by Troy Patterson | Feb 24, 2012 | Boston Red Sox
When looking at prospects there is a lot of information to sift through. While some is conflicting, a lot of it tells a story. When it comes to newly acquired reliever Chris Carpenter though, there seems to be a large discrepancy between what the scouts are saying,...
by Troy Patterson | Feb 16, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Sabermetric Spring Training
After reviewing FIP last week I thought we would take a look at a stat on the offensive side. This stat attempts to incorporate all things a hitter does at the plate and give a value similar to OBP. That raises the question “Why not use OBP, or OPS?”...
by Troy Patterson | Feb 9, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Daniel Bard
I took a look earlier this offseason at why projections and comparables for Daniel Bard should make us optimistic, but there is much more to the story. Also I needed a reason to play with the new BrooksBaseball Player Cards. Looking at Bard’s 2011 I saw two...
by Troy Patterson | Feb 9, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Sabermetric Spring Training
It’s almost Truck day and the Red Sox players are almost ready to get started. What better time to start a review of the stats we most commonly use at Fire Brand? We’ll try to cover as many as we can and hope you’ll ask questions if you have any or...
by Troy Patterson | Feb 2, 2012 | Alfredo Aceves, Boston Red Sox, Javier Vazquez
<a title="license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ – click to view more info about 'Javier Vázquez' or find free 'I can’t say this option has much of a shot, as this player has been pretty solidly quoted as saying...
