by mike silver | Jan 31, 2011 | Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Brad Bergesen, C.C. Sabathia, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Price, Jeremy Guthrie, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, New York Yankees, Phil Hughes, Ricky Romero, Tampa Bay Rays
In preparation of pitchers and catchers reporting to Spring Traning, we thought we’d rank the AL East’s starting rotations. To no one’s surprise, the division has a great cache of starting pitchers, as most hurlers rate average or better when...
by tom fratamico | Jan 30, 2011 | Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, NFL, Super Bowl
Bud Selig has defined competitive balance as giving a team‘s fan base “hope and faith.” Without having the resources to poll fans, H&F is tough to measure. Here we will determine competitive balance as the number of different teams making the playoffs. Thereby...
by darryl johnston | Jan 26, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
To sort of quote the infamous Chris Crocker: Leave Jonathan Papelbon alone! Maybe I would be better off by not listening to sports talk radio in my car, but somehow or another I get roped in to listening to it and seem to become infuriated by callers. I’m not sure...
by charliesap | Jan 25, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Jed Lowrie, Marco Scutaro
Despite rumors that Marco Scutaro was on the trading block this offseason, he was recently endorsed as the Red Sox starter at shortstop. While the 35-year-old Scutaro did a fine job in his first season with the Sox, 27-year-old Jed Lowrie came on strong late in 2010...
by mike silver | Jan 24, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Jarrod Saltalamacchia
The Red Sox have a big problem on their hands — maybe. While the Yankees are staring down the possibility of starting Sergio Mitre as their #5 rotation-mate, the Sox are staring down the barrel of a different gun — that of Jarrod Saltalamacchia beginning...
