by shawn medeiros | Jan 31, 2008 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Hideki Okajima, Joba Chamberlain, Johan Santana, Jon Lester, Manny Ramirez, Mariano Rivera
Along with the rest of the baseball world, I couldn’t help but be overwhelmed with Johan Santana yesterday. I’ll be honest, I am not as high on Santana as some people. Before yesterday, I looked at Johan Santana as a great pitcher, and a southpaw to boot,...
by zach hayes | Jan 29, 2008 | Johan Santana
Johan goes to the National League and we can keep our prospects. In the end, it
by guest | Jan 29, 2008 | Jacoby Ellsbury, Jon Lester
Guest columnist and Fire Brand commenter Gerry chimes in… Lester’s Long Rookie Year: On October 28, 2007, Jon Lester’s very long rookie year ended with a dominant win in the final game of the World Series The year began at his Fenway debut, at age...
by evan brunell | Jan 28, 2008 | Chicago White Sox, David Aardsma, Kyle Snyder, Trades
The Boston Red Sox acquired reliever David Aardsma from the White Sox today for two long-shot prospects. Aardsma, entering his age-26 season, previously played for the San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs and lost his 40-man roster spot (he is out of options) to the...
by evan brunell | Jan 28, 2008 | Brandon Moss, Coco Crisp, Julian Tavarez, Julio Lugo, Justin Hampson, Khalil Greene, San Diego Padres, Trades
On Friday, we looked at the 2008 ZiPS projections for the Red Sox, which sees the Red Sox as the best team in the American League. I’m not seeing it. I see some flaws — big ones. Fortunately, we can correct (or minimize) these flaws. To me, there are two...
