by evan brunell | Mar 27, 2007 | Alberto Castillo, Alex Ochoa, Brendan Donnelly, Bryan Corey, Cory Keylor, Craig Hansen, Hideki Okajima, J.C. Romero, Javier Lopez, Joel Pineiro, Jonathan Papelbon, Kyle Snyder, Manny Delcarmen, Mike Timlin, Spring Training, Trades
Craig Hansen has been optioned to Triple-A (gee, what a surprise…). Alex Ochoa has accepted his assignment to Triple-A, and could have a chance of coming up as a backup outfielder due to injury. Bryan Corey has been sent to minor league camp, which firms up the...
by evan brunell | Mar 26, 2007 | Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett
Here at Fire Brand, we’re starting to get into the swing of things. All this week you will see previews of every team in the division, otherwise known as my yearly “Know Thy Enemy” series. For the first time, I’m allowing others to infringe on...
by evan brunell | Mar 22, 2007 | Jonathan Papelbon, Kyle Snyder, Spring Training
The Red Sox will announce after today’s spring training game that Jonathan Papelbon has been tabbed the Red Sox closer. This means that a battle for the fifth spot in the rotation will ensue. Leaders for the rotation are Kyle Snyder, Julian Tavarez and Devern...
by evan brunell | Mar 22, 2007 | Curt Schilling, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Minnesota Twins, Spring Training, Tim Wakefield
One thing I’ve noticed Red Sox pitchers doing a lot this spring is not walking batters. Time and time again I keep hearing “he struck out (insert number here) and walked none.” It’s been happening a lot, so I wanted to see if it was just me or...
by evan brunell | Mar 21, 2007 | Adam LaRoche, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Dustin Pedroia, Jon Lester, Pittsburgh Pirates, Ronny Paulino, Spring Training, Tom Gorzelanny
Daisuke Matsuzaka and Jon Lester, two important components to the future of the Red Sox starting rotation, both took the mound today with divergent outcomes. First, the one with all the attention: Dice-K pitched 5.2 innings, gave up one run on one hit, one walk, and...
