 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Timlin akaita 47 kuoneka mumwaka wa2008, aine rekodhi ye44, 1 kuchengetedza, uye 5.66 ERA yepamusoro yebasa rake. Akaitawo kuoneka kushanu mukudzorera neTriple-A Pawtucket. Mumwaka wepositi, akaonekwa mumitambo miviri vachipesana neTampa Bay Rays muALCS; akatora kurasikirwa muMutambo 2 mushure mekurega kumhanya mu11th inning, uye innings dzake mbiri mukununura panguva yeMutambo 4, iyo Boston yakarasikirwa nematanho mapfumbamwe, yaizove yekupedzisira MLB kuoneka kwebasa rake. Pashure pokunge mwaka wapera, Timlin akavazve mumiririri akasununguka. 