The Red Sox have enjoyed the success of numerous rookies as of late, and first baseman Lars Anderson could be the next young player to excel in Boston. "Expectations lead to big disappointments I think, so I'm just trying to do what I can today and try not to go too big on it," said Anderson. "I'm just trying to take my time and have fun." Anderson split last season between Class A Lancaster and Double-A Portland. "Over the last couple of years, he's really started to mature as a player -- both physically and on the field," said Red Sox director of player development Mike Hazen. "[He] has a great bat, very, very disciplined. He's very mature. And we started to see some of the results when he came to Portland last year. It started to snowball for him from a success standpoint. "He's a tremendous person. He works hard. He's very focused. He's very aware of his situation here in the organization. That's not going to slow him down from sort of taking those next steps in his development."