The Red Sox released first baseman Lyle Overbay, tweets WEEI's Alex Speier. Boston's other choices were to put Overbay on the 25-man roster or pay him a $100K retention bonus to go to the minors.
Overbay, 36, hit .259/.331/.397 in 131 plate appearances for the Diamondbacks and Braves last year and was signed by the Sox to a minor league deal in February. Overbay became the odd man out when Boston acquired Mike Carp from the Mariners later that month. The Yankees have had internal discussions about Overbay, wrote Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe two days ago. That match is "unlikely, but possible," tweets ESPN's Buster Olney today.
