The Boston Red Sox have been looking for starting rotation help all offseason and now they’ve started to make moves to add some guys there.
The Red Sox have now made offers to both Edwin Jackson and Roy Oswalt, the two best starters left on the free agent market. After moving an anchor of a contract in Marco Scutaro to Colorado, the Red Sox have now moved quickly in an attempt to strengthen their rotation.
The first move Boston made was to make an offer to Oswalt, who has yet to give any indication where he actually wants to play next season. The fact the veteran righty didn’t accept the offer right away, may be why the Red Sox moved immediately to offer a contract to Jackson.
Sources have indicated that Oswalt may actually want to end up with the Rangers, Cardinals or Reds, but no one really knows what he wants to do for sure.
The Red Sox are said to actually prefer Jackson over Oswalt and that makes sense. Jackson is just 28 years old and has outstanding stuff. With t...
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