Why isn’t Adrian Gonzalez hitting?

What’s happened to Adrian Gonzalez? Despite batting third or fourth all season, the $154-million man has been far from a power producer, off to his worst start through June 5 since the first year he became a full-time starter in 2006. (See table below, right)...

Potential Trade Partners for Kevin Youkilis: First Base

<a title="license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ – click to view more info about 'On Monday, I examined teams that might be interested in trading for Kevin Youkilis as a third baseman.  Today, I’ll be examining teams that...

Bard’s Release Point Sends Up Red Flags

Please give Noah Woodward a warm, enthusiastic welcome.  This is his first guest column for Fire Brand of the American League. It is quickly becoming evident that release point issues are playing a big role in Daniel Bard’s inconsistency as a starter. I wanted to dig...

Episode #123: Where we’ve just been demoted to AAA…

Episode #122Episode #123 Hosts: Paul Testa, Tim Daloisio Guests: none [podcast]http://redsoxtimes.com/podcast/123_6_5_12_firesidechats.mp3[/podcast] If you are not able to view the podcast player embedded in this page, just go here to listen to the latest episode. The...

The Advanced Scout – Baltimore Orioles

After taking two of three from the Blue Jays in a quick road trip to Toronto, the Boston Red Sox (28-26) return home to Fenway Park to start a three-game series against the Baltimore Orioles (30-24). The injury bug has hit the Orioles, with Nick Markakis most notably...