by Troy Patterson | Apr 26, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Curt Young, Daisuke Matsuzaka, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett
In 2011 the Boston Red Sox hired former Athletics pitching coach Curt Young. One thing everyone knew Young would bring to Boston was the cutter and quickly the Red Sox starters added cutters to their repertoire and threw plenty of them. This was seen as something...
by chipbuck | Apr 25, 2012 | Aaron Cook, Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford, Clay Buchholz, Cody Ross, David Ortiz, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Kevin Youkilis, Mark Melancon, Matt Barnes, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag, Ryan Sweeney, Scott Atchison
Two mailbags in a week! I’m so excited. Just a few thoughts. The scouts that claim Jon Lester is throwing too many cutters are idiots. According to pitch f/x, he’s throwing the fewest cutters in his career. He’s throwing a lot more sinkers these...
by chipbuck | Apr 25, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Jon Lester
During the fourth inning of Jon Lester‘s start on Monday night, Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe offered up this bit of analysis following a two-out, two-strike home run Lester allowed to Danny Valencia. “Lester has to be better than that on 2-strike...
by scandage | Apr 23, 2012 | Adrian Gonzalez, Alexi Casilla, Andrew Bailey, Andrew Miller, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Chris Parmelee, Clay Buchholz, Clayton Mortensen, Clete Thomas, Daniel Bard, Danny Valencia, Denard Span, Jamey Carroll, Jason Marquis, Joe Mauer, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Josh Willingham, Justin Morneau, Kelly Shoppach, Kyle Waldrop, Liam Hendrix, Mark Melancon, Marlon Byrd, Michael Bowden, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Nick Blackburn, Ross Ohlendorf, Ryan Doumit, Scott Baker
The Red Sox dragged their sorry butts out of town and will try to get healthy by taking on the 5-11 Minnesota Twins in the first game of a seven-game road trip. The Twins look like a carbon-copy of the Red Sox so far – the top of the order hitting well, the...
by chipbuck | Apr 23, 2012 | Aaron Cook, Alex Wilson, Alfredo Aceves, Andrew Bailey, Boston Red Sox, Daniel Bard, Franklin Morales, Jonathan Papelbon, Junichi Tazawa, Mark Melancon, Matt Albers, Vicente Padilla
I haven’t been this angry with a game in nearly two-and-a-half years. I’m serious. Not even during last September’s epic 7-20 slide that pushed the Red Sox out of the playoffs was I ever this angry. Confused, yes, but never angry. For whatever...
