With top free agent relievers Tanner Scott and Jeff Hoffman still on the market, the Red Sox instead targeted one of the hardest throwers in baseball over the last decade in Aroldis Chapman.

Last week, the Boston Red Sox and left-handed reliever Aroldis ... Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow was asked to explain why his team decided it was OK to bring Chapman aboard.

Only two active pitchers in Major League Baseball have more career saves than Aroldis Chapman — and both (Craig Kimbrel and Kenley Jansen) pitched for the Red Sox in the recent past. But Chapman ...

When the Red Sox signed left-hander Aroldis Chapman, they brought in one of the hardest throwers in MLB history and a guy who should immediately provide a boost to the club’s beleaguered bullpen.

As last season concluded, lefthander Aroldis ... League Baseball’s recent annual Winter Meetings, the Red Sox secured a much-needed arm, striking a one-year, $10.75 million deal with Chapman.

Per Cuban Baseball Insider Francys Romero: Aroldis Chapman will become the highest-earning reliever in MLB history, surpassing Mariano Rivera, with his guaranteed one-year, $10.7M contract with ...