by charliesap | Jan 22, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Clayton Mortensen, Jose Iglesias, Marco Scutaro, Mike Aviles, Nick Punto
It sounds weird to say that the Sox have made a move in order to clear salary, but that’s essentially what they did on Saturday when they sent their former starting shortstop, Marco Scutaro, to the Colorado Rockies for 26-year-old righthander Clayton Mortensen....
by aconvery | Jan 21, 2012 | Boston Red Sox
“If spring training opened tomorrow we would be comfortable where we are with our pitching depth.” ~General Manager Ben Cherington Spring training will bring many decisions. The Yankees have to decide between Phil Hughes, AJ Burnett, and Freddy Garcia to be their...
by chipbuck | Jan 20, 2012 | Alfredo Aceves, Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford, Daniel Bard, David Ortiz
If you heard a loud thumping noise a few minutes ago, that wasn’t your imagination. It was me bashing my head against the desk as I was reading Dan Shaughnessy’s latest opus. Like all Shaughnessy articles, he channels his most emotional nerves to...
by chipbuck | Jan 20, 2012 | Andrew Bailey, Boston Red Sox, Jacoby Ellsbury, Luxury Tax, Mark Melancon, Roy Oswalt
In a two part series written last month, I discussed in detail the Red Sox’s current luxury tax situation for 2012, 2013 and beyond. Now that the vast majority of slots on the 25-man roster have been filled, and arbitration figures have been shared, I thought...
by tim daloisio | Jan 19, 2012 | Fireside Chats Podcast
Episode #116 Hosts: Paul Testa, Tim Daloisio Guests: Chip Buck (@chip_buck) [podcast]http://redsoxtimes.com/podcast/116_1_19_12_firesidechats.mp3[/podcast] While there were grand plans to broadcast our first live video episode of Fireside Chats to the Internets, my...
