With four starters penciled into the Red Sox rotation, plus a couple of prospects and a free agent market that might yield a big-name signing, there could be a starting spot available for Justin Masterson . Or the Sox might determine that he is more valuable in the same role in which he ended last season: righthanded eighth-inning setup man ... (Full article: 740 words)

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