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The veteran second baseman is currently on waivers, according to sources, and will likely be traded or released by Wednesday. With interest in Graffanino believed to be tepid, the Sox may opt to release him by March 29, which is the deadline for teams to get rid of players with non-guaranteed contracts and be only responsible for one-quarter of the salary.

For the second straight day, the Red Sox were involved in a bench-clearing incident in a spring training game. Oh Tavaras, what a lousy-looking punch.