With Mike Napoli still unsigned, Daniel investigates the next-best Michael in the first-base market.
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Playing the GM Part 4: Free Agent First Basemen
Who could the Red Sox sign to play first base? The crop is pretty thin.
Should first come first?
The Boston Red Sox will head into the offseason today with a rather lengthy ‘to do’ list in front of them. Not only will the team be looking at significant front office and coaching staff shakeups, but they’ll have more than their fair share of baseball decisions to make. There are holes-a-plenty on the roster, [...]
HOU 11, BOS 10: Berkman and Lee lead charge
Lance Berkman’s two-RBI double in the bottom of the eighth was the difference as Houston beat Boston 11-10. Mike Lowell’s solo-homer in the top of the ninth made it 11-10. Goat of the Game: Pitching staff? Maybe? Well a combined 11 runs with Lester giving up six of them on nine hits isn’t what we [...]
Somewhere Scott Boras Is Grinning
J.D. DREW / MLB.COM The free agent market has exploded right before our eyes, a mind-boggling array of signings and commitments that will surely haunt teams and their payrolls for years to come. Players projected to receive as high as 35 million this winter have been rewarded with deals extending way past any expectations. Guys [...]
The Annual Trading Manny Article
MANNY RAMIREZ / ESPN.COM It’s that time of year again. It’s the “trade Manny Ramirez” column from Fire Brand! (2004, 2005, Zach’s parody of a roundtable of experts discussing a trade) The difference here is that it’s the first column where its widely believed that it could happen without much of a problem. In past [...]
Loading ...Fire Brand of the Year
2013 FIRE BRAND = SCOTT ATCHISON
“The Fire Brand of the American League is a Red Sox player who exhibits character under pressure, an unassuming man who leaves the spotlight for other people but makes his indelible mark on the past season’s Boston Red Sox. A piece most people take for granted, but whom we would have missed dearly.”