Reports: Red Sox place newly acquired Curtis Mead on injured list

Curtis Mead's tenure with the Boston Red Sox is off to an unfortunate start. Mead was placed on the injured list on Tuesday after he was hit on the left wrist by a pitch in Monday's game against the Athletics, according to multiple reports. Monday's game marked Mead's first with Boston after the team acquired him late Saturday night in a trade that sent left-hander Connelly Early to the Washington Nationals. Mead struck out looking in the first at-bat of his Boston debut Monday night and was struck on the wrist by A's starter Jack Perkins in the fourth. Mead...