by evan brunell | Jan 8, 2009 | John Smoltz, Rocco Baldelli, Theo Epstein
As we all know by now, the Boston Red Sox are on the cusp of signing outfielder Rocco Baldelli and starting pitcher John Smoltz to contracts. These are master strokes by general manager Theo Epstein, who also inked Brad Penny to a deal earlier this year along with...
by evan brunell | Jan 7, 2009 | David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay, Jason Varitek, Julio Lugo, Kevin Youkilis, Mike Lowell
A month ago, Chris Dutton and Peter Bendix collaborated together to come up with a new statistic — xBABIP. BABIP, or Batting Average on Balls In Play, is generally used to identify whether a pitcher was lucky or unlucky. With .300 as the baseline, if a...
by evan brunell | Jan 6, 2009 | Jason Johnson, Quick Post
It started with Jose Contreras as the first strike then moved on to Mark Bellhorn and Alan Embree… it graduated to Johnny Damon and Carl Pavano… then they whisked away Mark Teixeira and made sure we couldn’t bring Kevin Cash back by bringing him...
by evan brunell | Jan 5, 2009 | Kyle Weiland, Mitch Denning, Stephen Fife
Red Sox prospect Stephen Fife took some time out of his schedule to answer some questions for Fire Brand. Fife, 22, was drafted in the third round of the draft out of Utah. In 14 relief appearances for the Lowell Spinners, he posted a 2.33 ERA while participating in...
by evan brunell | Dec 9, 2008 | Quick Post
Sean McAdam of the Boston Herald is reporting that the Red Sox will unveil new alternate uniforms — and a new logo as well. It’s likely the team will reveal a new “alternate uniform,” to either replace or supplement the red tops the team often...
