Red Sox near agreement with Ryan Dempster
Ryan Dempster - S - Texas Rangers
Dec. 13, 2012 - 10:10 AM ET
Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports reports that the Red Sox are close to an agreement with Ryan Dempster.
Dempster has turned down multiple two-year offers this winter in search of something a little longer and may have finally found it in his negotiations with Boston. The 35-year-old right-hander posted a solid 3.38 ERA, 1.20 WHIP and 153/52 K/BB ratio across 173 innings this past season between Chicago and Texas. He would bring some reliability to an iffy Red Sox starting rotation.
Source: Ken Rosenthal on Twitter