Despite his statistics, he was released by the Red Sox at the end of the year.

He was released by the Red Sox on October 12.

Prior was released by the Red Sox on August 18.

On July 29, 2009 he was released by the Red Sox.

He was then released by the Red Sox and never played in the majors again.

On May 12, 2008, he was released by the Red Sox.

Kottaras was released by the Red Sox on November 18, 2009.

But 1997 found him on the disabled list, and he was released and signed by the Red Sox.

On July 18, 2009, he was released by the Red Sox, after the 10-days of his waiver period ran up.

On July 3, 2012, he was released by the Red Sox.