Article: Angels Trade Donnelly to Red Sox

ANAHEIM, Calif. - The Boston Red Sox acquired former All-Star reliever Brendan Donnelly from the Los Angeles Angels on Friday and agreed to contracts with left-hander J.C. Romero and backup catcher Doug Mirabelli.

Boston sent rookie left-hander Phil Seibel to the Angels for the 35-year-old Donnelly, who became expendable when the Angels signed right-hander Justin Speier and lefty Darren Oliver.

Mirabelli, who was the personal catcher for knuckleballer Tim Wakefield, will earn $750,000 with the potential for that much again in performance bonuses.

Donnelly made $950,000 last season and is eligible for arbitration.

"We've got a pretty solid bullpen right now. It looked like the ...

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