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Red Sox Need to Sign Roy Oswalt to Maintain Chances for World Series

Found February 09, 2012 on NESN.com: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Roy Oswalt,  Josh Beckett,  Jon Lester,  Clay Buchholz
TEAMS: Boston Red Sox,  St. Louis Cardinals

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Does new Boston Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington know something that the rest of us don’t? Or is this just a new, frugal version of the Red Sox? Something seems amiss in Beantown considering how quiet the franchise has been in free agency this offseason and with an apparent gaping need for starting pitching behind the Big 3 of Josh Beckett, Jon Lester and Clay Buchholz. Pitchers and catchers report to Fort Myers on Feb. 19 and Cherington has said that it was “unlikely” that he would add another starter before then. The team did make an offer to...
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