Red Sox

•The chances of Boston acquiring Jarrod Saltalamacchia took a serious hit this weekend when the Rangers traded Gerald Laird to Detroit.
Boston appears to have turned their attention to Kelly Shoppach.
•According to Mike Silverman, Willie Bloomquist continues to be associated with the Red Sox.
•Buster Olney would be shocked if Rocco Baldelli isn’t with the Red Sox […]

Next weeks winter meetings could lead to several signings across baseball including Boston. I plan to update the blog several times daily during the meetings next week.
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It’s a six year deal for about $40.5 million and a club option for 2015.
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Junichi Tazawa has decided to accept the Boston Red Sox offer and will officially sign in early December when he is officially allowed to.
Reports say the offer from Boston is for three years at $1 million per and that he will begin at AA Portland.
He will remain a starter and will be provided with a […]

A lot of talk recently within the Boston sports world is about what happens if Boston signs Mark Teixeira to a contract this winter.
As I write this I had just finished reading a post at Fire Brand of the American League, it is a decent look at the recent Coco trade and what it could […]

Just days ago it appeared Boston wouldn’t make a big splash in the expensive market for free agent starting pitchers, that apparently has changed.
Several sources have said the Red Sox have gone heavy into the chase for AJ Burnett.
What could have caused this? It probably all points towards the rumors of Tim Wakefield leaning towards […]

The Red Sox have made their first move of the offseason. The Sox send Coco Crisp to Kansas City for reliever Ramon Ramirez.
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At this time two years ago, many in Boston doubted the abilities of Dustin Pedroia, the one man who’s opinion mattered stuck by him then and again in the early parts of the 2007 when it appeared Pedroia was in over his head.
By the end of that season Pedroia was the American League Rookie of […]

Theo Epstein and the Boston Red Sox should be quite busy this month as they have several targets on their radar.
Kevin Davidoff of Newsday reports that the Red Sox will aggressively pursue Mark Teixeira during the offseason.
Boston also seems set to make a run at a trade with Texas for catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia. Boston would […]

Red Sox vs AngelsGame 1: Wednesday 10:00pm (Lester vs Lackley) TBSGame 2: Friday 6:00pm (Matsuzaka vs Santana) TBSGame 3: Sunday TBD (Beckett vs Saunders) TBSGame 4: Monday TBD (Lester vs Lackey) TBSGame 5: Wednesday TBD (Matsuzaka vs Santana) TBS
Prediction: Red Sox continue dominance of Angels in playoffs 3-0
White Sox vs RaysGame 1: Thursday 2:30pm (Vazquez […]