12/15/09 6:12 PM EST BOSTON — The Red Sox have spent the past two days working out deals with a pair of free agents who could be key to their success in 2010. On Wednesday, the club will unveil right-hander John Lackey and outfielder Mike Cameron in separate news conferences at Fenway Park. Cameron will [...]
12/14/09 7:34 PM EST This is not quite like acquiring Roy Halladay, but it does keep the arms race going. In the rivalry that never rests, the Boston Red Sox have just taken their turn. The status quo is never good enough in this pairing, especially when the New York Yankees were eight games better [...]
12/12/09 5:30 PM EST BOSTON — It is starting to appear unlikely that All-Star slugger Jason Bay will re-sign with the Boston Red Sox. Amid a report from FOXSports.com that Bay had rejected Boston's latest offer, Joe Urbon, the left fielder's lead representative, did not dispute that his client could be slipping away from the [...]
12/12/09 10:40 PM EST BOSTON — With a couple of hours left before Saturday's 11:59 p.m. ET deadline to tender contracts to all unsigned players on their roster, the Red Sox parted ways with outfielder Brian Anderson, who now becomes a free agent. Anderson, who came to Boston in a July 28 trade with the [...]
12/11/09 5:16 PM EST BOSTON — Earlier this week in Indianapolis, Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein suggested that the club had one non-tender candidate before Saturday's 11:59 p.m. ET deadline. Simply because of his 2009 contract — $2.885 million — there was speculation that first baseman Casey Kotchman was the player Epstein was referring [...]
12/10/09 10:00 PM EST BOSTON — The Red Sox and Rangers are both comfortable with the framework of a deal that would send Mike Lowell and cash to Texas for Minor League catcher Max Ramirez, but multiple sources indicated it could be another two to three days before the trade is finalized. The reason for [...]
12/10/09 1:33 AM EST INDIANAPOLIS — While the Red Sox are still in left-field limbo, they appear to be on the verge of making a change at third base. The Red Sox and Rangers — according to FoxSports.com — have reached a preliminary agreement on a deal that would send veteran Mike Lowell to Texas [...]
12/08/09 9:10 PM EST INDIANAPOLIS — The collective psyche of Red Sox Nation always has quite a bit to do with what is going on with that team from the Bronx — the one that is fresh off a World Series championship. So with the Yankees soon to announce that they have landed All-Star center [...]
12/08/09 12:12 AM EST INDIANAPOLIS — Now that the Red Sox and Jason Bay's representatives are gathered under the same roof for the next few days at the Winter Meetings, can progress toward a reunion be made? Perhaps. But there are other teams in search of a durable left fielder who is viewed as a [...]
12/04/09 6:27 PM EST BOSTON — During the obligatory photo opportunity with his new shortstop, Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein turned to Marco Scutaro and encouraged him to do more than just hold the uniform up for the camera. "If you want to put it on, go for it," Epstein said. He didn't have [...]
