by charliesap | Sep 21, 2010 | Daisuke Matsuzaka
Change is hard, but sometimes necessary. Dice-K made a huge change four years ago when he left Japan to come play Major League Baseball. However, over the last few years not much has changed, which in this case, is not a good thing. I mentioned last week that the most...
by charliesap | Sep 16, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett
Looking at the names of the Red Sox starting rotation this preseason, one couldn’t help but think that that front five would be the main reason the Sox would contend in 2010. While there have been a couple of nice stories in Lester and Buchholz, the overall outcome...
by charliesap | Sep 14, 2010 | Boston Red Sox
We can look at the losses of Kevin Youkilis, Dustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury and Mike Cameron all we like, but the truth is the Red Sox offense did a fine job in 2010. The Sox to this point have scored the third most runs in baseball behind the Yankees and Rays....
by charliesap | Sep 9, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz
There are 20 players in Major League Baseball right now that have 25-plus home runs and an OBP over .360. David Ortiz is one of those players and the list of names around him represent some of the best offensive talents in the game today. Name HR OBP Jose Bautista 43...
by charliesap | Sep 7, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Josh Reddick
On September 1st, with the expansion of major league rosters from 25 to 40 players, many minor leaguers get the call to the big leagues. Some for teams in contention that use the expanded roster space for depth. Some for teams out of the race that want an up-close and...
