by Troy Patterson | Apr 15, 2010 | Jacoby Ellsbury, Marco Scutaro, Ted Williams
I wanted to avoid writing about the pitching staff today, but the lack of strikeouts by our team is starting to get concerning. It’s not just a few pitchers, it is all of them. Anyway one thing I found today that I thought shouldn’t go unnoticed was Marco...
by Troy Patterson | Apr 13, 2010 | Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Quick Post
So far this young season Jon Lester has walked six batters in only 10 IP. While an extremely small sample it’s a bit concerning. So far his fastball has been poor according to Fangraphs pitch values with a -2.19 runs per 100 pitches. One change I see right now...
by Troy Patterson | Apr 10, 2010 | Daniel Bard, Hideki Okajima, Jonathan Papelbon, Manny Delcarmen, Ramon A. Ramirez, Scott Schoeneweis
I love to preach patience and we have a long season ahead, but I think it’s time to question the bullpen. It’s only been 4 games, but a team putting big situations in the hands of Scott Schoeneweis and Scott Atchinson might want to start looking for...
by Troy Patterson | Apr 8, 2010 | John Lackey, Pitch F/x
Sometimes a pitcher will make adjustments and one game will result in a large jump in one pitch or perhaps they can’t control it so they just get rid of the pitch. That doesn’t seem to be the case as John Lackey made a huge change to his pitch breakdown...
by Troy Patterson | Apr 6, 2010 | Quick Post
Although I got some credit I should say it was Lee who did all the heavy lifting on this one. Head over to RazzBall and check out the five questions answered by Lee on the 2010 Boston Red Sox. It’s a bit fantasy oriented, but a good bunch of questions. ...
