bullpen

Columns

1. The budget isn't the problem: Another look at the Red Sox payroll

   Columns

   01/26/2012

   … the majors, with millions in incentives possible), both of whom signed to compete for rotation spots (with Padilla also a bullpen candidate), represent the likeliest candidates to be added to the roster. Assuming that only one of those …
2. Making sense of the Marco Scutaro trade

   Columns

   01/23/2012

   … Franklin Morales are out of options. Mortensen represents a pitcher whom the Sox can summon for a spot start or a week in the bullpen and then send him back down to the minors. He and Junichi Tazawa are the only two major league-ready pitchers on the 40 …
3. The blueprint: How teams have built championship rotations

   Columns

   01/19/2012

   … Difelice from the Devil Rays for Nick Bierbrodt and Jason Conti at the trade deadline. Batista shuttled between the rotation and bullpen all season. 2000 Yankees Andy Pettitte (4.35 ERA, 111 ERA+), Roger Clemens (3.70 ERA, 131 ERA+), Orlando …
4. What Red Sox fans should make of the last 120 hours (or so)

   Columns

   01/18/2012

   … last spots in the rotation and in the bullpen , and also a very strong returning four ..... front of the rotation and the back of the bullpen . If spring training opened tomorrow, we’d feel ..... couple of spots. He’s pitched out of bullpen , too. He knows there’s a chance …
5. Andrew Bailey and Jonathan Papelbon may not be all that different after all

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   01/10/2012

   … That was a tough one, but like I said, you have to move on." A few months later, Bailey sat in the Safeco Field visitors bullpen , sneaking peaks at Papelbon's last bout of misery as a member of the Red Sox . It was that Sept. 28 night in Baltimore that …

Blogs

1. Source: Sox, Aceves agree to $1.2M deal

   Blog

   02/05/2012

   … Aceves end up in the Red Sox rotation (with $25,000 bonuses should he reach five, 10, 15 or 25 starts) or back in the bullpen (with $25,000 bonuses awarded for 55, 60, 65 and 70 appearances), with a maximum of $100,000 in potential bonuses …
2. Source: Padilla expected to camp on time

   Blog

   02/02/2012

   … added to the major league roster. He is coming to camp to compete as a starter, with the idea that he could also become a bullpen contributor if he does not win a spot in the rotation. The 13-year veteran has a career record of 104-90 with a 4.31 …
3. Theo Epstein: Solid Red Sox offseason ‘will all come down to starting pitching’

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   02/01/2012

   … acquiring a couple cost-control, impact pieces for their bullpen in [ Andrew ] Bailey and [ Mark ] Melancon . That frees them ..... with some of the creativity they’ve shown in building the bullpen it will all come down to the starting pitching, but Ben did a …
4. GM Ben Cherington: Red Sox ‘unlikely’ to add major pieces before spring training

   Blog

   02/01/2012

   … division of labor at shortstop and right field, the roles in the bullpen ) will be subject to spring training competitions, the Sox GM ..... pretty balanced lineup. We think we have some options with the bullpen . That can be a strength. We like the front of the rotation …
5. Red Sox may have an antidote for complacency this spring

   Blog

   01/31/2012

   … the team’s primary right fielder (once Carl Crawford returns from his injury). Spots will also be up for grabs in the bullpen , where the pitchers in the rotation competition will join others such as Michael Bowden , Matt Albers and Franklin Morales in a scrum for the final …