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| Red Sox offer arbitration to Varitek and Byrd |
MLB Baseball |
12/01/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - The Boston Red Sox have offered salary arbitration to free agent catcher Jason Varitek and right-handed pitcher Paul Byrd. The Red Sox would be eligible to receive compensation for Varitek, a Type A free agent, and Byrd, a Type B free agent. Players offered salary arbitration have until the conclusion of this Sunday to accept or decline that offer. Varitek posted a .220 batting average with 13 home runs and 43 runs batted in over 131 games last season, while Byrd combined for an |
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| Report: Japanese P Tazawa and BoSox agree to contract |
MLB Baseball |
12/01/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - Japanese pitcher Junichi Tazawa has reportedly agreed to a three-year contract with the Boston Red Sox. The Boston Globe, citing a source in baseball, said the 22-year-old will arrive in Boston later this week and will undergo a physical to complete the deal, which is reported to be around $3 million. The newspaper also stated that Tazawa rejected offers from three other major league teams, including the Texas Rangers, who offered him more money. With reports stating that his fa |
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| Red Sox acquire RHP Littleton from Rangers |
MLB Baseball |
11/28/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - The Boston Red Sox acquired right-handed relief pitcher Wes Littleton from the Texas Rangers on Friday for two players to be named later or cash considerations. Littleton, Texas' fourth-round pick in the 2003 draft, spent a majority of last season with Triple-A Oklahoma, going 7-1 with six saves and a 4.01 earned-run average in 44 appearances. Over his three-year career in the big leagues, the 26-year-old has compiled a 5-3 record with three saves and a 3.69 ERA in 80 games -- w |
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| Red Sox ship Crisp to KC |
MLB Baseball |
11/19/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - The Boston Red Sox have traded outfielder Coco Crisp to the Kansas City Royals for right-handed reliever Ramon Ramirez. The 29-year-old Crisp hit .283 last season with seven home runs, 41 RBI and 55 runs scored. His value, though, is more in the field than at the plate, but he became expendable with the emergence of Jacoby Ellsbury. In three seasons with the Red Sox, Crisp hit .271 with 21 homers and 137 RBI. Crisp, who will earn $5.75 million this coming season and has an $8 mi |
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| Boston's Pedroia named AL MVP |
MLB Baseball |
11/18/2008 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia has been named the American League's Most Valuable Player, as voted on by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Pedroia, last year's AL Rookie of the Year, garnered 317 points to outdistance Minnesota's Justin Morneau by 60 points. Pedroia placed first on 16 of the 28 ballots cast by two writers from each AL city, second on six others, third on four, and fifth on another, as he became just the second player to win an AL MVP |
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| Red Sox, Epstein agree to extension |
MLB Baseball |
11/04/2008 |
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| Dana Point, CA (MySportsbook) - The Boston Red Sox and general manager Theo Epstein have agreed to a new contract. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed, but Epstein told the Boston Globe on the first day of the annual GM meetings that he signed the deal "a while back." Terms of the contract weren't released. Epstein became the youngest general manager in major league history at age 28 when he took over the Red Sox on November 25, 2002. In his second year at the helm, Boston swept the St. Louis Cardinals to |
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| Rangers name Mike Maddux pitching coach |
MLB Baseball |
11/03/2008 |
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| s past season, the lowest figure by a Milwaukee club in 16 years. The brother of four-time Cy Young award-winner Greg Maddux, Mike played 15 seasons in the major leagues for nine different teams, posting a career record of 39-37 with a 4.05 ERA in 472 games with the Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Red Sox, Seattle Mariners, Montreal Expos and Houston Astros. Hawkins replaced Mark Connor, who was fired as Rangers pitching coach in August. |
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| Red Sox to get new spring training facility |
MLB Baseball |
11/01/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - The Boston Red Sox announced on Saturday that they have signed a new agreement, previously approved by Lee County, Florida, which will result in a new spring training complex for the team. The move means that the Sox will keep their pre-season home in Fort Myers for at least the next 30 years. The club has trained at the City of Palms Park since 1992. "The Red Sox thank the leadership and citizens of Lee County for this extraordinary commitment," said team chief operating office |
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| Smoltz, Wood among 42 to file for free agency Friday |
MLB Baseball |
10/31/2008 |
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| with a 3.26 earned run average in 65 games. The New York Mets had the most players file Friday with six: pitchers Tony Armas, Jr., Luis Ayala, Pedro Martinez and Ricardo Rincon, along with outfielder Moises Alou and second baseman Ramon E. Martinez. Other notable players who filed Friday are Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, Los Angeles Dodgers infielder Nomar Garciaparra, Oakland Athletics designated hitter Frank Thomas, San Diego Padres pitcher Mark Prior and Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Rocco Baldelli. |
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| Red Sox bring Wakefield back |
MLB Baseball |
10/31/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - The Boston Red Sox exercised the option on pitcher Tim Wakefield's contract Friday, bringing the club's longest tenured player back for a 15th season in 2009. Wakefield, who has been with Boston since 1995, went 10-11 with a 4.13 earned run average last season. The knuckleballer struggled in his only postseason outing of 2008, allowing five earned runs in 2 2/3 innings in a loss to the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 4 of the ALCS. The 42-year-old is second in club history with 1,797 str |
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