by mike silver | Sep 10, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, Jose Iglesias, Quick Post
With the recent signing of shortstop prospect Jose Iglesias, the Sox now have four shortstops among their top 20 prospects. Soxprospects.com rates the 19 year-old Cuban defector as the 14th best prospect in the organization and second-best prospect behind #12 Yamaico...
by mike silver | Sep 10, 2009 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Jon Lester
What to Do With Daisuke? As the Boston Red Sox get set for their weekend series against Tampa Bay, embattled starter Daisuke Matsuzaka gets prepared for a return to the Red Sox rotation. Under any normal circumstances, the answer would be simple: bench him. But these...
by evan brunell | Sep 9, 2009 | Baltimore Orioles, Game Threads, Jason Berken, Paul Byrd
How’s that for a play on words? Except for the whole birds being able to bark thing, of course. Byrd threw a gem against Toronto and followed it up with a stinker against Chicago. What’s he got in store for Baltimore? On the other side, Berken has a 6.07...
by evan brunell | Sep 9, 2009 | David Ortiz
Back when David Ortiz was mired in his homerless streak, not bopping his first home run until May 20 and his second until June 6, I made a bet with a friend that Ortiz would end up with 30 home runs. Ortiz had a torrid June and kept consistently banging out the home...
by tim daloisio | Sep 8, 2009 | Fireside Chats Podcast
Boston Red Sox podcast on MVN Radio, Episode #59 where we write off the Rays, the hopes of the division, and Jonathan Papelbon’s long term future in Boston Episode #59Hosts: Paul Testa, Tim DaloisioGuests: None The Red Sox got the two out of three wins in Tampa...