by charliesap | Jan 27, 2012 | Quick Post
MLB Trade Rumors passes along the announcement that The Red Sox have signed starting pitcher John Maine to a minor league contract. Maine, now 30 years old, was once rated as the 54th best prospect in baseball by Baseball America back in 2004. His best major league...
by charliesap | Jan 23, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Cody Ross, Quick Post
Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports had reported, via Twitter, that the Red Sox have signed outfielder Cody Ross. Update: ESPN.com’s Jerry Crasnick reports, via Twitter, that the deal has a base salary of $3M and includes performance incentives. Ross made about $6.3M...
by Troy Patterson | Jan 15, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Quick Post
In a somewhat odd deal, the Red Sox have avoided arbitration with Jarrod Saltalamacchia by agreeing to a one year deal worth a reported $2.5 million. While he was worth an above average 2.5 fWAR in 2011, this is his second year of arbitration and the amount seems more...
by evan brunell | Jan 1, 2012 | Quick Post
Yesterday on December 31, 2011, Fire Brand of the American League turned eight years old. On December 31, 2003, I was still smarting from the pain of Aaron Boone’s heart-wrenching home run and felt I needed a forum to put my rantings. The blogosphere had yet to...
by charliesap | Dec 28, 2011 | Quick Post, Uncategorized
MLB Trade Rumors has announced that the long-rumored Andrew Bailey to the Sox trade talks have finally come to fruition. The Sox acquire the Oakland closer in exchange for former top prospect and 2011 big league contributor Josh Reddick. More details to come…...
by chipbuck | Dec 25, 2011 | Quick Post
On behalf of everyone at Fire Brand (Evan, Charlie, Troy, Alex, Scott, Justine, Tim, Paul, and myself), I wanted to wish everyone a happy holidays! We’ll back to our regularly scheduled writing starting tomorrow! Enjoy the day with your families and friends!...
by chipbuck | Dec 14, 2011 | Nick Punto, Quick Post
In a move that takes some time to absorb, the Red Sox came to terms with Nick Punto on a two year deal worth $3.5M. I will be the first to admit that I was a bit irritated by the news that Ben & Co. felt the need to sign the grittiest and scrappiest player that...
by charliesap | Dec 14, 2011 | Quick Post, Yu Darvish
Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe reports, via Twitter, that the Red Sox did not place a bid on Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish. Of the 313 votes cast on this weeks poll, 63 percent voted in favor of the Sox placing a bid on Darvish....
by charliesap | Dec 14, 2011 | Quick Post
The Red Sox have acquired bullpen help, but at the cost of two players. Mark Melancon is headed to Beantown to help sure up a bullpen that may see Daniel Bard depart as a move to the rotation. The move sends utility man Jed Lowrie to Houston along with young pitcher...
by charliesap | Dec 6, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Quick Post
Here are some rumors from Tuesday’s winter meetings… Update #3: ESPNBoston.com, through ESPN Deportes, reports that David Ortiz is likely to accept arbitration, which will give him a raise in salary for 2012, but no commitment beyond that for the Sox....
