Jed Lowrie News

Jed Lowrie, in the Boston Red Sox organization, runs a catch-and-throw drill. Pro and college baseball players from the Salem area return to North Salem High School to run a camp for "future stars." ...

Excited youngsters ran down the aisles to grab a seat Tuesday in the Parrish Middle School auditorium.

Boston Red Sox shortstop Jed Lowrie returned to his old middle school this week.

The hot stove is heating up as we come upon December, and the Red Sox, one of baseball's richest teams, have one big name on their wish list this year: Mark Teixeira.

While signing Teixeira and trading Mike Lowell are possibilities, it would mean investing money in a position that we do not have foreseeable issues at for the next two years and perhaps beyond, if Lars ...

The Lowell Spinners will honor Red Sox player Jed Lowrie at their annual dinner in January.

The long-lingering possibility of a match between the Red Sox and Tigers on two extra players still seems to have some life.

Francisco Rodriguez was trying to pitch out of trouble against the Red Sox in the playoffs last month, and like other teams in need of a closer, Mets officials watched with some curiosity as K-Rod seemed ...

In this crucial baseball offseason for our local teams, the Mets and Yankees still are trying to define themselves as organizations.

Baseball America's Top 10 Prospects lists are based on projections of a player's long-term worth after discussions with scouting and player-development personnel.

In the four full seasons the Sox have played since trading Garciaparra on July 31, 2004, the offense has taken a nosedive at the shortstop position, which has been handled by nine different players: Julio Lugo ...

Dustin Pedroia sits in the dugout every afternoon during the season waiting to take extra batting practice and ground balls.

In Boston, at least, the position could not be more aptly named. From Orlando Cabrera to Edgar Renteria to Alex Gonzalez and now to Julio Lugo, the layover always has been brief.

The start of the offseason means mailbags going back to a weekly format. Keep coming up with your best, and I'll throw a new batch out there every Monday.

The Red Sox and Jason Varitek have not initiated contract discussions, which is not unusual this soon after the season, said Scott Boras , the agent who represents the catcher.

TROPICANA FIELD, ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. By Bill Ballou TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF wballou@telegram.com a-grounded into fielder's choice for Cora in the 9th.

Theo Epstein called Josh Beckett's ALCS 6 start "borderline heroic". Epstein also said that Beckett had suffered, not a strained oblique, but a "torn oblique". WEEI's Rob Bradford gives us a little bit more ...

From the moment Jed Lowrie was called up by the Red Sox, he may have been playing through injuries.

With his lineup settling into a nice groove over the past two games, Red Sox manager Terry Francona made one modification for Sunday night's Game 7 of the American League Championship Series, starting Alex Cora ...

Their nearly unprecedented comeback in Game 5 of the AL championship series didn't get the Boston Red Sox into the World Series.