by Troy Patterson | Jun 22, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz
There are a few reasons why Clay Buchholz has outperformed his FIP and xFIP this season. He has been very lucky so far to currently have 10 wins and a 2.47 ERA. Coming into the season he had only Bill James and the fans projections on Fangraphs calling for an ERA...
by Troy Patterson | Jun 19, 2010 | Quick Post
As it stands today on June 19 2010 the Boston Red Sox are only one game out of first in the division and two games in the loss column. Making any claims about a team with as much talent as the Red Sox being out of the Playoffs because of a early deficit is only a...
by Troy Patterson | Jun 15, 2010 | Adrian Beltre, Boston Red Sox, J.D. Drew, Marco Scutaro
After an off season that centered around pitching and defense we had the standard jokes this April, but since May those jokes have not been about the defense. There has been some trouble finding solid options in left field and center field, but the defense has...
by Troy Patterson | Jun 8, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Marco Scutaro
It looks like we can finally spend our time harping on other things this year like A low K/BB from John Lackey or Jonathon Papelbon instead of worrying about our short stop production. Marco Scutaro won’t be leading the box score every night or getting top...
by Troy Patterson | Jun 5, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, John Lackey
I’ve struggled this season to answer why John Lackey has been so off from anything we have seen from him previously. His Pitch F/x says he has added more cutters, but is that the only change and is it real? After some research I think I have found more of an...
