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Earlier today, the Red Sox front office released a statement reporting that top prospect Ryan Westmoreland will undergo surgery to correct a cavernous malformation.
A cavernous malformation is a group of dilated blood vessels in the brain, often diagnosed following headaches in the patient. However, many people can have cavernous malformations without presenting symptoms.
Remarked General Manager Theo Epstein,
“The entire Red Sox organization stands in support of Ryan as he courageously deals with this issue. Ryan is a remarkable kid and a talented player, and we understand that many will be concerned about his health. He is getting the best medical attention the world has to offer, and we will have more information soon. Until then — out of respect for Ryan’s privacy and at the request of the Westmoreland family — we will not have any further comment.”
Everyone here at FireBrand and all over Red Sox Nation is pulling for a speedy recovery for Ryan and we wish him the best.
At the moment, there is no word as to when he will return to the field.
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On the heels of today’s discussion, I ended up finding this link via Tom Tango’s blog.
If this interests you, let us know how it worked for you.
Online Sabermetric Course for Beginners
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During an interview yesterday J.D. Drew made interesting comments about his future with the Red Sox and in baseball. While the league has shifted and older players are being [...]
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Baseball America has released the top 100 prospect list today and after getting hammered for an hour or so with traffic I was finally able to view the list. This list along with John Sickels at MinorLeagueBall.com are my favorite and most trusted lists.
The Red Sox saw four players crack the list this year with none in the top 20.
- 21 – Ryan Westmoreland
- 24 – Casey Kelly
- 75 – Josh Reddick
- 87 – Lars Anderson
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Last week I answered some questions for Scott Wallace at Mets Paradise. You can check them out today. There was some good questions about the roster and a few on front office and the farm system. Of course there was also the obligatory question about Jason Bay and why the Red Sox let him go. With the Mets looking like a .500 team this year I’m glad he didn’t ask me for more thoughts on them.
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I have some very exciting news, which you’ve probably already gleaned from the headline. I’ll be joining NESN.com to write New England sports, primarily during nights. I’m very excited about this opportunity and hope you guys will read me over there. There is a direct link to my articles here. (What does this mean for Fire Brand? I’ll be moving to once a week on Fridays. Troy and Lee will step up to fill the void, and I’m honored to have such capable writers in place.) Be sure to bookmark both Fire Brand and NESN!
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Randy Booth over at Over the Monster has decided to undertake the big quest to make his first Red Sox Annual. I have contributed some work to this and many other Red Sox bloggers/writers have done so as well. All content will be original work and I am looking forward to reading it.
Randy has asked for some of the readers help as well. Head over to the site and if you have graphic design experience you could help design the annual. They also are looking for fan’s to contribute their favorite moments in an essay format under 250 words.
You should be able to read the Annual in March at some point and it will be a PDF format for easy reading.
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In several pieces (here’s the ESPN Boston one) over the last couple days, it has been made clear by Tim Wakefield that he expects to serve as a full-time member of the Red Sox rotation. Coming off of back surgery in October, he expects to enter spring training healthy. This is a situation that is going to have to be resolved one way or the other. Josh Beckett, Jon Lester and John Lackey aren’t going anywhere and it’s difficult to imagine Daisuke Matsuzaka not being in the rotation. All indications are that the club is moving forward with Clay Buchholz as a long-term, permanent member of the rotation as well. So… where’s the give? Where’s the solution. Something’s gotta happen.I don’t see any way that Wakefield doesn’t open the season in the bullpen (barring injury). Anyone have any thoughts?
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As I’m on shift at Rotoworld.com, I noticed the Red Sox have made a couple more signings. Mike took a look at the previous batch. Let’s quickly go through the new names alphabetically (Oh, and the depth chart is updated).
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This year, four Red Sox are eligible for arbitration. The big name is closer Jonathan Papelbon while Manny Delcarmen, Ramon Ramirez (the original one) and Jeremy Hermida round out the other three. (Hideki Okajima recently avoided arbitration, signing for $2.75 million, a raise of $1 million from his 2009 salary.)
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