by evan brunell | Mar 13, 2008 | Bartolo Colon, Josh Beckett
In the offseason, we thought our starting pitching depth was just fine, thank you. We had Josh Beckett, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Curt Schilling, Tim Wakefield and Jon Lester. Then the dominoes started falling. Josh Beckett has a sore back and is all but not going to Japan;...
by evan brunell | Mar 13, 2008 | Doug Mirabelli, George Kottaras, Kevin Cash
The Red Sox released Doug Mirabelli today, a move that comes somewhat of a shock to a lot of Red Sox fans. The player immortalized by Dougie’s Going Deep Tonight! was expected to serve as Tim Wakefield’s personal catcher. Mirabelli, who hit .202/.278/.360...
by evan brunell | Mar 12, 2008 | Angel Pagan, Coco Crisp, New York Mets, Trades
WFAN reports that Coco Crisp could be dealt to the New York Mets rather soon for outfielder Angel Pagan. The Red Sox would be giving Crisp away on the cheap, but would likely make back what they would lose by not having an unhappy Crisp on the bench. Pagan, who has...
by evan brunell | Mar 10, 2008 | Bartolo Colon, Chih-Hsiang Huang, Clay Buchholz, Coco Crisp, Craig Hansen, Devern Hansack, Doug Mirabelli, Dusty Brown, George Kottaras, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jed Lowrie, Jonathan Papelbon, Justin Masterson, Kevin Youkilis, Lars Anderson, Manny Ramirez, Mark Teixeira, Michael Almanzar, Michael Bowden, Mike Lowell, Oscar Tejeda, Terry Francona
Last night, I participated in a chat over at New England Sports Country. Here are some questions I answered… “Why isn’t Devern Hansack in the equation for #5”? His #’s are worthy . . . in AA and Boston 2006, and AAA 2007 (his 3.61ERA....
by evan brunell | Mar 9, 2008 | Uncategorized
Hey there, I’ll be taking questions and answering them over at New England Sports Country’s Red Sox chat room starting at 8. They’ll have some prepared questions, but will also take impromptu questions during the Red Sox/Dodgers game tonight, so drop...