ESPN's Buster Olney reported that Bobby Jenks, the closer who was non-tendered by the White Sox earlier this month, has agreed in principle to a two-year, $12 million deal with the Red Sox. SI.com's Jon Heyman was the first to report that Boston is close to a deal with Jenks ... Jenks' season ended on Sept.
-- Describing Bobby Jenks' past offseason as eventful would be a bit of an understatement. A more accurate depiction would be that Jenks' name made its way into the headlines more than a few times over the past three months for reasons of which he had no control ... "It was just a figure of speech," said Jenks, according to the SI book excerpt.