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BALTIMORE -- What in the name of William Nathaniel Showalter is going on here? Son of a Buck, those are the Baltimore Orioles closing in fast on the Red Sox, who mathematically face the possibility of looking up at Showalter's O's in the American ...

Another fun and interesting chat session included some heated debates on Mike Trout's defense, Manny Machado's WAR versus Miguel Cabrera's, whether the Rangers are worse than the four best teams in the AL East, the hype over Yasiel Puig, Jason Heywar...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Will Middlebrooks' long day Monday went beyond the 14 innings the Red Sox played Monday night. The third baseman left Syracuse, N.Y., where Pawtucket was playing, in the predawn hours to make the trip here, encountered a lo...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Red Sox roster underwent a significant change Monday that went beyond third baseman Will Middlebrooks being activated from the disabled list. Jose Iglesias is going nowhere. The 23-year-old Cuban, bitterly disappointed ...

The Boston Red Sox's roster underwent a significant change Monday that went beyond third baseman Will Middlebrooks being activated from the disabled list.

BOSTON -- Will Middlebrooks homered in each of his last two games in Pawtucket while on a rehab assignment, with Friday's game washed out by the same rain that postponed Angels-Red Sox. He is eligible to come off the disabled list Saturday. Farrell s...

BOSTON -- Jose Iglesias sparkled out of the gate this year, inciting a small debate as to who should be the team's starting shortstop when Stephen Drew returned from a concussion. The Red Sox did not play along, shuttling a displeased Iglesias to the...

I've been getting my share of tweets from folks who believe Jose Iglesias should supplant Stephen Drew as the team's starting shortstop -- not next year, but ASAP. Drew is in an extended funk at the plate -- in 15 games since May 15, he is batting ju...

BOSTON -- The Rangers and Boston Red Sox will meet again as the teams with the best records in the American League. Boston came into Arlington in early May with the best record in baseball and the Rangers swept the Sox, outscoring them 16-4. The R...

NEW YORK -- Jose Iglesias punched his ticket to stay in Boston. David Ortiz punched a hole in the sky. And all the buckets of rain dumped in the Bronx on Sunday night couldn't wash away a smashing return to the Boston Red Sox rotation by Clay Buch...

Clay Buchholz allowed two hits in an abbreviated shutout and the Boston Red Sox got home runs from David Ortiz and Jose Iglesias in a 3-0 victory over the New York Yankees that was stopped after 5 1/2 innings because of rain Sunday night.

NEW YORK -- Third baseman Will Middlebrooks is due to come off the disabled list next Saturday, a day that should help to define the immediate future for 23-year-old Jose Iglesias. For the first time, the Red Sox no longer are committed to the not...

BOSTON -- Stephen Drew is back at shortstop after sitting Saturday with what manager John Farrell described as a regular day of rest. Drew also missed two games on the team's recent road trip but Farrell indicated that had nothing to do with this lat...

BOSTON -- The Boston Red Sox have employed three different starting third basemen and two different starting shortstops in the first three games of their series with the Cleveland Indians. On Saturday, the microscope again focused on the left side...

BOSTON -- After answering a handful of questions about his own performance Friday night following an 8-1 win over the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox right-hander John Lackey made a point to compliment first baseman Mike Napoli for his solid defens...

BOSTON -- The first time Jose Iglesias played third base in his life, according to him, was Tuesday for Triple-A Pawtucket. Weather permitting, the second will be under the bright lights Friday night at Fenway Park. It's enough to cause some butte...