Generally speaking, the Red Sox’ bullpen is rolling along as one of the team’s strengths, certainly a large part of any discussion concerning Boston’s chances for a long playoff run. That doesn’t mean all is necessarily well with every member of the relief corps as decisions are about to be made on postseason roles.
Daniel Bard [...]

Now that Kevin Youkilis has landed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained oblique muscle, one of the more maddening injuries a ballplayer can endure, it is worth recap just what the Red Sox have fought through to reach a 21-12 record, third best in the big leagues.
They lost their Opening Day starting shortstop, [...]

The forecast says the rain will go away soon enough for the Red Sox and Twins to play tonight, but at the moment the tarp is down. What was a steady, hard rain a few minutes ago has abated.
The first casualty to the weather was Julio Lugo’s planned start tonight at Pawtucket as the PawSox [...]

After Friday night’s 6-3 loss to the Angels, no doubt sensing the late-night squirming back in New England, scribes asked various Red Sox players if the masses had cause for concern after seeing Ye Olde Towne Team lose three of its first four, squeezing out a total of eight runs in those three losses.
“This is [...]