CARL CRAWFORD RUMORS

Let’s start off with the good about Desmond Jennings. His 10 home runs and 20 steals in fewer than 250 at-bats are exactly the type of upside we expected from the youngster. With him leading off, we can easily see him scoring close to 100 runs with 20/40 potential. Now the bad. He needs to get his strikeouts under control (20.7 K%) in order to get his batting average up from...

There's a lot of bellyaching about Carl Crawford's remaining $130 million, and with good reason. He was barely better than Darnell McDonald last year, and to top it off he enter this year with an injury and, once again, no clear spot in the Red Sox' stacked lineup. But believe it or not, Carl's deal is not the worst in baseball, at least according to Scott Campbell...

Boston Red Sox outfielder Carl Crawford is expected to start the season on the disabled list after he underwent surgery on his left wrist earlier this month. Crawford underwent a minor procedure to remove cartilage in his wrist and while he is expected to miss Opening Day, GM Ben Cherington is optimistic that he will be with the team for the bulk of the season. Crawford struggled...

Yet more disappointing news in Carl Crawford's Boston story, as he underwent arthroscopic surgery to his left wrist after complaining of pain during his offseason training regimen.  Before we start crossing "Big comeback year for Carl Crawford" off our 2012 to-do list, Brian MacPherson of the Providence Journal points out something promising. Vernon Wells underwentâ€...

Red Sox outfielder Carl Crawford had surgery on his left wrist and could miss opening day. General manager Ben Cherington says Crawford is expected to resume hitting at some point in spring training and be ready early in the season. He says the team hasn't completely ruled out Crawford's availability for the opener. Cherington says Crawford started hitting more actively recently...

Carl Crawford had arthroscopic surgery on his left wrist and there's no timetable for his return. His status for the season opener could be in question.

  Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here... highlighting the big storyline. Because there's nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. “I finally got that call in to Carl,’’ said Valentine, who along with Pedro Martinez, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, and a host of Red Sox prospects met yesterday with children undergoing cancer...

New Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine finally spoke with left fielder Carl Crawford, whom Valentine had criticized while at ESPN.

Every morning we compile the links of the day and dump them here... highlighting the big storyline. Because there's nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump... Eventually, Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine and Carl Crawford will talk, at which time they will leave behind the comments Valentine made as an ESPN analyst that insulted the left fielder and move on to...

Carl Crawford was supposed to be the spark in Boston's lineup, but after a disappointing season, the speedster felt the need to apologize to his new fanbase.