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Sox close to agreement with several minor-league free agents

05:39 PM EST on Tuesday, November 25, 2008

BY DANIEL BARBARISI
Journal Sports Writer

Mike Hazen, the Red Sox director of player development, said the team is on the verge of signing several minor-league free agents.

"We're [close with] a couple guys," Hazen said.

Hazen said the team has identified areas it is hoping to shore up at the top of its farm system.

"We're working to bring in a couple more pitchers and a couple middle infielders," Hazen said.

Boston has signed first baseman Paul McAnulty and reliever Marcus McBeth to minor-league deals so far this offseason, and re-signed third-baseman Gil Velasquez, who made an appearance on the major-league roster during the playoffs as a replacement for Mike Lowell.

McAnulty was with San Diego for much of last year, and McBeth finished the year with Pawtucket after he was picked up off waivers in August.
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