Rookie second baseman Ron Gant showed some pop, but still needed seasoning. Rich Mahler and Pete Smith were solid, but unspectacular in the rotation. Even the stories that you wanted to make you happy, like the return of veteran utility man Jerry...

One-time Mets prospect Alex Ochoa will serve as first-base coach and Tim Bogar will serve as bench coach. Bogar previously served as Boston's third base coach. Holdover hitting coach Dave Magadan also played for the Mets. The staff also includes Jerry...

Red Sox hired Bob McClure as pitching coach and moved Tim Bogar to bench coach. The Red Sox also said yesterday Alex Ochoa will be first base coach on manager Bobby Valentine’s staff and Jerry Royster will be the third base coach. Bogar and Ochoa played...

Reds have been in talks to try to re-sign closer Francisco Cordero, who became a free agent after last season. The Boston Red Sox have hired Bob McClure as pitching coach and moved Tim Bogar to bench coach. The Red Sox said Alex Ochoa will be first base...

The Red Sox have hired Bob McClure as pitching coach and moved Tim Bogar to bench coach. The Red Sox said yesterday Alex Ochoa will be first base coach on Valentine’s staff and Jerry Royster will be the third base coach. Bogar and Ochoa both played...

Tim Bogar, who was the Sox’ third base coach last season under Terry Francona. Valentine added Sox organizational coach Alex Ochoa as first base coach and McClure, who had been hired prior to Valentine’s arrival as a scout and instructor. The true...