by chipbuck | Dec 12, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
As I’m sure most of you have heard by now, National League MVP Ryan Braun tested positive for a banned substance and faces a 50 game suspension. Braun and his people have denied the allegations, and will be appealing the suspension. While this is clearly...
by chipbuck | Dec 9, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
Well, the Winter Meetings are officially over. They closed up shop in Dallas yesterday afternoon, and everyone went back to their respective homes for the weekend. It’s a sad day for us hot stove junkies. Sure, there are still some exciting players yet to be...
by chipbuck | Dec 8, 2011 | Yu Darvish
According to Patrick Newman of NPB Tracker (with a hat tip to the incomparable Drew Silva of NBC Hardball Talk for digging it up), Yu Darvish will be posted by the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters at some point either today or Friday. Darvish is one of the most, if not...
by chipbuck | Dec 7, 2011 | Andrew Bailey, Boston Red Sox, Daniel Bard, David Ortiz, Hiroki Kuroda, Josh Willingham
Some people feel that baseball’s winter meetings are an overblown festivity, but I couldn’t disagree more. For a hot stove junkie like myself, the winter meetings are like an early Christmas present. Rumors, mystery teams, big contracts, quotes from GMs,...
by chipbuck | Dec 2, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag
At this point, there’s no need for an introduction. We all know the drill, so let’s jump right in. I have two questions. 1. When a player has major surgery and misses an entire year and is still under contract, I know that they are still getting paid, but...
