"It's cool to watch playoff baseball and everything is exciting," the Cubs left-hander said last month. "... when you are that close, it kind of feels like you should be part of it sometimes. ... I wasn't watching too much. Just taking my mental break from it."
The Sox had a relatively busy offseason dumping regulars such as Tim Anderson and Yasmani Grandal, but the acquisitions weren't exactly the cream of the free-agent crop. General manager Chris Getz said Monday he concentrated on defensive improvements when he discovered during talks with free-agent pitchers and their agents
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