Red Sox right hander Josh Beckett has had many injury problems in 2008. He missed most of the spring training due to a lower back injury and now his right hand is giving both him and the team nightmares. He is reportedly feeling numbness in his right hand and would not be able to start against the Toronto Blue Jays. After a couple of days off, he is expected to return for the three game series against the Yankees starting next week. In the meantime, the team is forced to depend to them recently acquired Paul Byrd. Beckett has struggles against the Jays all season including the disastrous show on Sunday in which he gave away 8 runs.

Boston Red Sox have been on an incredibly hot 4 game winning streak and look to be chasing the first placed Tampa Bay Rays soon. They looked inconsistent at the beginning of the season but have been in supreme form of late after the All Star break. They play Toronto next. The future fixtures are stated below-

-Chicago White Sox (29-31 Aug)

-Baltimore Orioles (1-3 Sept)

-Tampa Bay Rays (8-10 Sept)

-Toronto Blue Jays (12-14 Sept)

-Cleveland Indiana (22-25 Sept)

-New York Yankees (25-28 Sept)

Other Red Sox game dates and ticket info can be found on our site.

Red Sox have confirmed the signing of veteran right hander Paul Byrd from Cleveland Indians. After struggling at the beginning of the season, Byrd had picked up his game and has been on a roll lately for the Indians. Red Sox signed Byrd after Tim Wakefield was put on the disabled list. The Red Sox are currently involved in a cat and mouse battle with Tampa Bay Rays for the top spot in the league and Byrd would have to make his debut in the thick of all the action that has been going on. Byrd says that he is up for the challenge and the pressure is only going to get the best out of him.

The Red Sox veteran pitcher Tim Wakefield has been complaining of a slight stiffness in his right shoulder for some time now and the Red Sox management has decided to send their starter pitcher to the disabled list in order to further diagnose the problem. He was expected to be the starting pitcher for the red Sox team for the Tuesday’s game against the Rangers. The Red Sox camp is hoping that this injury to Tim Wakefield will not keep him out of action for too long and expects him to be in the thick of things after two games. The Red Sox fans can buy the tickets to the baseball games through various online ticketing sites as well as at the games venues.

Jason Bay is fitting in well with the Boston Red Sox after the trade that brought him from Pittsburgh to Boston.  The team has gone on to win five out of the six games in which the left fielder has featured. Bay hasn’t been seen to buckle down under pressure and he proved it by scoring 10 times for Boston in the last 6 games. Boston Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein is delighted with the signing of Bay and is relieved that Bay has managed to fill the void created by the departure of Ramirez. Bay is finally delighted to be in contention of a spot in the playoffs in his fifth Major League Season.

Manny Ramirez will no more be playing in the Red Sox colors this season as he has been traded to the Dodgers team and the man who will be replacing this hefty hard hitter will be the outfielder Jason bay of the Pittsburgh Pirates. All the remaining dues to Ramirez as per the contract will be paid to him by the red Sox. It is expected that the six years younger Jason will be doing a good job for the Red Sox for the remainder of this season. Jason Bay will be retained in the Red Sox squad for the next year as well. The Red Sox fans will be rushing to buy their tickets to the upcoming Sox games as they will want to get a glimpse of the baseball skills of newly acquired Jason.

The Red Sox think tank has a lot of work to do to spice up the sagging shoulders of the players as the team came up with yet another disappointing display of baseball against the Angles last Wednesday night. This win on Wednesday helped the Angles to make a clean sweep of the series against the Red Sox and one of the recent upset stories of Major Leagues. The batters were not able to do anything about the pitching tactics of the Angles pitchers. The Red Sox ace pitcher Josh Beckett was hit to all corners of the stadium by the Angles hitters and he recorded 11 hits and 8 runs in the game. This result is sure to bring down the ticket sales of the forthcoming Red Sox games drastically.