by Troy Patterson | Mar 29, 2012 | Adrian Gonzalez, Alfredo Aceves, Andrew Bailey, Andrew Miller, Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford, Clay Buchholz, Cody Ross, Daniel Bard, Dustin Pedroia, Felix Doubront, Franklin Morales, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Kevin Youkilis, Mark Melancon, Matt Albers, Michael Bowden, Mike Aviles, Nick Punto, Ryan Sweeney, Scott Atchison, Vicente Padilla
The 2012 season is finally almost ready to start and the Boston Red Sox can finally put all the stories from last season out of the news with a solid start. The team is largely intact much the same as last year and while the media has spent many pages hand wringing...
by Troy Patterson | Mar 23, 2012 | Quick Post
I’m sure the new stadium isn’t going to be the big draw if you’re thinking about heading down to spring training this year, but if you’re curious about how the new stadium looks and feels you should check out this review from...
by Troy Patterson | Mar 22, 2012 | Boston Red Sox
The 2012 Boston Red Sox have thrown plenty of possible lineups at their opponents this spring, but there hasn’t been a consensus on what lineup would be best. The biggest question is who should hit leadoff this season. The old logic says a speed guy who steals...
by Troy Patterson | Mar 15, 2012 | Boston Red Sox
We’ve heard it a million times and we’ll surely hear it another million. Spring stats might as well be thrown out the window. Of course I’ll tell those same writers/reports/commentators if you’re only looking at one month of data (like say...
by Troy Patterson | Mar 1, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Sabermetric Spring Training
After looking at what is the basis for much of our sabermetric offensive value in wOBA, I wanted to take a look at the next stat which attempts to build off of Bill James stat RC (runs created) and combine it with wOBA. Runs Created was originally instituted by James...
