Red Sox Rundown

Pitcher Cla Meredith was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the sixth round of the 2004 draft. Sox fans will remember him as a promising young pitcher who, in his three years in the Sox system, moved up and down the ranks like a yo-yo before being shipped to the Padres to rescue Tim [...]

The Red Sox unconditionally released catcher Josh Bard today, placing him on waivers that essentially place him back into free agency. Theo Epstein stated that the backup catcher job is George Kottaras’s to lose after apparently winning the position battle this spring.
Bard’s spring numbers, though, have been superior to Kottaras’s. Bard hit .429 in six games [...]