Boston Takes a Riske on a Lefty

Former Rule 5 pick of the Boston Red Sox, Javier Lopez, will get his shot with Boston, after all. Lopez, drafted as a Rule 5 pick in December 2002 along with Matt White, a fellow lefty, was traded to the Colorado Rockies May 18th, 2003 for a player to be named later...

Boston Takes a Riske on a Lefty

Former Rule 5 pick of the Boston Red Sox, Javier Lopez, will get his shot with Boston, after all. Lopez, drafted as a Rule 5 pick in December 2002 along with Matt White, a fellow lefty, was traded to the Colorado Rockies May 18th, 2003 for a player to be named later...

Pitching Problems Haunting Red Sox

Before the season began, my hopes for the 2006 Boston Red Sox were extremely high. Most experts predicted the offensive-driven Yankees to take the division crown, I said the balance of the Red Sox would prevail in the end. The 1 and 1A duo of Curt Schilling and Josh...

Time For Change

By Andrew Lipsett Last night’s epic collapse by Julian Tavarez has simply highlighted a growing concern among most Sox fans regarding the state of the Sox bullpen. Though the pen as a whole actually has reasonably good numbers, much of that can be attributed to...