In an interview with Hideki Okajima by Brian MacPherson of The Providence Journal, the left-handed pitcher isn’t quite sure what his future holds.
“I don’t know what I’m going to be doing next season,” Okajima said. “I might retire. I might go back to Japan. I might be over here again. I’m not really sure. [...]
09/06/11
Hideki Okajima’s tenure as a member of the Boston Red Sox has been an up-and-down roller coaster as of late. In November he was non-tendered, only to quickly sign a new one-year deal with a base salary of $1.75mm. Then as rosters were being set for Opening Day, Okajima was sent down to Triple-A only [...]
06/03/11
The Boston Red Sox have outrighted Hideki Okajima to Triple-A Pawtucket after he cleared waivers today, Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe reports.
The Sox designated Okijima on May 19 to make room for the recently acquired left-handed reliever Franklin Morales from the Colorado Rockies.
Okajima is 1-0 with a 4.32 ERA in seven games with the [...]
05/24/11
The Boston Red Sox have acquired Rockies left-handed relief pitcher Franklin Morales for a player to be named later or cash considerations reports Troy Renick of the Denver Post. Buster Olney of ESPN.com adds that the teams have until November to agree on a player or the Sox will “nominal” fee.
It was also reported that [...]
05/20/11
The Boston Red Sox have designated left handed pitcher Dennys Reyes for assignment according to Joel Sherman of the New York Post.
The team also placed Matt Albers on the 15-day Disabled List. To fill Reyes and Albers’ spots, the Red Sox called up Alfredo Aceves and Felix Doubront.
Reyes was battling for the final bullpen spot [...]
04/08/11
The Boston Red Sox recently added left handed pitcher Dennys Reyes to their Major League roster, and according to Alex Speier of WEEI.com, right handed pitcher Matt Albers has also made the team.
The team considered trading a pitcher or two before Opening Day, but they decided to option relievers Hideki Okajima and Alfredo Aceves to [...]
03/28/11
The Boston Red Sox have several pitching personnel decisions to make before finalizing their 25-man roster for Opening Day. It could be possible that they could trade one of their pitchers. According to a source close to Alex Speier of WEEI, the Sox have received interest in some of their pitchers.
The team has Matt Albers [...]
03/27/11
Boston Red Sox’ players Daisuke Matsuzaka, Hideki Okajima, Junichi Tazawa and Itsuki Shoda, raised over $4,600 for Japanese relief efforts at the gates according to Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe.
Last week, we learned that the Yankees decided to donate $100,000 to the rescue efforts in Japan. The island nation was struck by the most [...]
03/15/11
The Boston Red Sox have a few players on the trading block, one source close to Gordon Edes of ESPNBoston.com says. Among those that the source says could be moved are pitchers Daisuke Matsuzaka and Tim Wakefield, outfielders Mike Cameron or Darnell McDonald and shortstop Marco Scutaro.
“His rhythm was all out of whack,” the source [...]
03/12/11
Baseball season has finally arrived and that means that the offseason is almost officially over. So we at PRO Rumors decided to take a look back at the offseason that each AL team had and how they compared to other clubs in the league. Some clubs had an offseason to remember because of who [...]
02/13/11