Bobby Jenks

Columns

1. Reassessing risk: How many years is too many for Josh Hamilton?

   Columns

   12/09/2012

   … money tied up in players who weren’t going to be on the field (Carl Crawford, John Lackey , Daisuke Matsuzaka , Bobby Jenks , among others) for significant stretches of 2012. If the team hopes to avoid a repeat of such scenarios, and to …
2. Is the media too tough on Bobby Valentine?

   Columns

   09/07/2012

   … did not trade for Andrew Bailey and Mark Melancon, did not sign John Lackey , Daisuke Matsuzaka , Carl Crawford and Bobby Jenks , did not turn a great clubhouse into a lousy one, did not turn Josh Beckett and Jon Lester into mediocre pitchers …
3. What's the deal? A 'blow it up'-free primer to the Red Sox and this year's trade deadline

   Columns

   07/16/2012

   … Marco Scutaro trade at their disposal. The salary relief created by the agreed-upon exit from the organization of Bobby Jenks further increases that. Meanwhile, the team does have some players who can be moved. In particular, the surplus of …
4. Lack of star power keeping 2012 Red Sox mired in mediocrity

   Columns

   07/10/2012

   … injury stats” from last year. Still, those numbers are inflated by the absence of players like John Lackey and Bobby Jenks and Chris Carpenter and Jason Repko and others who were not necessarily expected to contribute. Ultimately, the …
5. How (and why) the 2012 Red Sox were built this way

   Columns

   04/13/2012

   … Traded for Adrian Gonzalez ; signed Carl Crawford, Bobby Jenks Not all of those deals worked out -- in fact, plenty of them didn ..... result in no on-field return. It remains to be seen if Bobby Jenks will throw another pitch in a Red Sox uniform …

Blogs

1. Koji Uehara, history-making strike-thrower, and the implications for Daniel Bard and the Sox bullpen

   Blog

   12/07/2012

   … year, $3 million deal (with a $4 million club option), while the Sox signed right-hander Bobby Jenks to a two-year, $12 million deal. Jenks ’ history in Boston proved brief and disastrous. Uehara, meanwhile, proved one of the most dominant …
2. New market reality: A look at Shane Victorino deal and how it fits Red Sox’ plans

   Blog

   12/04/2012

   … and Nick Punto in the Dodgers blockbuster, and the departures since last year of Daisuke Matsuzaka , Kevin Youkilis , Bobby Jenks and others, the team had more than $100 million come off its books. To date, while the Sox have re-signed David …
3. Red Sox release Bobby Jenks

   Blog

   07/03/2012

   … settlement with right-handed pitcher Bobby Jenks and have placed him on unconditional ..... relationship that commenced when Jenks signed a two-year, $12 million ..... discovered, requiring blood thinners. Jenks ultimately required back surgery …
4. Here’s hoping this isn’t the end for Mariano Rivera

   Blog

   05/04/2012

   … It just seemed absurd, and just not worthy of a pitcher like Mariano Rivera. It’s the guys like Matt Albers or Bobby Jenks that are supposed to have moments like that, right? Rivera’s career numbers are staggering, if this is indeed the …
5. Friday morning with Bobby Valentine: Excitement for opener, bated breath for Beckett

   Blog

   04/13/2012

   … lockers to the spot formerly occupied by Jonathan Papelbon , and he appears likely to have room to spread out, as the two lockers to his left belong to rehabbing pitchers John Lackey and Bobby Jenks , both of whom are in Fort Myers indefinitely.