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Red Sox GM Ben Cherington appeared on MLB Network Radio's "Inside Pitch" with
Jim Bowden this afternoon to speak about the club's offseason plans. Alex
Speier of WEEI.com has a partial transcript of the interview and here are
some highlights...

Cherington said the Red Sox are looking for rotation depth. The team is
satisfied with Jon Lester, Josh Beckett and Clay Buchholz at the top of the
rotation so the Sox "don’t feel like we’re backed into a place where we
need to break the door in for a top-of-the-rotation starter," Cherington
said. "If we can do that and it makes sense for us, then we’ll certainly do
that. We’re always looking for ways to do that. But...we’re in good
position there and can kind of let the market come to us a little bit."
To this end, Cherington said "the timing wasn’t right" for the team to bid
on Yu Darvish.

Cherington said he had been in contact with Ryan Madson and Joe Saunders'
representatives "as well as several other free agent options."
The newly-acquired Mark Melancon projects as Boston's closer, at least for
now. “As I told Mark on the phone when I talked to him, we believe he can
close....If the season opened tomorrow, that’s what he’d be doing,”
Cherington said. This, of course, could easily change should the Red Sox
sign Madson or trade for Andrew Bailey.


The Red Sox have interviewed Brad Arnsberg and Neil Allen about the vacant
pitching coach job and also talked to "several" other candidates.


2.

In addition to the Rockies, the Red Sox and Mets have also been connected to
Lidge this winter.

3.Cuddyer agrees to three-year deal with Rockies

http://0rz.tw/rPzOB

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