by Troy Patterson | Oct 31, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
While Jarrod Saltalamaccia was the big name prospect and was even the headline return (at the time) for Mark Teixeira, he has never shown that elite hitter many expected from him. He hasn’t slugged over .450 at any time in the majors and with an OBP of .307 in...
by Troy Patterson | Oct 24, 2011 | Jacoby Ellsbury
As one of Jacoby Ellsbury’s biggest critics entering 2011 I’ll admit he proved me wrong, but anyone would be hard pressed to find evidence this type of year was coming from him. The problem now is his value will probably never be higher, but at the same...
by Troy Patterson | Oct 17, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Mark Buehrle, Tim Wakefield
There has been a lot of talk about how bad the September pitching was and a lot of blame has been placed on the “fried chicken and beer” theory, but 2011 came down to a lack of pitchers making healthy starts. In September the Red Sox staff had 14.2...
by Troy Patterson | Oct 6, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Theo Epstein
Earlier this week, I wrote how the actions of ownership maybe a strong reason Theo Epstein wants out of Boston, but what reason would he have to make Chicago his new home? I think the draw to the Cubs is much more than breaking another “curse” or even...
by Troy Patterson | Oct 3, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
After the 2006 debacle when Theo Epstein returned it was largely considered that Epstein had won nearly complete control over the baseball operations from Larry Lucchino. It sure seemed that way as the Red Sox spent the next two seasons largely adding the type of...
