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Red Sox Rumors: Cespedes, Sveum, ACES, Crawford

The latest on the Red Sox...

• Agent Adam Katz confirmed that Yoenis Cespedes will work out for the Red Sox in the Dominican Republic, tweets Nick Cafardo of The Boston Globe.
• Chairman Tom Werner said that the managerial process has not concluded after the team's second interview with Dale Sveum today, tweets Cafardo.
• The Red Sox met with several agents last night, writes Scott Lauber of the Boston Herald, including Sam and Seth Levinson of ACES.  As our agency database shows, ACES represents free agents Heath Bell, David DeJesus, Ross Gload, Jonny Gomes, Aaron Harang, Raul Ibanez, Jason Marquis, Jose Molina, Jorge Posada, Fernando Rodney, Ramon Santiago, and Javier Vazquez.
• The Red Sox have shown no interest in trading Carl Crawford, tweets Danny Knobler of CBS Sports.
• The Red Sox are narrowing their managerial search, tweets Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports, and one of his sources believes very strongly that Pete Mackanin is no longer a candidate.  Still, Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. told reporters today that his club granted an extension of their window of permission to talk to their bench coach at some point.  Dale Sveum is meeting Red Sox management off-site today for a second interview, tweets Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe.
• The Red Sox checked in with agent Paul Kinzer of reliever Matt Capps, reports WEEI's Alex Speier.  Speier notes that Capps has closing experience but is willing to set up.  Capps may fit Boston's desire to avoid multiyear deals for relievers, given his off-year.
• Terry Francona isn't going to try to manage in 2012, he told Sean McAdam of CSNNE.com.  The former Red Sox manager had been excited about interviewing for the Cardinals job, but doesn't think the Cubs position is the right opportunity.
• The Red Sox matched up fairly well with the Diamondbacks a year ago for Justin Upton, GM Kevin Towers told Speier, but "nothing ever really got that close."

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