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BOSTON -- Red Sox left-hander Franklin Morales has been shut down with a pectoral strain, manager John Farrell said Saturday. Morales, originally placed on the 15-day disabled list with a lower back strain, was well into a rehab that began with ex...

BOSTON -- One of the first sights at Fenway Park on Saturday morning was Felix Doubront going through a two-inning simulated game under gray skies and in temperatures hovering in the high 30s. Meanwhile, several other Red Sox players were making p...

When I'm not watching baseball, you can probably find me playing Scrabble. I combine my love of these two seemingly disparate interests by tracking down those players whose names are also valid words in Scrabble. I present to you now the Scrabble-acc...

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Eleven days before Opening Day, Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington acknowledged that 22-year-old rookie outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. still has a chance to make the major league team coming out of camp, and identified the elem...

SARASOTA, Fla. -- Quick hits from Red Sox manager John Farrell Friday morning: * The MRI performed on left-hander Franklin Morales revealed a slight bulge in one of the discs in his lower back, according to Farrell. Morales was given an epidural i...

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Good morning from the Fort, where the Red Sox are sending their "A" team to Sarasota on Wednesday night to play the Baltimore Orioles. Franklin Morales is scheduled to make his first spring start. Also scheduled to throw are Dr...

Catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia and the Boston Red Sox have agreed to a $4.5 million, one-year contract, a raise of $2 million.

When the full weight of Tampa Bay shortstop Reid Brignac toppled onto the right shoulder of Red Sox outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury last April 13 as he was sliding into second base, it cost Ellsbury more than the 79 games he missed with a partially disloc...

For MLB's Venezuelan players, stardom comes with a hidden danger.

On each weekday until baseball's GM meetings Nov. 7, we will spotlight one key decision the Red Sox need to make this offseason that will help determine the success or failure of the 2013 team. Today's topic: How do the Red Sox improve their star...

Forecasting which Red Sox pitchers will be back in 2013.

Right-handed reliever Scott Atchison was activated off the 60-day disabled list before Wednesday's game, Red Sox GM Ben Cherington announced in a team release. Meanwhile, lefty pitcher Franklin Morales moved over to the 60-day DL to create a space...

OAKLAND -- Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine said it looks like David Ortiz is doing better since having an injection in his injured Achilles. Valentine said Ortiz "feels better," but doctors are not planning on having Ortiz rejoin the team this wee...

As Josh Reddick watched from afar all that went on with the Boston Red Sox this season, he was sure of one thing. "I'm happy to be here and not there," the A's outfielder said Friday night.

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Left-handed pitcher Franklin Morales, who was removed from his last start after just 2 2/3 innings, has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with what manager Bobby Valentine described as a "tired" shoulder. Alfredo Aceves to...

A quiet Alfredo Aceves returned to the Red Sox after suspension.