Tim Wakefield News

After another successful side session on Wednesday at Camden Yards, Tim Wakefield is getting close to being slotted back into the Red Sox's starting rotation.

Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell has returned home to Miami to continue his rehab.

Is it getting Dusty in here? No, I'm not talking about pitchers. Since 2003, the Red Sox have felt the need to assign their backup catcher to near-exclusive duty as Tim Wakefield's personal knuckleball valet.

As it turns out, one knuckleballer's misfortune can be another's gain. With Tim Wakefield going to the 15-day disabled list, Charlie Zink will be called up from Triple-A Pawtucket and make his Major League ...

Considering the number of runs the Red Sox scored against the Texas Rangers, a rainout might have been the only thing that could have possibly slowed down Boston.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at 08:30AM BOSTON, MA - The Boston Red Sox today placed righthanded pitcher Tim Wakefield on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to August 7, with tightness in the back of his right ...

Zink is starting tonight against the Rangers, and the Red Sox staked him to a 10-run lead in the bottom of the first.

For the first time in nearly two months, the Red Sox come home on the heels of a winning road trip.

Tim Wakefield will miss at least two starts. Which is not ideal, as Terry Francona acknowledged , but "pitching at half-speed for the next 10 [starts] is not what we're looking for, either.

The Boston Red Sox acquired pitcher Paul Byrd from Cleveland on Tuesday, hoping to boost a rotation hurt by an injury to Tim Wakefield and the struggles of Clay Buchholz.

Tim Wakefield may be on the disabled list, but the Boston Red Sox will still have a knuckleball pitcher in the starting rotation when the defending world champions begin a three-game series with the visiting ...

The Red Sox yesterday placed Tim Wakefield on the 15-day disabled list with stiffness in his right shoulder.

The Red Sox will send either a player to be named or cash to the Indians. The 37-year-old Byrd is 7-10 with a 4.53 ERA in his 14th season.

Tim Wakefield was examined by Thomas Gill, the Red Sox medical director yesterday.

PawSox knuckleball pitcher Charlie Zink had already left McCoy Stadium yesterday afternoon and was on his way home to Providence when manager Ron Johnson called and summoned him back to ballpark.

It was after a victory over the White Sox at U.S. Cellular last August that Tim Wakefield 's season essentially ended, a shoulder injury eventually forcing him off the World Series roster.

If the Red Sox had any alternatives, Clay Buchholz might find his spot in the rotation in serious jeopardy.

Boston Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield will miss at least two starts and go on the disabled list because of a stiff right shoulder, manager Terry Francona said Sunday.

Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona says knuckleballer Tim Wakefield will miss at least two starts and go on the disabled list because of a stiff right shoulder.

The Royals' Billy Butler is 20 years younger than Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield, so he hasn't seen much of the ol' knuckleballer.