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1 Day Boston Red Sox Koji Uehara notched his first save of the season in Friday's 3-2 win over the Twins in 10 innings. The Red Sox pulled ahead in the top of the 10th on a sacrifice fly by Jonny Gomes and Uehara sat the Twins down in order to finish off the victory. Junichi Tazawa is supposed to be the fill-in closer, but he was unavailable after throwing 25 pitches over two innings on Thursday night. Oddly enough, Tazawa has yet to get a save opportunity with Andrew Bailey (biceps) and Joel Hanrahan (elbow) both sidelined. And with Bailey due back on Monday, his window is closing. | 20 Days Boston Red Sox Koji Uehara has a 1.69 ERA, 0.75 WHIP and 12/1 K/BB ratio through 10 2/3 innings this season. The Red Sox signed Uehara this winter to a one-year, $4.25 million contract, which looked like a steal at the time and is looking even better here in late April. The 38-year-old right-hander boasts a 2.83 career ERA and 0.91 career WHIP in 222-plus major league innings. | 5 Months Boston Red Sox Red Sox signed RHP Koji Uehara to a one-year, $4.25 million contract. The deal was first reported by the Dallas Morning News and is now official. Uehara carries some injury concerns, but has been one of the more dominant relievers in the league when healthy. He should be a force near the back end of the Boston bullpen in 2013. | There were plenty of big names thrown around town, chief among them Josh Hamilton and Zack Greinke, but in the end there were no earth shattering moves at the Baseball Winter Meetings. There were a handful of moves involving useful players however, so let's take a moment to wrap up the meetings, and the week, [...] | 5 Months Boston Red Sox FOX Sports' Jon Morosi hears that Koji Uehara's new one-year deal with the Red Sox is worth $4.25 million. That's a pretty inexpensive contract for a guy who had a 1.75 ERA, 0.64 WHIP and 43/3 K/BB ratio in 36 innings this past season for the Rangers. Uehara carries some injury concerns, but he should be a force near the back end of the Boston bullpen if he's able to remain healthy. The deal should be finalized this weekend. | 5 Months Boston Red Sox According to CSN New England's Sean McAdam, Koji Uehara's one-year deal is worth about $4.5 million. A pretty slick grab for the Red Sox. Uehara battled a lat injury in 2012 but was among the more dominant relievers in the league when healthy, posting a 1.75 ERA, 0.64 WHIP and 43/3 K/BB ratio in 36 innings. If he can stay off the disabled list, he will be great for the Red Sox. | 5 Months Boston Red Sox According to Gerry Fraley of the Dallas Morning News, the Red Sox have signed reliever Koji Uehara. It'll be a one-year deal. Uehara registered a dominant 1.75 ERA, 0.64 WHIP and 43/3 K/BB ratio in 36 innings this past season for the Rangers. The 37-year-old should do very well in a setup role for Boston. | |
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