by Troy Patterson | Apr 6, 2010 | Josh Beckett, Pitch F/x
I’m never one to jump on single game data, but I’m also never one to pass up a chance to play with Pitch F/x and also test the announcers claims. Sunday and Monday have been full of chatter on Beckett and that it was only one game, but also that his stuff...
by Troy Patterson | Mar 25, 2010 | Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, J.D. Drew, Jeremy Hermida, Jonathan Papelbon, Tim Wakefield
Every spring, we get the March stars who try to earn a roster spot, but hopefully we all know by now that a month or so of at bats is not enough to tell anything. Half the time, players are facing minor leaguers and the rest are players working on their approach. Any...
by Troy Patterson | Mar 23, 2010 | John Lackey
After pitching a game against minor leaguers yesterday and giving up his first home run, which was also his first earned run, of the spring John Lackey made some very good comments. The topic was raised after striking out six and walking none in the match-up with...
by Troy Patterson | Mar 18, 2010 | David Ortiz, Quick Post
An idea I’m mad I didn’t think to use as I was looking more at home run power and distance, but Jeff Zimmerman at Beyond the Boxscore takes a look at hitting spray charts for wrist injuries. As you might expect there is some pretty self explanatory...
by Troy Patterson | Mar 18, 2010 | Jacoby Ellsbury
As we enter 2010 the Red Sox have made large strides to lock up the core of their young players through their arbitration and early free agency years. That raises the question why the Red Sox have apparently made no attempts to start talks to extend him through...
