Article: Tavarez is relieved of duty ; Hansen makes him expendable

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

MINNEAPOLIS - Craig Hansen and Manny Delcarmen were eating lunch in the restaurant in their hotel yesterday when they spotted Julian Tavarez making the rounds. He was saying his good-byes to teammates on the Red Sox, heading out after being designated for assignment. That was when Hansen realized he was staying.

"In all honesty, I thought I was going to be sent down," Hansen said. "Because I have an option this year and I thought they'd use it."

While that would have been the easy way out, the Red Sox have come to believe Hansen could help them more than the little-used Tavarez, who had pitched just twice since April 24. The Sox have been talking trade with teams, including ...

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