It is being reported that Red Sox outfielder Carl Crawford will be going to get another opinion on his injured left elbow from Dr. James Andrews. Sox skipper Bobby Valentine said Tuesday night that Crawford would be getting a second opinion. Today, Buster Olney of ESPN reported today that Dr. Andrews would be who Crawford will see.

Crawford is on the disabled list recovering from surgery on his left wrist. The elbow became an issue a few weeks ago and he was checked out in Boston and found to have what the Red Sox called a “strain.”

“He’s been a little concerned about his elbow, so he’s probably going to get a second opinion,” Valentine said. “He’s feeling so good with his hitting and his wrist right now that he doesn’t want to have any setbacks.”

Crawford has been playing in extended spring training games in Florida, but only as the DH.

Crawford, 30, was on the disabled list from June 18 to July 18 last season. The wrist surgery was in January, his condition flaring up when he started to hit. Crawford initially made speedy progress in spring training before aggravating the wrist and being shut down for 10 days.

Crawford is in the second year of a seven-year, $142 million contract. He had the worst season of his career in 2011, hitting .255/.289/.405 with only 18 stolen bases.

At the end of spring training, the Red Sox hoped that Crawford would return sometime in May. That is growing increasingly unlikely.

Tonight the Red Sox play the second game of a three game series in Minnesota. Tonights game is scheduled to start at 8:10pm. Beckett is 3-1, 3.00 in five career starts against the Twins. Beckett is making only his second start in Minnesota, the first coming in 2009. Beckett has allowed four earned runs in his last 15 innings.Blackburn is pitching for the first time since April 14. He is 2-1, 3.21 in six career appearances against the Sox. The Sox lead the majors with 42 doubles and are tied for second with 60 extra-base hits.Ortiz is hitting .441/.477/.678 with 10 extra-base hits and 12 RBIs. Sweeney has hit safely in 12 of 13 games. His error in the eighth inning on Monday snapped a streak of 221 games without one.

The agreement comes just a few hours before the two parties were scheduled to present arguments in an arbitration hearing at 2 p.m. With the agreement, the Sox have now gone 10 straight years without an arbitration hearing.

Ortiz made $12.5 million last year after the Sox exercised a team option for the 2011 season, a year in which he hit .309 with a .398 OBP, a .554 slugging mark, a .953 OPS, 29 homers and 96 RBI. He was named to the American League All-Star team and was named the winner of the Silver Slugger Award as the top DH in baseball in 2011, in the process garnering bonuses that pushed his earnings for 2011 up to $12.65 million.

Ortiz’s salary for the coming season is the highest in baseball history for a designated hitter.

“We’re not going to put a timeline on his recovery,” Cherington said. “But we’re optimistic Carl will be progressing in baseball activities as we get into spring training and be in a position to be active and our left fielder in our lineup for the bulk of the regular season.”

Jacoby Ellsbury has agreed to a one year, $8.05 million deal with the Red Sox, avoiding arbitration. The 28-year-old was in his second year of arbitration eligibility. Also coming to terms was infielder/outfielder Mike Aviles, whose one-year deal is for $1.2 million

Ellsbury avoided arbitration prior to the 2011 season by signing a one-year, $2.14 million deal. This was Aviles first year of arbitration eligibility, having made $640,000 in ’11.

Ellsbury is coming off an ’11 season in which he finished second in American League MVP voting, hitting .321 with a .928 OPS. Ellsbury led the American League with 364 total bases, hitting 32 home runs to go along with 39 stolen bases.

That leaves Alfredo Aceves, Andrew Bailey, Daniel Bard and David Ortiz unsigned.

According to MLB Trade Rumors the Red Sox acquired infielder Brad Emaus from the Colorado Rockies for a player to be named later or cash considerations, the Rockies soruces announced today. He’ll provide Boston with depth at second and third off the bench.

Emaus was selected by the Mets from the Blue Jays in the 2010 Rule 5 draft and returned him to Toronto the following April. The Blue Jays then flipped Emaus to the Rockies, who assigned him to Triple-A. The 25-year-old posted a .313/.389/.564 line in 186 plate appearances for the Rockies’ top affiliate last year after struggling through 14 games with the Mets.

Cook, who is coming off a three-year, $29.5 million deal with the Rockies, appeared in 18 games in ’11, making 17 starts. He finished the year going 3-10 with a 6.03 ERA. Cook’s best season came in 2008 when he went 16-9 with a 3.96 in 32 starts, earning an berth on the National League All-Star team.

Cook suffered a setback in ’11 when he broke his right index finger in spring training, not allowing him to pitch until June 8 while seemingly affecting his command for much of the year. He is also close to new Red Sox pitching coach Bob McClure, who previously worked in the Colorado organization.

FoxSports.com’s Ken Rosenthal was first to report the agreement and this article was supplied by WEEI.com.

Jenks, 30, missed most of 2011 in the first season of his two-year, $12 million deal he signed last December.Injuries limited the former White Sox closer to 19 appearances in 2011, in which he forged a 6.32 ERA while striking out 17 and walking 13 in 15 2/3 innings. In addition to multiple DL stints for his back, Jenks saw his season come to an end when it was discovered that he was suffering a pulmonary embolism, a condition whose treatment delayed his initial back surgery until December.