Found December 03, 2011 on My Sports Rumors: Yardbarker Blogger Network
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Now that the Boston Red Sox have gotten their front office and managerial situation under control they’re hitting the free agent market. It appears they could be looking to make another big splash this winter. Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald tweeted today that the Sox plan on meeting with the agent of C.J. Wilson and Roy Oswalt at the Baseball Winter Meetings. @MikeSilvermanBB: #RedSox will meet with agent for CJ Wilson and Roy Oswalt in Dallas at Winter Meetings. #MLB The decision to meet with their agent is of no surprise as they’ve got plenty of question marks in next years rotation. The only two sure things are Josh Beckett and John Lester, they’ve also got Clay Buchholz returning from injury. Their other two high priced pitchers John Lackey and Dice-K will be out for the year following Tommy John surgery. For how great they’ve been in developing players recently, they’ve got no one in the minors ready so they’ll have to spend...
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