7/26: Every Beckett start feels like a must win
With Beckett pitching as well as he has been, the Red Sox have to come out of his outings with a W.
All the recent trade rumors around the Sox have your head spinning? No worries. Evan summarizes everything you need to know leading up to the trade deadline and handicaps the Sox's chances.
The John Smoltz experiment is failing, miserably.
Jon Lester improved to 9-0 in his career against the Baltimore Orioles with the help of the long ball.
Absolutely worth a watch:
Player A: First 110.1 innings; 6.17 ERA and 5.83 K/9 Player B: First 108.1 innings; 5.40 ERA and 8.31 K/9
Brad Penny pitched six plus innings allowing just five hits and one unearned run to stop Boston's five game losing streak.
Here's a clip of my appearance on Comcast Sports Net New England and WEEI's "The Baseball Show" this morning highlighting some of the Jacoby Ellsbury talk going on on Fire Brand of late.