by charliesap | Feb 12, 2012 | Poll
‘Tis the season for prospect lists. While there are many expert lists popping up left and right, we want to hear the roar of Red Sox Nation. Based on what you’ve seen, read, heard or analysed for yourself, who do you think is the Sox’ top prospect?...
by aconvery | Feb 11, 2012 | Boston Red Sox
On Thursday, ESPN analyst Keith Law released his annual ranking of the top 100 prospects in the game. Before ESPN, Law had a job in the Blue Jay’s front office as a special assistant to the general manager and was a writer for Baseball Prospectus. Needless to say,...
by chipbuck | Feb 10, 2012 | Boston Red Sox
As most of you probably know by now, I love to read baseball articles, pick them apart, and respond in kind. Typically, when this happens, I’m responding back to Dan Shaughnessy for some trite, overbearing, piece of trash he regurgitated onto the Boston Globe...
by Troy Patterson | Feb 9, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Daniel Bard
I took a look earlier this offseason at why projections and comparables for Daniel Bard should make us optimistic, but there is much more to the story. Also I needed a reason to play with the new BrooksBaseball Player Cards. Looking at Bard’s 2011 I saw two...
by Troy Patterson | Feb 9, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Sabermetric Spring Training
It’s almost Truck day and the Red Sox players are almost ready to get started. What better time to start a review of the stats we most commonly use at Fire Brand? We’ll try to cover as many as we can and hope you’ll ask questions if you have any or...
