| Josh Beckett is a right-handed starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. He was selected by the Florida Marlins with the second overall pick in the 1999 amateur draft. With the nickname "Kid Heat", Beckett continued a long line of power pitchers to come out of the state of Texas. In just his second season of professional baseball, Baseball America named Beckett the 2001 Minor League Player of the Year, USA Today also named him as their POY, and he debuted with the Marlins. The young Texan reached national fame in 2003, after an outstanding postseason in which he won the World Series MVP. Injuries hampered his career in Florida, and the Marlins traded Beckett to the Boston Red Sox. The righty won 16 games for the Red Sox in 2006, and was a member of the All-Star team in 2007.
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