The 29 year old last pitched in the Majors in 2010 with the Rockies and Red Sox. That year he went 3-4 with a 4.99 ERA in 52.1 innings. He also posted a 1.4 HR/9, 5.5 BB/9 and 6.5 SO/9 that season.

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Wheeler posted a 4.38 era and averaged 7 strikeouts per nine innings in 49 1/3 innings for Boston last season.

Wheeler made $3mm last season and became a free agent when Boston declined his $3mm team option for 2012.

Speier also notes that the Red Sox will not receive compensation for Wheeler signing with the Indians even though he is a type B free agent because he signed a minor league deal.

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Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports notes that the Rangers have not made an offer to Oswalt, and that the Astros, Oswalt’s old team could also be a possibility.

Oswalt had received heavy interest from the Red Sox and Tigers, with the Tigers supposedly offering the right hander a one-year $10mm deal yesterday that he turned down.

In 2011, Oswalt went 9-10 while posting a 3.69 era in 139 innings with the Phillies. He did average a career low with 6.0 strike outs per 9 innings and is coming off a series of injuries. Oswalt earned $16mm last season and made $1,777,777.78 for every win or $172,043,01 for every strikeout.

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The New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, Miami Marlins, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, Toronto Blue Jays, Boston Red Sox and Kansas City Royals have also shown interest.

“Everything is great. I really don’t know how to describe it,” Concepcion, 18, said by phone from the Dominican Republic. “All the training and exercise I have done is paying off. I’ve worked so hard to get here. I’m so happy. It’s like a dream come true.”

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Ross will likely platoon with the left-handed hitting Ryan Sweeny who was acquired by the Red Sox from the A’s along with Andrew Bailey in right field.

Ross made $6.3mm last season in his last season of arbitration with the Giants. Ross hit .240 last season and played in only 121 games.

Earlier in the offseason, the Rockies had shown interest in Ross.

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“Everything is great. I really don’t know how to describe it,” Concepcion, 18, said by phone from the Dominican Republic. “All the training and exercise I have done is paying off. I’ve worked so hard to get here. I’m so happy. It’s like a dream come true.”

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Damon, 38, is a career .286/.353/.435 hitter with 231 career home runs and 2,723 career hits. In his 17 year career thus far, he has played for the Royals, Athletics, Red Sox, Yankees, Tigers, and Rays.

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Bard, 26, went 2-9 with a 3.33 ERA in 70 appearances this past season.

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Both sides had been talking about the deal for the last few days with one of the issues being how much of Scutaro’s $6mm salary Colorado would take on which now appears to be all of it.

The deal may pave the way for Boston to sign Roy Oswalt as they were looking to shed payroll to sign him.

Scutaro posted a career high .299 avg in 445 plate appearances last season.

Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe notes that Nick Punto and Mike Aviles will likely platoon at shortstop instead of bringing up defensive wiz Jose Iglesias from the minors initially at the start of the season.

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Last season Cabrera started off the year with the Indians before making his to the Bay and joining the Giants via the trade route.

In his career, Cabrera posted a .272 avg and had 123 home runs while posting a career .317 OBP.

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It is unclear if Boston views Padilla as a starter or a bullpen piece but will likely start off in the competition for the fifth starter role. Last year for the Dodgers, Padilla worked out of the bullpen and was slated to be the everyday closer but suffered a season ending injury after only 8 2/3 innings.

In four seasons with Texas in the AL, Padilla went 43-34 with a 4.90 era.

The Boston Red Sox would have to make a few roster moves if they want to sign Roy Oswalt, Rob Bradford of WEEI reports.  According to sources close to Bradford, Oswalt’s asking price is believed to be below $10 million that Hiroki Kuroda was given by the New York Yankees, and should the Red Sox move forward with the deal, the team would have to move some payroll in order to accommodate the pitcher.

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With Hiroki Kuroda off the market, Oswalt along with Edwin Jackson are two of the more sought after quality arms still left on the market.

The difference between Jackson and Oswalt is that Oswalt is willing to accept a one-year deal with a salary of around $10mm, where as Jackson who is a Boras client wants a multiyear deal.

In 2011, Oswalt went 9-10 while posting a 3.69 era in 139 innings with the Phillies. He did average a career low with 6.0 strike outs per 9 innings and is coming off a series of injuries. Oswalt earned $16mm last season and made $1,777,777.78 for every win or $172,043,01 for every strikeout.

The Red Sox have already signed Aaron Cook to a minor league deal along with Justin Germano and appear to be interested in Vicente Padilla. Though none of these pitchers would be in camp on a guaranteed deal and could offer what Oswalt brings to the table.

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Today, Jon Heyman of CBSSports is reporting that the sides are moving closer to a deal. It is unclear if Boston views Padilla as a starter or a bullpen piece. Last year for the Dodgers, Padilla worked out of the bullpen and was slated to be the everyday closer but suffered a season ending injury after only 8 2/3 innings.

In four seasons with Texas in the AL, Padilla went 43-34 with a 4.90 era.

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Cook will contend for a back of the rotation spot in Boston with others at this time like Carlos Silva, though I don’t think Boston will settle for just them to compete for a spot.

Last season while battling injuries, Cook posted a 3-10 record with a 6.03 era. Cook finished up a three-year deal and made $9.25mm last season. He became a free agent after the Rockies declined their side of his ‘12 $11mm option.

In 2008, Cook posted his career year while with the Rockies where he went 16-9 with a 3.96 ERA as he was healthy that season and had his sinkerball working for him.

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Cash spent parts of eight seasons in the Majors, breaking in with the Blue Jays in 2002. During his career, he played with the Blue Jays, Red Sox, Yankees and Rays.

Over his career, Cash posted a .183 avg in 641 at-bats. Cash was never known as an offensive minded catcher, as he took pride in his game calling. His career year came in 2008 when he hit .225 in 141 at-bats. He also posted career a high in home runs, 3 and RBI’s, 15 that year.

Though his playing days are over, Cash will now become a Major League advanced scout for the Blue Jays organization. Cafardo describes Cash as “one of those guys you always thought would wind up being a Major League manager.”

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The deal will provide the Red Sox a proven closer which was needed when Papelbon signed with the Phillies. Bailey posted a 3.24 ERA in 41 2/3 innings while saving 24 games for the Athletics. The Sox also have recently acquire  right handed pitcher Kyle Weiland who was acquired from the Astros as a set up man for Bailey.

Reddick who was finally given a chance to play everday, hit .254 in 278 plate appearances while accumulating 7 home runs.

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Weiland went 0-3 with a 7.66 ERA in 24.2 innings and Lowrie hit .252/.303/.382 with 6 HR’s and 36 RBI’s with the Red Sox in 2011. Melancon went 2-0 with a 3.12 ERA in 17.1 innings with the Astros in 2011.

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As recently as September of 2011,  Ramirez indicated that he wanted to return to professional baseball.

Back in April the controversial Ramirez retired after being informed by MLB of an “Issue” regarding the Drug Prevention program. He was looking at a 100 game suspension at the moment because it was his second offense.

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– The Boston Red Sox have signed Jesse Carlson to a split contract. (Robert Mayer, Berlin Patch)

– The Colorado Rockies are willing to offer Michael Cuddyer a three-year deal, making them strong suitors to land the free agent reports Troy Renck of the Denver Post..

– Andrew Bailey appears to be on his way out of Oakland. According to Jon Heyman of CBSSprots, he’s hearing that Bailey will probably be dealt at the trade deadline compared to now.

– According to Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle the Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians and Colorado Rockies are the most likely teams to land Josh Willingham.

– The Washington Nationals are interested in bringing outfielder Rick Ankiel Back according to Jon Heyman of CBSSports.

– The New York Yankees could trade Hiroyuki Nakajima since they don’t have a role for him. (Buster Olney, ESPN)

– The New York Mets were debating on Wednesday as to whether they would trade relief pitcher Bobby Parnell. (Source of Adam Rubin, ESPNNewYork.com)

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Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports add that the Yankees, Blue Jays and Texas Rangers are expected to bid on the right-handed pitcher.

Darvish,25 has never posted an ERA above 2.00 in Japan. It is possible that other clubs will become involved in the bidding process for the Darvish who is viewed as another option for clubs who lost out on Mark Buhrle or C.J. Wilson.

For those wondering, MLB clubs have four days to bid on Darvish, then four days for Nippon-Ham Fighters to select a bid then thirty-days to work out a contract with the club with the winning bid.

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