by chipbuck | Nov 11, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Jonathan Papelbon
If you were banking on the Red Sox making a big splash this winter by chasing after the cream of this year’s free agent crop, you might want to readjust your expectations. According to new General Manager, Ben Cherington, that won’t be the case. Brian...
by chipbuck | Nov 10, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
In case you missed it earlier, the Pittsburgh Pirates added the final elusive piece to their playoff puzzle when they signed catcher Rod Barajas to a one year $4M deal with an option for 2013 at $3.5M. Anytime you can add a 36 year old catcher with a career .284 OBP,...
by chipbuck | Nov 9, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
While Ryan Madson‘s four year $44M deal to remain with the Phillies is still in the final stages of completion (it’s apparently on hold), it’s probably safe to say we need to re-examine our projections for this winter’s closer market. This is...
by chipbuck | Nov 9, 2011 | Albert Pujols, Aramis Ramirez, Boston Red Sox, C.J. Wilson, Carlos Beltran, Carlos Pena, David Ortiz, Edwin Jackson, Francisco Cordero, Francisco Rodriguez, Heath Bell, Hiroki Kuroda, Jimmy Rollins, Joe Nathan, Jonathan Papelbon, Jose Reyes, Mark Buehrle, Michael Cuddyer, Prince Fielder, Roy Oswalt, Ryan Madson
As I was reading Jim Bowden’s “Pricing the Free Agents” piece on ESPN last Friday afternoon, I could hear the rising and crashing waves of criticism coming from the Sabermetric/blogging community from over yonder…and by yonder, I mean Twitter. ...
by chipbuck | Nov 8, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag
This is going to hurt–a lot. After last Friday’s underwhelming mail bag, I was a bit apprehensive about reading his third mailbag in five days. He seemed to be scrapping the bottom of the barrel in hopes of scoring some readable content to help fill the...
