by bcowett | Jul 31, 2013 | Ben Cherington, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, Brock Holt, Chicago White Sox, Giancarlo Stanton, Jackie Bradley, Jake Peavy, Jose Iglesias, Seattle Mariners
All hail Ben Cherington, for he has brought upon this team a solution to a vital need in the form of one Jake Peavy. Well done sir, well done. “There’s a right way and a wrong way for a team to go for it. This is the right way.” Need I say more about this...
by huntergolden | Jul 31, 2013 | 2013 MLB Trade Deadline, Anibal Sanchez, Brandon Snyder, Brandon Workman, C.C. Sabathia, C.J. Wilson, Cleuluis Rondon, Cliff Lee, Derek Holland, Felix Doubront, Francellis Montas, Giancarlo Stanton, Gio Gonzalez, Hiroki Kuroda, J.B. Wendelken, Jackie Bradley Jr., Jake Peavy, Jose Iglesias, Justin Turner, Mat Latos, Matt Garza, Matt Moore, Mike Olt, R.A. Dickey, Ryan Dempster, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts, Zack Greinke
I’ll be honest with you guys, I still feel pretty baseball drunk from what happened tonight. First there were the Cliff Lee rumors. Then Jackie Bradley Jr. was pulled from his game in Pawtucket. Then there was a false report that Giancarlo Stanton had been pulled from...
by chipbuck | Jul 30, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Devin Marrero, Jackie Bradley, Jose Iglesias, Stephen Drew, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
Over the past few months, there’s been a lot of buzzing about the Red Sox farm system among the prospect experts. We have a certifiable blue chipper in Xander Bogaerts; a third baseman who’s hitting everything in sight in Garin Cecchini; a center fielder...
by bcowett | Jul 30, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Brad Miller, Brandon Workman, Felix Hernandez, Hisashi Iwakuma, Joe Saunders, John Lackey, Justin Smoak, Kendry Morales, Kyle Seager, Michael Saunders, Mike Zunino, Nick Franklin, Raul Ibanez, Ryan Dempster
Didn’t think to see Seattle again so soon after the All-Star Break, but it’s a welcome appearance after the stretch the Red Sox have just had. I’d rather not face David Price twice in the span of six days, but what can you do, right? (Send scathing...
by tbrooks | Jul 30, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Garin Cecchini, Jake Peavy, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag, Xander Bogaerts
Nick Cafardo knows how to fix the Red Sox. But, let’s wait just a minute before we get there. First, let us consider what he and his magical MLB sources think about the Red Sox biggest 2013 AL East rivals: The Tampa Bay Rays. What does Cafardo think they need to...
