Bard's transition to the rotation go, and who fills the fifth spot behind him? Daisuke Matsuzaka won't be back until mid-season or so, and who knows what he'll be able to accomplish coming off Tommy John surgery. That leaves Alfredo Aceves and a handful...

.304, clubbing 24 homers, 34 doubles and driving in 90 runs over 135 contests. The BoSox extended spring training invites to the following players: pitchers Jesse Carlson, Rich Hill and Justin Thomas, Scott Atchison, Aaron Cook, Brandon Duckworth,...

Bobby Valentine (first season).

Jon Lester, Josh Beckett and Clay Buchholz are set as the team's top three starting pitchers, but the rest of the rotation is up for grabs. Former set-up reliever Daniel Bard, veteran swingman Alfredo Aceves, offseason pick-ups Aaron Cook, Carlos...

Against American League hitters last year, Oswalt was hit at a .308 clip. Still, he might be an okay addition but that's where the money issue comes into play. If he was asking for Vicente Padilla type of money or even something like an incentive-laden...

20 starts in each of his last three seasons, making regular trips to the disabled list with shoulder ailments. It's a bad omen for any starter, to be sure, but one that the Sox can maybe take the hit on better than others. They're already expecting to...