City Prints TRIVIA: A Well-Rounded Player

by | Sep 3, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Trivia

Red Sox Trivia! It’s a new day! Question: Jacoby Ellsbury lead the team in fWAR up until recently. Who caught up to him? No search engines or keyword searches. and since there’s a limited field of answers here, no Fangraphs either. Previous Question...

The Advanced Scout – Detroit Tigers

by | Sep 2, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Alex Avila, Andy Dirks, Austin Jackson, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Doug Fister, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Jose Iglesias, Max Scherzer, Miguel Cabrera, Mike Carp, Prince Fielder, Ramon Santiago, Rick Porcello, Ryan Dempster, Torii Hunter, Victor Martinez

In a sense, this homestand is a worst-to-first when you consider the American League Central standings. The last-place White Sox come to town first, then the Detroit Tigers saunter on in to Boston. It’s a steep increase in difficulty, but in the end, we’ll...

The Advanced Scout – Chicago White Sox

by | Aug 30, 2013 | Adam Dunn, Alejandro De Aza, Alexei Ramirez, Andre Rienzo, Avisail Garcia, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Dayan Viciedo, Felix Doubront, Gavin Floyd, Gordon Beckham, Hector Santiago, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jake Peavy, Jeff Keppinger, John Danks, Josh Phegley, Paul Konerko, Ryan Dempster, Tyler Flowers

Part Two of this homestand is a three-game set against the lowly White Sox, which will inevitably make many a writer use a “clever” Sox pun headline. I mean, we’ve seen these teams play each other quite a bit, guys, you don’t need to be...