Around The Bases: A Boston Red Sox Blog

No big news regarding the Boston Red Sox yet from Las Vegas, but there's plenty of news in general.

» Thursday the Red Sox will unveil a new logo and uniform design. The changes according to the Red Sox will be for select uniforms which would suggest the new designs would only be used occasionally. New Era reportedly briefly posted a new Red Sox hat on its website but was taken down a short time later, that hat design is pictured to the right.

A new design of the teams alternate uniform is likely what will be unveiled tomorrow as changing its home uniform or everyday hat design would likely be cause for a huge outcry from Red Sox Nation. Currently the Red Sox use a Red jersey with blue lettering as its alternate jersey.

» The Red Sox are currently viewed as the most likely destination for Mark Teixeira. No figure has been released as part of what Boston may have or may offer Teixeira as it's initial offer. Washington is reportedly willing to give $200 million over 10 years while Baltimore is willing to go nine years at about $20 million per season.

Teixeira reportedly wants to play on the east coast which if true takes the Angels out of the running.

» Boston appears to be on a short list of teams John Smoltz would be willing to play for. He would come at a much cheaper price than Derek Lowe or AJ Burnett and likely can be had for a shorter deal which would be attractive to Boston as long term they have plenty of options for the rotation with Clay Buchholz, Justin Masterson, Junichi Tazawa and Michael Bowden.

» The Red Sox are reluctant to sign Rocco Baldelli because of concerns he wouldn't be available to play long stretches which might be a must with JD Drew on the roster.

» Kenshin Kawakami is interested in joining the Red Sox, he is a left handed starter who's making the jump from Japan to Major League Baseball.