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The Red Sox signed pitcher Ross Ohlendorf to a minor league contract with a spring training invite this week.  Ohlendorf made 9 starts for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2011, but spent most of the season on the DL.  He has a career record of 14-28 with a 4.77 ERA. Mauro Gomez also received a spring [...]

The Red Sox and David Ortiz agreed upon a 1-year, $14.575 deal for the 2012 MLB season thereby avoiding a scheduled hearing for today.  Both sides appear to be happy with the result. Ortiz said – “I feel happy since I avoided going to arbitration.  People are used to seeing me with the Red Sox [...]

Red Sox GM Ben Cherington has given the impression that it is unlikely that the Red Sox will add a starting pitcher before the start of the 2012 MLB campaign.  The Roy Oswalt rumors keep swirling, but with the Texas Rangers and St. Louis Cardinals also making strong plays for the righty, it doesn’t appear [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

GM Ben Cherington has all but said the Red Sox will not go after a big name starting pitcher free agent like C.J. Wilson or Mark Buehrle.  So does that mean Daniel Bard is a “lock” to become a starter in 2012?  We’ll have to see how it all plays out, but that could be [...]

New Manager Bobby Valentine is headed to the Dominican Republic to recruit free agent DH David Ortiz. Ortiz has repeatedly stated that he wants to remain in Boston.  But he is looking for a long-term deal at 36-years of age. The Red Sox have offered Ortiz arbitration.  That means that he would have to accept [...]

It’s official – Bobby Valentine is the new Red Sox Manager.  Ben Cherington made the announcement on Thursday afternoon and is thrilled with the choice – “I’m very confident we’ve found the right person in Bobby Valentine”.  Cherington went on to say that he thought Valentine had the ability to show care for his players [...]

The Red Sox are set to hire Bobby Valentine as the 45th manager in franchise history.  This is a dousy for sure… I don’t like it to be perfectly honest. Valentine is a head case and I just don’t see him getting control of what sounded like a horrific locker room during the 2011 campaign.  [...]

Looks like the race is down to 2 – Gene Lamont & Bobby Valentine. Who will it be? They are polar opposites.  Lamont is smart and well-liked, but on the quiet side. Valentine is a boob in my humble opinion – and definitely NOT the right choice to lead this well-assembled Red Sox team in [...]