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The Backstop Backups

For the first time in recent history, the Red Sox have among the best backstop depth in the game.

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Putting Prospect Rankings In Perspective

Prospect rankings can be good fun for all, but what can you really take away from all the noise?

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Ryan Kalish And Prospect Attrition

Ryan Kalish’s inability to stay on the field proves that the notion of prospect redundancy is misguided.

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5 Sox Hitting Prospects to Track in 2013

These 5 prospects in the lower levels of the Sox system have the potential for big seasons in 2013.

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Cafardo Mailbag: The King Felix Fetish Edition

Red Sox Nation has a fetish…and the only cure is more King Felix.

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Theo Epstein: Feeding the Monster

Chip examines Theo’s remarks from his interview with WEEI’s Alex Speier.

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Minor League Roundup 4/7

A recap of the first week of the Minor League season.

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Prospect Discrepancies for 2012

This years rankings for the Red Sox 2012 top prospects are rolling in. There has been some discrepancies among the top 5 and I was curious to look over them and how they can help the team. I am looking at minorleagueball.com, baseballamerica.com (care of Peter Abraham) and SoxPropects.com. (Sox Prospects was last changed on September 9th) Each [...]

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Jim Callis of Baseball America Talks Prospects

Jim Callis, Executive Editor of Baseball America, recently agreed to sit down and answer a few questions about Red Sox prospects.  He provides a lot of great insight on what we can expect out of our some top prospects, up-and-comers, and those who have fallen from grace.  Check out his responses below. CB:  Will Middlebrooks [...]

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