by Troy Patterson | Oct 14, 2016 | Boston Red Sox
According to all reports and Dave Dombrowski himself it looks like the Boston Red Sox are happy where they are. They plan to retain John Farrell and his staff and the players on the roster are all expected to return as is except for those who retire including David...
by Troy Patterson | Oct 3, 2016 | Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz
An interesting side factor in the announcement that the Boston Red Sox will retire David Ortiz number 34 next season is that this will mark the tenth number of a former Red Sox player to be retired and sixth since the start of this century. (Not accounting the number...
by Troy Patterson | Sep 29, 2016 | Boston Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox of 2016 have won the AL East thanks to a loss by the Toronto Blue Jays last night. The team had a celebration in the clubhouse last night seemingly largely driven by advertising and less by an interest to party. That’s a good sign for a team...
by Troy Patterson | Jul 17, 2016 | Boston Red Sox
The trade is done and the dust is settling over new Red Sox starter Drew Pomeranz. I’m not going to analyze the trade here any more than to say it was a good trade for both sides and while the Red Sox gave up a lot of skill they also lost some risk the same...
by Troy Patterson | Jun 11, 2016 | Boston Red Sox
Before the season started David Ortiz had some interesting articles and more as the season started. I even wrote about his Hall of Fame chances, but the one I want to draw your attention to was at Fangraphs and asked was Ortiz possibly going to have the best offensive...