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John Lackey pitched 2 perfect innings in Saturday’s 9-3 over the Minnesota Twins.  It was a solid effort from the former Angels ace who signed a lucrative 5-year, $82.5 million deal with the Red Sox this winter.  Lackey was excited to get the 1st one out of the way — “I felt pretty good.  It’s [...]

Red Sox GM Theo Epstein is looking forward to the start of Spring Training.  Epstein had a busy off-season – signing free agents – pitcher John Lackey, center fielder Mike Cameron, shortstop Marco Scutaro and 3rd baseman Adrian Beltre.  He also traded for outfielder Jeremy Hermida.  He’s had to deal with questions of how the [...]

The latest major league baseball trend – locking up a sensational trio of starters at the top of your rotation.  The Boston Red Sox became one of the leaders of the pack when they signed John Lackey to a 5-year, $82.5 million deal this off-season.  Lackey will complement Josh Beckett and Jon Lester to form [...]

Red Sox starter John Lackey is looking forward to playing in an environment where every game counts.  Let’s just hope he is up to the task after signing the lucrative 5-year, $82.5 million deal in mid-December.
While eating at a solid Italian restaurant in Boston’s famous North End, Lackey got a “taste” of what it’s like [...]

It’s good and bad – what to do with the Red Sox deep and talented starting rotation.  When you have 6 legitimate starters, what do you do?  GM Theo Epstein and Manager Theo Epstein will have to figure this out as Spring Training 2010 progresses next month.
Josh Beckett, Jon Lester and John Lackey are studs.  [...]

The Boston Red Sox need to act soon if they expect to keep Josh Beckett.  The Red Sox have a history of locking up “players they want” before it gets to the tipping point where a player might want to test the free agent market (a la Jason Bay last spring).  The Red Sox clearly [...]

The Boston Red Sox and Manager Terry Francona announced how the outfield will look in 2010.  With the signing of veteran center fielder Mike Cameron a few weeks ago, the Red Sox though it best to keep Cameron in center field once he joins the Red Sox.  Cameron is a 3-time Gold Glove winner in [...]

The Red Sox are still confident that they can hit well enough during the 1st half of the 2010 MLB schedule to stay in the thick of the playoff race.  The Red Sox expect Casey Kotchman to get a lot of time at 1st base with Kevin Youkilis moving over to 3rd base while Mike [...]

At least he isn’t in the AL.  Jason Bay signed with the New York Mets today, bringing some closure to the Red Sox pursuit of the free agent slugger.  Bay played a great year and a half for the Red Sox, but his age and the dollar amount desired proved too much for the Red [...]

Rumors out of “free agent camp” are that the Red Sox could up their offer for Jason Bay to keep playing left field in front of the Green Monster at Fenway Park.  Supposedly, the Red Sox had offered Bay a 4-year, $60 million deal at some point this year.  The Red Sox could be willing [...]