A Few Thoughts

The dog days are here, and the stretch run looms a scant few weeks away. So before we start with the doubleheaders against the empire and the magic number calculations and all the hand wringing that is sure to befall us I wanted to touch on a few topics. First I want...

Top 5 Prospects

By Andrew Lipsett Now that Jon Lester and Craig Hansen appear to be Major League pitchers for the long haul, it’s time to revise the Sox’ top prospect lists. Lester and Hansen have sat atop them for most of the season, and their graduation understandably...

Chips

By Andrew Lipsett The Trade Deadline approacheth, and with it come the myriad, often ridiculous trade rumors that get many of us frothing at the mouth (today’s nonsense-du-jour was a brief flurry of Mike Lowell/Jake Peavy trade talk on ESPN). But underneath all...

Jon Lester: One Possible Path

By Andrew Lipsett Here are two pitching lines from two different left-handed starting pitchers in two different seasons. Both lines have been prorated to 200 IP.   IP K BB HRA WHIP ERA BABIP K/9 BB/9 K/BB Player A 200 146 110 17 1.32 2.38 .237 6.56 4.97 1.32 Player B...