by evan brunell | Jan 17, 2007 | Coco Crisp, David Murphy, Florida Marlins, Jacoby Ellsbury, Taylor Tankersley, Trades, Wily Mo Pena
Let’s take a close look at center field today. As it stands today, the Red Sox have four people who could play center for the Red Sox over the course of the 2007 season. Working from least chance of the most at-bats to most chance, we start with Jacoby Ellsbury,...
by evan brunell | Jan 11, 2007 | Jim Rice, Joel Pineiro
You probably noticed that Fire Brand has something new – polls. The first poll is now closed, and the question was “How many games will Joel Pineiro save?” The results are: 25-35, but be an average closer 39% of all votes Maybe ten, because...
by evan brunell | Jan 8, 2007 | J.D. Drew, Jim Rice, Roger Clemens
UPDATE: Fire Brand now has polls! Look over on the right and vote! 8:30 AM: I don’t know what happened, but the post that I had slated to post today completely disappeared. I’ll attempt to rewrite as much as I can over the course of the day and add some...
by evan brunell | Jan 5, 2007 | Brendan Donnelly, Craig Breslow, Devern Hansack, Hideki Okajima, J.C. Romero, Javier Lopez, Joel Pineiro, Jon Lester, Julian Tavarez, Kyle Snyder, Lenny DiNardo, Manny Delcarmen, Mike Timlin, Nick DeBarr, Runelvys Hernandez
The Red Sox’s bullpen increased in size with the inking of Joel Pineiro to a one-year, $4 million contract. This means that the competition for the final one or two spots in the bullpen is now a lot tighter. The Red Sox will probably carry 12 pitchers until they...
by evan brunell | Jan 3, 2007 | Free Agency, Joel Pineiro
Joel Pineiro is close to a one-year deal worth $4 million to join the Boston Red Sox, ESPN reports. With that amount of money, two thoughts immediately spring to mind. Pineiro, a 28-year old Puerto Rican, has been a starter most of his career and had two very...
