Boston Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox designated pitcher Justin Masterson for assignment Sunday, according to Pete Abraham of the Boston Globe. 

The Boston Red Sox's most obvious weakness this season has been their pitching staff.

How can the Red Sox improve and make a run toward October?

Bleacher Report's Scott Miller joins Stephen Nelson to discuss three moves that could bring the Red Sox back into the playoff picture.

At roughly the midpoint of it all, the Boston Red Sox's 2015 season is so far one for the "Disappointing" file. This team was supposed to be better than the 91-game losers of 2014, and right now it's on pace to be just slightly better.

The Boston Red Sox don't have an ace starting pitcher. I've said it. Chances are you've probably said it as well. It's been the consensus since, well, ever.

Clay Buchholz, however, begs to differ.

Boston Red Sox All-Star second baseman Dustin Pedroia has returned to the lineup on June 20 after missing three of the team's last four games after a knee injury suffered on June 15, per Pete Abraham of the Boston Globe.

Pedroia has been banged up at various stages of his MLB career, never quite making it through a full 162 games in any season.

Third baseman Pablo Sandoval was expected to bring his winning ways to the Boston Red Sox this season after prevailing in three World Series with the San Francisco Giants, but the Kung Fu Panda is on the mend with a quad injury suffered against the Toronto Blue Jays on June 13, per

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