Share this: The Boston Red Sox are about to get a boost to their bullpen. Reliever Koji Uehara will be activated from the disabled list Monday, Red Sox manager John Farrell said before Sunday’s game against the Oakland Athletic, per WEEI’s Rob Bradford. However, the right-hander won’t be available to pitch until Tuesday during Boston’s series against the San Diego Padres. Uehara hasn’t pitched since going down with a right pectoral strain on July 19, but the Red Sox need all the bullpen help they can get down the stretch. Boston’s relievers had the seventh-worst ERA in Major League Baseball in August at 4.70. The 41-year-old has been shaky through 2016, but he hadn’t allowed a run and had given up only one hit in his last
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Tim Tebow To Red Sox? Dave Dombrowski Not ‘Rushing Out’ To Sign Ex-QB
Share this: There’s still a possibility that one Major League Baseball team gives Tim Tebow the chance to play out his baseball dream. But it appears that team won’t be the Boston Red Sox. Tebow held a workout Tuesday in front of scouts from 28 MLB teams, including the Red Sox. The former NFL quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner clearly has some things to work on, but he displayed impressive pop at the plate as well as some decent athleticism in the outfield. When asked Tuesday night if Boston would consider bringing on Tebow, however, Red Sox president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski didn’t exactly give a ringing endorsement. “We did our due diligence,” Dombrowski said during an appearance on NESN’s “Red Sox First Pitch.” “I
Swinging For The Fences: What Tim Tebow’s Baseball Past Says About MLB Hopes
Share this: Tim Tebow has been aiming high his entire life. But this might be his most ambitious goal yet. The 29-year-old will take the field on Aug. 30 not as a quarterback but as a baseball player, holding a workout for reportedly more than 20 Major League Baseball teams — including the Boston Red Sox — in an attempt to kick-start a career on the diamond. It’s a dramatic career turn for a former Heisman Trophy winner; one of the best players in college football history who flamed out after fewer than five seasons in the NFL. But the obvious question remains: Can he do any better on the baseball field? Tebow’s baseball résumé is brief: He played just two seasons of high school ball from 2004 to 2005