Red Sox left-hander David Price was ahead of schedule for the first step in his recovery from a sore elbow, throwing into a net in a batting cage. Manager John Farrell said Price made 25 easy tosses Saturday before a Red Sox split squad played the Tampa Bay Rays.
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Price, Sox pleased with first BP session
As expected, Red Sox lefty David Price looked much farther along than Boston’s hitters on the first day of batting practice at the team’s practice facility Sunday. Outfielder Chris Young , the first player to step into the box against Price, did manage to get at least one good swing.
Red Sox: Can Chris Sale avoid first year struggles in Boston?
… try to tune it out, but it’s nearly impossible to avoid the critics in a city that considers itself the hub of the sports world. Bostonians have a strong passion for their teams that can boil over into frustration when the season isn’t going as …
Red Sox: Will Eduardo Rodriguez make Opening Day roster?
Recent comments by Boston Red Sox president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski suggest Eduardo Rodriguez isn’t a lock for a rotation spot. Having a surplus of capable options to fill the starting rotation is a good problem for the Boston Red Sox to have, yet it’s not so great for the pitcher that gets left out.
Red Sox trade pitcher Clay Buchholz to Phillies
There was David Price last offseason and Drew Pomeranz mid-year. By the time Chris Sale was acquired from the Chicago White Sox at the winter meetings this month, Boston had seven starters to choose from – most of them more consistent than Buchholz, and a few of them on better deals.
Winter Baseball with BOB
The baseball winter meetings don’t seem to produce the number of trades that they used to. It used to be that almost every team made at least one trade.