Posted By Lynn Worthy, Sun Staff

Big Papi hit numbers 51 and 52. The last bit of drama is officially gone from the Red Sox season, but there are always "the kids" to look forward to.

This week the Red Sox announced some of the fall and winter ball assignments for this off-season.

Alvirne High School product Kyle Jackson will be one of six players from the Red Sox organization to play for Peoria and manager Luis Alicea in the Arizona Fall League.

Jackson, 23, appeared in 24 games for the Single-A Wilmington Blue Rocks this season, posting a 6-0 record with one save and an ERA of 1.59. In 45.1 innings pitched, he registered 67 strikeouts and walked 24 batters. With Double-A Portland he was 3-1 with an 2.45 ERA. Jackson struck out 36 batters in 36.2 innings while allowing 32 hits.

Former Spinner Jacoby Ellsbury will also be making the trip to Peoria. A left-handed outfielder, the 22-year-old Ellsbury hit .308 stole 16 bases and had 19 RBI in 50 games with the Portland. In 60 games with the Wilmington Blue Rocks this season, the 22-year-old Ellsbury hit .298 with four home runs and 32 RBI.

He was a member of the 2006 Carolina League All-Star team. He is listed by Baseball America as the “Best Defensive Outfielder, “Fastest Runner� and “Best Athlete� in the Red Sox organization in 2006.

Infielder Manny Arambarris and right-handed pitcher Mario Pena, both on the Spinners roster this past season, will be playing Winter League ball with Arambarris going to Caracas in Venezuela, and Pena pitching for Leon out of Nicaragua.

In a sign of the times for Red Sox Nation, tomorrow’s Red Sox starter Devern Hansack is also slated to pitch for Leon this winter.

Elsewhere, former Spinners outfielder Brandon Moss was selected the 2006 Eastern League Playoff Most Valuable Player last week.

In nine playoff games with the Portland Sea Dogs, Moss hit .361 with five home runs and 10 RBI's. In game four of the Northern Division Series he threw out a base runner in the ninth to keep the game tied. In the tenth, Moss belted a home run to send the Sea Dogs to the Eastern League Championship Series.

In Game four of the Eastern League Championship Series, Moss celebrated his 23rd birthday by smashing two home runs. As a Spinner in 2003, Moss batted .237 with seven homers and 34 RBI.

Any players you're excited about tracking this fall/winter? Prospects in a do-or-die situation this coming season? A guy who needs to step up to prime time?