by bcarsley | Jun 24, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Jackie Bradley, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jon Lester, Xander Bogaerts
Dustin Pedroia is the most valuable player and commodity in the Red Sox organization. He is essentially tied with Clay Buchholz and Jacoby Ellsbury for highest fWAR on the team. Though it seems like he’s been around forever, he’s still just 29. He’s under team control...
by bcarsley | Jun 17, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, 2013 Pawtucket Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Buster Posey, Byron Buxton, Jose Reyes, Oscar Taveras, Xander Bogaerts
Xander Bogaerts was promoted to Triple-A last week. If you’re even a casual fan of the Boston Red Sox, you’re probably aware of this move. In an age where prospect hype is often hard to contain, it becomes difficult to appropriately qualify how good the truly elite...
by bcarsley | Jun 3, 2013 | Allen Webster, Anthony Ranaudo, Blake Swihart, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, Deven Marrero, Garin Cecchini, Henry Owens, Jackie Bradley, Matt Barnes, Trot Nixon, Xander Bogaerts
As I covered a few weeks back and as many around the Interwebs have noted recently, the Red Sox have the seventh pick in Thursday’s 2013 MLB Draft. This represents their highest pick since 1993, when they selected Trot Nixon at No. 7, and gives Boston an incredible...
by bcarsley | May 27, 2013 | Allen Webster, Boston Red Sox, Felix Doubront, Jose Iglesias, Pedro Ciriaco, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogearts
The Red Sox have already played 51 baseball games this season. While those of us who watch the team day in and day out know this to be factually true, it’s also easy to be caught off guard by that number. In many ways it seems like Opening Day was just last weekend,...
by bcarsley | May 20, 2013 | Allen Webster, Anthony Ranaudo, Ben Cherington, Billy Wagner, Chris Carpenter, Craig Hansen, Jackie Bradley, Matt Barnes, Michael Bowden, Ryan Kalish, Scott Rolen, Trot Nixon, Xander Bogaerts
The last time the Red Sox picked as highly in the first round of the amateur draft as they will this year on June 6, Boston selected Trot Nixon seventh overall in 1993. That fact is useful for two reasons: one, because it illustrates how long its been since the Red...
