The Boston catcher had two days to act after Boston declined its club option.

The Red Sox exercised their option on Victor Martinez and declined options on Jason Varitek and Alex Gonzalez.

David Ortiz and Josh Beckett lead Boston to a 9-2 win over Kansas City.

Paul Byrd pitched six shutout innings and Boston completed a three-game sweep of Toronto.

Boston rallies from a pair of deficits to beat Toronto 6-5.

David Ortiz homered and scored three times and Boston beat Toronto.

Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield isn’t healthy enough to return to Boston’s starting rotation.

Texas steals eight bases and runs past Boston 7-2.

Josh Beckett pitched seven strong innings for his 14th win and Boston beat Detroit 8-2.

Oakland scored five runs in the first inning and beat Boston, 8-6.

David Ortiz and Adam LaRoche each hit home runs and Boston beat Baltimore, 7-2.

Jarrod Saltalamacchia and David Murphy hit home runs to lead Texas to a 6-3 win over Boston

John Smoltz got his first win for Boston and Kevin Youkilis hit two home runs to lift the Red Sox over Kansas City 15-9.

Kansas City rallies from an early four-run deficit to beat Boston 8-6.

Josh Beckett became Boston’s second 10-game winner, Jason Bay hit his 20th home run and Boston beat Oakland 5-2.