by askillin | Sep 10, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Allen Webster, Anthony Ranaudo, Brandon Workman, Christian Vazquez, Henry Owens, Matt Barnes, Mookie Betts, Rubby de la Rosa, Uncategorized, Xander Bogaerts
A handful of rookie pitchers have made their debuts for the Red Sox in 2014, but despite flying under the radar, their latest call-up, Matt Barnes, might have the brightest future of them all. 2014 has been a trying year for the Red Sox, but fans have at least gotten...
by broach | Sep 1, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Anthony Ranaudo, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, Dustin Pedroia, Fenway Park, Mookie Betts, Steven Wright
The Boston Red Sox went 4-2 over the last week and are now 60-76 with 26 games remaining including Monday’s contest against the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday. The pitching has done well and the offense has scored enough runs to keep on winning despite Dustin Pedroia...
by prmallon | Aug 30, 2014 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, 2013 Playoffs, 2013 World Series, 2014 Boston Red Sox, Daniel Nava
Please forgive the horrible pun in the title. I played around with a few other ideas before settling on that one, and as silly as it is, it’s rather apt. Daniel Nava is an anomaly, quite like anyone else who’s ever played in major league baseball. Most of us are aware...
by tbrooks | Aug 26, 2014 | 2013 Playoffs, 2014 Boston Red Sox, Allen Webster, Andrew Miller, Boston Red Sox, Brock Holt, Burke Badenhop, Christian Vazquez, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Jackie Bradley, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Junichi Tazawa, koji uehara, Mike Napoli, Rubby de la Rosa, Shane Victorino, Xander Bogaerts
The list is extensive and littered with our favorite names: David Ortiz. Dustin Pedroia. Xander Bogaerts. Jackie Bradley, Jr. Clay Buchholz. Shane Victorino. And on and on. These are the players who have played below [or severely below] expectations or career norms in...
by broach | Aug 25, 2014 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, 2014 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Felix Hernandez, Fenway Park, Seattle Mariners, Toronto Blue Jays, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts, Yoenis Cespedes
The Boston Red Sox went 0-7 over the last week and are now 56-74, which is a season-high 18 games below .500. The team has to win 14 of its final 32 contests in order to be better than the 2012 season. The team has improved offensively with the addition of Yoenis...
by jpolman | Aug 23, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Allen Webster, Boston Red Sox, Brock Holt, Christian Vazquez, Dustin Pedroia, Fenway Park, Roger Clemens, Scott Feldman
Fifty-one years ago, I went to my first Red Sox game. Many presidents, fashions and shortstops later, it’s still nice to visit home again… We boarded the Green Line at the Arlington Station a couple Thursdays ago, 90 minutes before a 7:00 game with...
by broach | Aug 22, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Rusney Castillo
The Boston Red Sox were able to agree on a contract with free agent Cuban outfielder Rusney Castillo on Friday morning. The deal is worth $72.5 million over the course of seven seasons. The Detroit Tigers were also heavily involved in trying to acquire the recently...
by prmallon | Aug 22, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox
As this season slogs on, I’m having trouble determining whether or not each loss is becoming increasingly painful or increasingly innocuous. I’m inclined to say increasingly painful, primarily because of how tantalizingly close the Sox come to winning some of these...
by askillin | Aug 20, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Ben Cherington, Boston Red Sox, Jackie Bradley, Mookie Betts, Xander Bogaerts
A number of Red Sox hitters have struggled to perform in line with their preseason expectations in 2014, a reality that has become painfully obvious to observers at this point. As Jackie Bradley Jr. has endured a near-historic season of futility offensively, Boston’s...
by tbrooks | Aug 19, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, 2014 Trade Deadline
Anyone who follows baseball has known for months that the 2014 version of the Boston Red Sox is a clunker. As the Red Sox fan base licks it’s wounds, as Ben Cherington turns 2 months of John Lester into 1 year and 2 months of Yoenis Cespedes, as the Astros...
