Koji Uehara is unlikely to receive a qualifying offer from the Red Sox, WEEI.com reports. If Uehara were to accept the one-year qualifying offer, the Red Sox would be on the hook to pay him $15.3 million.

Uehara is unlikely to receive a qualifying offer from the Red Sox, WEEI.com reports. If Uehara were to accept the one-year qualifying offer, the Red Sox would be on the hook to pay him $15.3 million.

Analysis:

Both sides have been talking since Boston's season ended, according to an industry source, a promising sign that Boston will be bringing back the reliever for 2015, albeit at a rate below the $15.3 million qualifying offer.