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Ramon Ramirez, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, and the Trade Deadline

by mike silver | Aug 2, 2010 | Chris McGuiness, Daniel Turpen, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Ramon Ramirez, Roman Mendez

In one of Boston’s quieter trade deadlines in recent years, the Red Sox came out as modest sellers when the deadline expired at 4:00 pm July 31st. The club’s biggest move – the selling of middle reliever Ramon Ramirez – served more to show the front office’s...

State of the ‘Pen

by mike silver | Jul 26, 2010 | Daniel Bard, Hideki Okajima, Jonathan Papelbon, Manny Delcarmen, Ramon Ramirez

With the Sox bullpen letting another late lead slip away Sunday, there is little question that the collapse of the relief corps has been one team’s bigger issues this season. Compounding issues is the news that the Sox may not be making any significant adds at the...

Game Calling, Pitch Sequencing, and Reading Hitter’s Timing

by mike silver | Jul 12, 2010 | Jon Lester

Without a doubt, one of the best perks of working for a baseball team is the access to players, coaches, scouts, and countless others with intimate knowledge of the game. I can’t say enough kind works about the Sky Sox staff who have, over the last six months,...

Prospective Additions and the BoSox’ AL East Title Chances

by mike silver | Jul 5, 2010 | Bill Hall, Chris Snyder, Dustin Pedroia, Gustavo Molina, Jason Varitek, Mark Wagner, Victor Martinez

There’s no doubt the Sox recent injuries have done a number on the club’s chances of winning the AL East. So we thought it would be interesting to uncover how bleak — or rosy — the those chances have become. Prior to the slew of injuries that befell...

Varitek and Delcarmen Down, Possible Trade Candidates

by mike silver | Jul 3, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Gustavo Molina, Jason Varitek, Manny Delcarmen, Robert Manuel

The injury carousel keeps turning – and, unfortunately, keeps landing on the Red Sox’ spot. While Jason Varitek was placed on the disabled list Thursday with a broken foot, Manny Delcarmen was also added on Friday with a strained right forearm. Reliever Robert Manuel...
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