Married Rosanna ... has three sons: Bartolo, Emilio and Wilder ... brother, Jose, pitched in Cleveland's Dominican Summer League program in 1997 and 1998 and spent the 1999 season at Rookie Burlington.

split the season between class aaa pawtucket and the red Sox in his fi rst season in the Boston organization ... went 3-1 with a 2.27 ERA (8 ER/31.2 IP) in nine starts with Pawtucket and 4-2 with a 3.92 ERA (17 ER/39.0 IP) in seven starts with the Red Sox ... signed as a free agent on 2/24 ... began the season on Pawtucket's disabled list with a strained left oblique ... was reinstated on 5/10 and had his contract purchased by Boston on 5/21 ... won his Red Sox debut on 5/21 vs. Kansas City (2 ER/5.0 IP) ... went 3-0 with a 3.50 ERA (7 ER/18.0 IP) in his fi rst three starts ... was placed on the disabled list from 6/17-9/7 with a lower back strain, including six rehabilitation starts with pawtucket ... was recalled on 9/9 and made one start on 9/13 vs. Toronto (2 ER/6.0 IP) ... did not pitch the remainder of the season.