2009 Division Champs?

The Red Sox have 92 games left and of those games, 43 are against teams under .500. If we assume that the Red Sox can win 50% of their games against the good teams in the league and win 61% of their games against bad teams (their current winning percentage, the Red...

Do not worry about Beckett

The league average for contact on balls outside of the strike zone is 62.4%. Josh Beckett’s career average is 53.8%. Currently, he is sporting a shocking 68.8%. There is no good reason why this number is so high besides bad luck. The league batting average for...

Why Extend J. Bay Now?

I was one of the very few people unhappy (extremely so) with Jason Bay’s acquisition at 3:59:59 on July 31st, so that will obviously color the reaction this piece, but try to hear me out. Why are we so desperate to extent Jason at this exact point in time? As I...