The Boston Red Sox would love to add another starting pitcher to solidify their 2012 rotation. While they have been connected to free agents Roy Oswalt and Edwin Jackson, there is one very good reason for Red Sox fans to expect the team to solve this problem through another trade. The Red Sox currently have five players on the roster with less than five years of service time who...

The Boston Red Sox have avoided salary arbitration with Matt Albers as they've signed him to a one-year deal. They have also non-tendered Rich Hill. And as expected the Red Sox tendered contracts to Alfredo Aceves, Daniel Bard, Franklin Morales, Mike Aviles, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jed Lowrie and Jarrod Saltalamacchia. I full expect that Hill will be given a minor league deal...

Every morning, well most mornings and sometimes in the afternoon, 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. In a bit of offseason bookkeeping, the Red Sox tendered contracts to seven arbitration-eligible players Monday night, signed one other to a one-year contract...

The Red Sox faced a midnight deadline last night to tender contracts to unsigned players on the 40-man roster. The list included pitchers Alfredo Aceves, Matt Albers, Daniel Bard, Rich Hill and Franklin Morales along with position players Mike Aviles, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jed Lowrie and Jarrod Saltalamacchia

The Red Sox signed right-handed reliever Matt Albers to a one-year deal last night, avoiding arbitration with him....

The Boston Red Sox re-signed reliever Matt Albers to a one-year contract on Monday.

Rich Hill is a free agent after being non-tendered by the Red Sox on Monday night. In addition, the Sox avoided arbitration with Matt Albers by signing him to a one-year deal.

The Red Sox have re-signed relief pitcher Matt Albers to a one-year $1.075 million contract.  Let's hope it is the first half Matt Albers and not the second half Matt Albers that will pitch for Boston next season.

The Red Sox have re-signed relief pitcher Matt Albers to a one-year $1.075 million contract. Let's hope it is the first half Matt Albers and not the second half Matt Albers that will pitch for Boston next season.

As quiet as the Red Sox were at the Winter Meetings, they did manage to sign one player during the event. Relax Boston sports fans, our issues at closer, right field and in the rotation have been solved, we have Jesse Carlson. Wait, what? Ok, maybe not. Boston inked ex-Blue Jay reliever Jesse Carlson to a split contract, giving him the chance to compete for a spot in the Red Sox...

Resign (arbitration) these players: • Alfredo Aceves (1 yr/ 1 million) • Jarrod Saltalamacchia (1 yr/ 850K) • Daniel Bard (1yr/1 million) • Jacoby Ellsbury (1 yr/ 8.5 million) • Jed Lowrie (1 yr/ 500K) • Franklin Morales (1 yr/ 480K) • Mike Aviles (1 yr/ 700K) • Matt Albers (1yr/ 950K) • Rich Hill (1yr/ 700K) Decline Andrew Miller’s option Free Agent Signings...

By: Wessel Brocken Resign (arbitration) these players: Alfredo Aceves (1 yr/ 1 million) Jarrod Saltalamacchia (1 yr/ 830K) Daniel Bard (1yr/1 million) Jacoby Ellsbury (1 yr/ 8 million) Jed Lowrie (1 yr/ 500K) Franklin Morales (1 yr/ 480K) Mike Aviles (1 yr/ 700K) Matt Albers (1yr/ 950K) Rich Hill (1yr/ 700K) Could Beltran be in a Red Sox uniform in 2012? It's possible. Declineâ...

The wanting comes from not having. Red Sox fans suffered almost a century without a championship, and then got two within four seasons. They had some luck and pluck, and of course, the 'run prevention' before it became a design, with outstanding pitching from Schilling, Martinez, Lowe, and Lester, and more.Baseball started to retreat into oblivion in America with the LaRussan...

Sighs. I keep waiting for it to turn around. Keep waiting. Keep waiting. Today it was Tim Wakefield vs. AJ Burnett. We at least had a chance. However, Tim didn't pitch well, Salty didn't catch well, Crawford didn't play left field well, Ellsbury is the only one who could get anything done at the plate and AJ Burnett actually pitched well. All in all...not our...

This was a difficult week to find any positives in the Red Sox pitching staff, but Matt Albers provided at least one reason for optimism. Alberts, who posted a forgettable August in which he posted a 12.34 earned run average in 11 appearances, has shown signs of a turnaround. The right-handed reliever appeared in three games this week, allowing no hits or runs in three innings of...

The Red Sox insisted throughout Matt Albers' struggles that they would not shy away from him, and that he remained a piece of the puzzle. Although it is a very small sample, Albers' recent work has given them some hope that patience has paid off. Albers, who gave up an astounding 23 runs in just 17 innings at one point, has thrown three scoreless, hitless innings over his...

The Sox won the 2nd game of the doubleheader and they won it BIG! It was just the kind of game they needed and let's hope they build on this game and just WIN, WIN, WIN! The Sox went down early and it looked like this game was heading from bad to worse in the 1st inning. Lackey gave up 3 runs before the Sox bats even got a chance. However, the Sox bats gave him the lead right...

So, we started the series with the Rays with them just 4 games back in the wild card race and facing a 4 game series against them. So, it's do or die time, eh? The Sox were sending Pawtucket pitcher Kyle Weiland to the mound against the Rays Hellickson. I'll be honest, I wasn't feeling confident about this game going in...and I was right about my level of confidence...

The Red Sox are struggling. Mightily. Losers of seven of eight and just 3-11 in September, Boston has seen their AL Wild Card lead shrink to nine games to three in a matter of two weeks. The Rays banged around Sox starter Kyle Weiland for four runs before he was sent to the showers after three innings. Tampa Bay also took advantage of poor pitching by Franklin Morales and Matt Albers...

Yep, the Red Sox lost again. The last time the Red Sox won Jon Lester was on the mound and we hoped he would bring us a win again, but sadly...he would not. Lester was against Big Game, Complete Game Shields and so he would have to be his best to get a win...and he didn't. Lester once again struggled in the 1st inning. He threw 43 pitches to get through the 1st and allowed...

Lo, while you were watching some kind of football all weekend, this happened: Boston got swept by Tampa Bay. 7-2, 6-5, and 9-1 today. Four of those nine runs came on this BJ Upton atom bomb off Matt Albers. That moves the Rays 3.5 games behind the Sox—three in the loss column—for the AL Wild Card lead with 17 games (four against Boston) to play. The Angels, who lead the...

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Bottom 1: Kelly Johnson struck out swinging against Tim Wakefield Bottom 3: struck out swinging against Wakefield Bottom 6: struck out swinging against Franklin Morales Bottom 7: grounded out to first against Daniel Bard Bottom 8: struck out swinging against Matt Albers Final Line: 0-for-5, 4 K Notes: With players like Adam Dunn, Ryan Howard and Mark Reynolds playing nearly everyday—well...

I'm pretty sure that Wake is just never gonna win that elusive 200. He's lost the chance to win in every single way possible. Last night, it really looked like it was going to happen...until it didn't. Most times with Dan Bard on the mound with a 2 run lead, the game is in the books as a Sox win. Not this time. The Red Sox bats once again got on the board early and...

I was doing the Trivia at Josie Wood's pub on Wednesday night when I saw that horrible meltdown by Daniel Bard in the 8th inning that cost Tim Wakefield yet another shot at winning number 200.Bard allowed five runs on just one hit (when was the last time you saw that scoreline?) as he walked in two runs and left with the game tied at 8. And then Terry Francona had the brilliant...