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Josh Beckett missed his scheduled turn in the rotation on Sunday.  He is battling some sort of flu or virus, so the club did not want to take any chances with their ace.  It does not appear to be arm or leg related or any other pitching related injury.
This is very strange.  Let’s hope GM [...]

Tim Wakefield tossed 3 shutout innings in his spring debut in Tuesday’s 9-0 win over the Florida Marlins.  Wakefield stymied a hard-hitting Marlins ball club that had been raking the ball so far this spring.  Wakefield needed just 30 pitches (22 strikes) to record his 9 outs.  He gave up 2 hits and struck out [...]

Pitchers and catchers don’t have to report until tomorrow, but we already have word of one player who is slowed by injury – Daisuke Matsuzaka.  Matsuzaka spent 2 stints on the disabled list in 2009 and ended up starting just 12 games for the Red Sox, going 4-6 with an awful 5.76 ERA and 1.87 [...]

Red Sox GM Theo Epstein & Co. Have their work cut out for them this coming season and off-season.  We’ve already discussed the pending Josh Beckett free agency, but the Red Sox also need to anticipate what they want to do with the catcher position.  Victor Martinez is their every day catcher for the 2010 [...]

It’s almost Spring Training, so it must be that time for Red Sox 2nd baseman Dustin Pedroia to have to get used to playing with another shortstop.  In recent years, Pedroia has played with Julio Lugo, Jed Lowrie, Nick Green and Alex Green.  This February – it’s going to be newly signed shortstop Marco Scutaro [...]

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 [...]

GM Theo Epstein kept his streak intact – by signing Jeremy Hermida to a 1-year deal today, Epstein & Co. will make it 8 straight years without going to arbitration with any player.  Hermida was the final arbitration-eligible Red Sox player still looking for his 2010 deal.
Hermida will back up the Red Sox starting trio [...]

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 Red Sox and Jonathan Papelbon are close to a 1-year, $9.35 million deal for the 2010 MLB schedule.  Papelbon earned $6.25 million in 2009 and he becomes a free agent after the 2011 MLB schedule.  GM Theo Epstein and the Red Sox were lock up young superstars Dustin Pedroia, Jon Lester and Kevin Youkilis [...]