Daniel Bard isn’t ready for retirement and took a step in attempting a Major League Baseball comeback. The former Boston Red Sox pitcher threw in front about 10 teams a week ago, WEEI’s Rob Bradford reported, noting the right-hander is drawing “significant interest” from Western Division teams.

The Boston Red Sox lost their third game in a row Monday, dropping to two games under .500, leading to some serious soul-searching in the Boston clubhouse.

Garcia has recently been promoted to his first AAA stint as a prospect. Through six games for the Worcester Red Sox, Garcia already has 10 hits and five RBIs in 25 plate appearances. His AAA stats through six games are .417/.440/.778, with an OPS of 1.148.

The Red Sox power-hitting prospect is 25-for-66 (.379) with a .481 on-base percentage, .652 slugging percentage, 1.133 OPS, five home runs, three doubles and 17 RBIs in 21 games during May.

The game of musical chairs continued on Tuesday for the Boston Red Sox, as the team tries desperately to find some stable ground as far as their beleaguered pitching staff is concerned. Long reliever and innings-eater extraordinaire Sean Newcomb is off to the Athletics,

Minor League Baseball met popular culture on Monday night as Boston Red Sox' top prospect Jhostynxon Garcia was included in a clue on 'Jeopardy.' The clue read:

The Red Sox accelerated Richard Fitts' rehab and will welcome him back to the rotation Tuesday in Milwaukee. To make room, a righty reliever was sent back to Worcester.