by dpoarch | Sep 22, 2013 | Anibal Sanchez, Boston Red Sox, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Matt Harvey, Miguel Cabrera, Shane Victorino, Shelby Miller, Tim Lincecum, Will Middlebrooks
My daily routine during baseball season typically involves taking some time to scan through the box scores of the previous night’s games. I enjoy scanning ESPN’s box scores for interesting stats and things like that, because A: I’m a nerd, and B: boredom. One thing...
by dpoarch | Sep 15, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, Clay Buchholz, Felix Doubront, Franklin Morales, Jake Peavy, John Lackey, Jon Lester
A purely hypothetical question for this week’s column: should the Red Sox make the playoffs (their magic number is now six after a 5-1 win over the Yankees), who of the starting pitchers would make up the playoff rotation? Let’s start from the top: Clay Buchholz...
by dpoarch | Sep 8, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Daniel Bard, Felix Doubront, Henry Owens, Jonny Gomes, Jose Iglesias, Mike Napoli, Shane Victorino, Xander Bogaerts
@TrollBagQs Is it too late to trade for Michael Young now? — OverTheMonster (@OverTheMonster) September 1, 2013 Aaaand we’re back! For those of you who were comatose last week, you can read Part 1 of this month’s TrollBag here. Also, for those of you who might...
by dpoarch | Aug 29, 2013 | Blake Swihart, Boston Red Sox, Christian Vazquez, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Jackie Bradley, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jake Peavy, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jose Iglesias, Ryan Lavarnway, Toronto Blue Jays, Xander Bogaerts
This is Fire Brand’s fifth iteration of the TrollBag, and I’m feeling particularly generous this week, so it’s going to be a big one. Before we get started though, I’d just like to mention that the TrollBag now officially has its own Twitter account...
by dpoarch | Aug 11, 2013 | Baltimore Orioles, Chris Davis, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels, Miguel Cabrera, Mike Trout
Last year’s AL MVP race may have been the most memorable in recent memory. In one corner, you had Miguel Cabrera: the league’s top slugger, freshly minted as the first Triple Crown winner since Carl Yastrzemski. In the other, 20-year-old Mike Trout, who compiled a...
