John Tomase of WEEI.com reported last night that, according to an MLB source, “the Red Sox are sorting through options to improve their bullpen, and one of them is Jason Frasor, who was recently released by the Royals after being designated for assignment.”
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The plot thickens when you find out that the Seattle Mariners had the same idea. Bob Dutton of the Tacoma News Tribune, via MLBTradeRumors.com, reported a few hours earlier that “[Mariners] manager Lloyd McClendon recently cited the disappointing performance by the club’s right-handed relievers as a key element in the club’s disappointing play.