The Boston Red Sox placed Shane Victorino won the 15 day disabled list, retroactive to May 21, with a left hamstring strain. Victorino  As also struggled with a back issue of late and the team thought it best to shut them down for a couple of weeks. The team also announced a third baseman Will Middlebrooks  aggravated an injury on Thursday and was placed on the 15 day disabled list. Middlebrooks left the ga ...

Terry Francona enjoyed a successful return to Fenway Park as the Cleveland Indians routed the Boston Red Sox 12-3.  Francona received a standing ovation after the first inning following a video tribute on the centerfield scoreboard. In eight years as manager, Francona led the Red Sox to two World Series championships, and in his first year as the Indians manager Cleveland is in first place in the AL Central ...

Will Middlebrooks was pulled after the fourth inning in a  game with the Cleveland Indians with lower back spasms. Middlebrooks struck out in the inning before.  Middlebrooks has struggled during his sophomore year batting  .203/ .236/ .413 with eight home runs and 21 RBI.  he has struck out 52 times in 172 at-bats. Red Sox utilityman Pedro Ciriaco  took over for Middlebrooks and would likely see an increas ...

Clay Buchholz and Jon Lester have effectively anchored an inconsistent starting rotation in an overall strong season for the Boston Red Sox. On Wednesday night, Buchholz continued his stellar season with a strong start, helping the Red Sox in a 6-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Buchholz worked seven strong innings, surrendering just one run on five hits, while striking out four batters and walking thr ...

Jacoby Ellsbury, near MVP in 2011 and owner of an injury plagued campaign in 2012, may be getting dropped out of the leadoff spot shortly in the Red Sox lineup. Manager, John Farrell, indicated Ellsbury may lose claim of being the leadoff hitter if he didn't turn around his rough start to 2013, which won't help negotiations in Free Agency as Ellsbury's contract is set to expire at the end of the season. Fan ...

David Ortiz continues to slug and he certainly let his former team experience just that on Saturday night. Ortiz would account for half of the 12 runs scored by Boston in its 12-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins. Beginning in the first-inning, Ortiz launched a one out, three-run home run to right field off of Scott Diamond, scoring Jacoby Ellsbury and Dustin Pedroia to give the Red Sox an early 3-0 lead. F ...

In the weeks leading up to opening day, Boston was projected for a season of mediocrity in the wake of a 2012 season marred by injury, poor play, and clubhouse disunity. Amongst the many questions surrounding the Boston club heading into the season included whether newcomer third baseman Will Middlebrooks would build off of his success from last season. While having a very respectable rookie campaign in 201 ...

Boston Red Sox closer Joel Hanrahan will undergo season ending surgery to repair his right flexor tendon.  The surgery essentially ends  Hanrahan's career in Boston whose one-year deal worth $7.04 million expires at the end of the year. Hanrahan struggled early on as Boston's closer and ended with a 9.82 ERA a 2.18 WHIP  in nine appearances.  The two-time All-Star has pitched for seven seasons in the major ...

Jon Lester gave up a double in sixth inning to  Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Macier Izturis and would go on to  finish a one hit complete game shutout over the Blue Jays 5-0. Lester  struck out five and walked none throwing 118 pitches,  lowering his ERA to 2.73 along the way. Will Middlebrooks, Dustin Pedroia, Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Danel Nava provided all the offense Lester would need. Lester was  so do ...

Will Middlebrooks, the third base middle-of-the-order bat for the Boston Red Sox, was removed in the seventh inning of Tuesday's game after colliding with backup catcher, David Ross. Middlebrooks, who has developed a reputation for being injury prone in his young career, stayed in the game immediately after the collision (Ross left immediately) in the fifth inning, but eventually came out two innings later ...

Felix Doubront has been battling a diminished fastball and control problems, and now it will cost him a turn in the rotation. Highly rated prospect, Allen Webster, has been recalled from AAA to take injured closer, Joel Hanrahan's spot on the roster. Webster is expected to make a start against the Twins while Doubront attempts to rediscover his fastball and location in the bullpen. Fantasy Play: It truly is ...

Junichi Tazawa may get the first shot at closing for the Boston Red Sox. Red Sox manager John Farrell said he would like to use Tazawa  in the closers role and keep Koji Uehara as the setup man in the eighth. Uehara has been used extensively and has pitched in 15 of the Red Sox 31 games,  striking out 17 in just over 13 innings of work, so it makes sense  to keep him there. Getting the most that they can ou ...

Earlier today we reported that the Red Sox placed Andrew Bailey on the DL and the Joel Hanrahan would resume his closer responsibilities after recovering from a hamstring injury. Hanrahan allowed a solo home run to the Twins Brian Dozier, blowing a one run lead and the save. Half of Hanrahan's 20 pitches were strikes. The Red Sox trainer came out to talk and that's when Hanrahan left the game with an appare ...

The Boston Red Sox placed Andrew Bailey on the disabled list with a right biceps injury. Bailey hasn't pitched since April 28 against Houston  and converted five of six save opportunities while Joel Hanrahan was on the DL, missing 15 games with a right hamstring. Bailey is scheduled to undergo an MRI and no timetable for his return was announced. Bailey was expected to be available for Saturday's game but a ...