And so this is when we start hearing the lefty-loosey and righty-tighty bulla about how to solve the Venezuelan crisis — neither of which actually does. Let’s start with the lefty-loosey ...

HOUSTON — The Red Sox shuffled their middle relief mix before Monday’s series opener in Houston, recalling righty Greg Weissert while sending lefty Bailey Horn down to Triple-A Worcester.

Which is one reason that, despite a strong spring, Dominic Smith has a difficult lane to an Opening Day roster spot, especially if the Yankees successfully find an outside righty bat in the next ...

After David Festa went 4.2 innings (64 pitches) without allowing an earned run, Rocco turned the game over to lefty reliever Danny Coulombe. He repaid the early hook on Festa by striking out ...