today that talks are at least taking place between the Red Sox and Josh Beckett on a new contract, but there is no word how close the two sides are. Good to know they are working towards keeping him though.