by chipbuck | Jul 29, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Ubaldo Jimenez
Earlier today, I pointed out a report by the Boston Herald‘s Scott Lauber stating the Red Sox had cooled on Ubaldo Jimenez. My, what a few hours can do. SI’s Jon Heyman reports just the opposite: “It now seems more likely that Colorado Rockies ace...
by chipbuck | Jul 29, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Dustin Pedroia, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett
Alright ladies and gentlemen, it’s time for another round of news, notes, and observation. Dustin Pedroia – During Pedroia’s torrid 25 game hitting streak, he’s produced an impressive .404/.459/.752 triple slash with nine home runs and nine...
by chipbuck | Jul 28, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Erik Bedard, Rich Harden
This from the Boston Globe’s Nick Carfardo on the Red Sox’s need for starting pitching, and their potential trade targets: “This Sox team doesn’t need a lot of tweaking unless the brass decides to go all-out to get a Jose Reyes, a Felix Hernandez, or...
by chipbuck | Jul 27, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Craig Breslow, Koji Uehara
Unlike in recent years past, the Red Sox bullpen has been pretty solid this year. Theo spent a lot of time and money this past offseason rebuilding the bullpen with a few established high end names and a couple of bargain basement value signings. While his...
by chipbuck | Jul 25, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
Earlier this morning, the baseball blogosphere received some sad and startling news about one of our comrades: Dave Cameron of Fangraphs and USS Mariner has been diagnosed with cancer. “I’m in one of those situations. Last week I was informed that I have Acute Myeloid...
