Red Sox ready to roll at Winter Meetin - 美國職棒

Red Sox ready to roll at Winter Meetings

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DALLAS -- With new leadership in place, roster additions are now the key
order of business for the Red Sox. And what better place for general manager
Ben Cherington to sink his teeth into that task than the Winter Meetings,
which start Monday in Dallas and wrap up on Thursday.

During this four-day span, Cherington, his assistants and manager Bobby
Valentine will work at a frenzied pace.

It is here the Sox will form a lot of decisions that will impact their 2012
team.

Is David Ortiz coming back? That could be cleared up by Wednesday, if the
slugger accepts Boston's offer of arbitration. If Ortiz declines, the Red Sox
might then increase their efforts to re-sign him to a multiyear deal.

There is also a decision to be made at closer. Will the Red Sox sign a
veteran off the market or promote Daniel Bard to that position?

If Bard doesn't close, there's a chance he will be moved to the rotation. As
Cherington said recently, Bard is at the point in his career where he's ready
to accept more responsibility.

Right field is another position of uncertainty at this hour. Ryan Kalish and
Josh Reddick, two young left-handed hitters, could be part of the solution.

But Cherington wants a right-handed bat, and Michael Cuddyer is a name that's
come up a lot.

"We're continuing to work on building pitching depth," Cherington said.
"We've done a lot of work with respect to talking to free agents and teams
and getting a feel for the landscape of the market this winter. There will be
additions to the pitching staff. As I've said, we'd like to add a
right-handed complement -- someone to balance out the lineup a little bit.
We'll continue to work on those things."

After last year's blockbuster moves -- the trade for Adrian Gonzalez and the
signing of Carl Crawford -- the Red Sox might be in line to have a more
subtle winter this time around.

Then again, you never know.

"We're not going to rule out any avenue, whether it's free agency or
anything," said Red Sox president/CEO Larry Lucchino. "I said once before,
we're going to explore it with healthy skepticism, but we're going to explore
every possibility: trades, free agents, international signings, everything.
Ben has got all those things going on these days."

Check redsox.com for frequent updates throughout the Meetings. Cherington
will hold daily briefings with the Boston press. Valentine will have a
briefing with the media on Wednesday.

Feel free to use the comments platform to express what you think the Red Sox
should work on during the Winter Meetings.

略翻:

1.如果老爹同意的話，星期三可能就可以搞定了；如果不同意的話，應該會增至複數年
合約留老爹。

2.如果最後不是排丹爸終結的話，說不定會讓他進入輪值。

3.目前右外野有Kakish和紅老二，都是左打，Cherington想嘗試接觸右打的Michael
Cuddyer。

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