Beckett placed on DL

Josh Beckett has been placed on the 15-day DL today. The move is retroactive to August 18th and catcher David Ross has been called up from Pawtucket to fill the empty roster spot. Beckett has had his start moved 3 times in the past week and a half due to finger numbness and [...]

Drew to DL, Kotsay to Boston?

J.D. Drew has officially been moved to the disabled list thanks to the herniated disk in his back (and his lack of willing to play in a pennant race while experiencing some aches and pains, but I digress..) The move is retroactive to the 18th and Joe Thurston has been called up from [...]

Aardsma back to the DL

The most surprising piece of the bullpen this year is going back to the DL for the second time in a month or so. David Aardsma will report to Boston to undergo an MRI on his strained groin. David Pauley will take his spot on the roster.
In addition, Julio Lugo is going to [...]

Chris Smith called up

Reliever Chris Smith has been called up from Pawtucket to take the place of Clay Buchholz. Buchholz has been demoted to Double-A like we mentioned the other day in this piece.
The Red Sox have also signed catcher David Ross to a minor league deal with Pawtucket. Ross is 31 years old and will [...]

Buchholz gets demoted

Clay Buchholz has performed horribly at the major league level this year. Maybe part of it is because he’s out on the town every other night or maybe part of it is because he’s spending too much time with his Penthouse pet. One thing is for sure though, he’s not controlling his damn [...]

Lowell placed on the DL

The Red Sox have placed Mike Lowell on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left oblique muscle. This will mark the second time this season that Lowell has spent some time on the DL.
Kevin Youkilis will take over at 3rd base and Sean Casey will start at 1st. RHP David Pauley has [...]

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