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Red Sox GM Ben Cherington is mum on whether or not the team and DH David Ortiz will be able to sign a deal before the scheduled arbitration hearing.  The Red Sox have offered Big Papi $12.65 million while the big slugger countered with $16.5 million.  Since Ortiz had a solid 2011 season and since [...]

The Red Sox signed Cody Ross to a 1-year, $3 million deal at the end of last week.  Ross will likely compete with Darnell McDonald and Ryan Sweeney for the starting right fielder spot and will also add depth with Carl Crawford likely to miss opening day because of his recent wrist surgery. Ross played [...]

The Red Sox traded Marco Scutaro earlier this week to the Colorado Rockies for starting pitcher Clayton Mortensen.  Scutaro was to start at shortstop for the Red Sox in 2012, but now he will play 2nd base for the Rockies and likely bat 2nd in the order. Mortensen came over from the St. Louis Cardinals [...]

The Red Sox and Jaocby Ellsbury agreed to a 1-year, $8.05 million deal for the 2012 MLB season, thereby avoiding arbitration.  Ellsbury had a monster 2011 and deserved the big raise from his “modest” $2.4 million salary. On the other side of the spectrum, however, the Red Sox and David Ortiz are still $4 million [...]

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day from your friends at MyRedSoxToday.com! Over the weekend, the Red Sox and Ryan Sweeney agreed upon a 1-year, $1.75 million deal for the 2012 MLB season.  Sweeney came over from the A’s in the Josh Reddick for Andrew Bailey deal.  Sweeney will have a chance to compete for some [...]

The Evil Empire is back – Yankees trade for Michael Pineda and sign Hiroki Kuroda.  Not good for the Red Sox…

The Red Sox have added long-time catcher Jason Varitek to list of non-roster invitees.  The Red Sox have made it clear to Tek that he has an “outside” chance of making the team. Tek has played his entire 15-year major league career in a Red Sox uniform.  Tek helped the Red Sox win World Series [...]

The Red Sox could be close to signing veteran starter Hiroki Kuroda to a short-term deal.  Kuroda would fill in the 4-5 slot along side Daniel Bard and after Josh Beckett, Clay Buchholz and Jon Lester.  Kuroda is durable despite being 36-years old – he has made at least 30 starts in each of the [...]

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