by samara pearlstein | Jul 28, 2009 | Community post
MLBTR via Rob Bradford at WEEI is reporting that the Sox could be close to a trade for Cliff Lee. The purported deal is Lee for Bowden, Josh Reddick, and one other prospect. What do you think? Personally this deal makes more sense than Halladay given I don’t...
by samara pearlstein | May 26, 2009 | Community post
After another solid, but hardly perfect, start from Brad Penny yesterday I have to wonder again what to do with Clay Buchholz. In case you had not heard, Clay came within three outs of throwing a perfect game in Louisville (Projo piece on...
by samara pearlstein | Apr 29, 2009 | Community post, Jason Varitek
Why would a 37 year old player have a wOBA spike of over 50 points from one season to the next? This is the question people should be asking about Jason Varitek and his surprising start. This is a difficult question to answer because he is getting lucky and unlucky at...
by samara pearlstein | Jan 12, 2009 | Community post, Michael Bowden, Miguel Montero
There are reports of the Red Sox and Diamondbacks trade talks intensifying. Presumably, it will end up costing the Red Sox Michael Bowden to acquire their “catcher of the future” Miguel Montero. These same reports are saying that the Red Sox are balking at...
by samara pearlstein | Jan 11, 2009 | Community post
How good will the Red Sox bullpen be this year? Below are the averaged projections from CHONE, Bill James, and Marcel for the innings pitched and FIP projections: Name IP FIP Jonathan Papelbon 68.00 2.78 Hideki Okajima 61.33 3.67 Manny Delcarmen 74.33 3.52 Takashi...
