by jcookson | Jul 25, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, cc sabathia, David Ortiz, Derek Lowe, Dustin Pedroia, Former Red Sox, Houston Astros, Jacoby Ellsbury, Johan Santana, Johnny Damon, Jon Lester, Mike Napoli, Pedro Martinez
The Red Sox drafted Jon Lester in 2002. He’s spent his entire career with the club, overcome cancer with the club, and won two World Series rings with the club. His teammates refer to him as a role model, and he’s been a force at the top of the rotation for the Red...
by broach | Jul 21, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, A.J. Pierzynski, Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, David Price, Dustin Pedroia, Jon Lester, Kansas City Royals, Shane Victorino, Tampa Bay Rays, Toronto Blue Jays, Will Middlebrooks
The Boston Red Sox have won seven of eight contests after struggling to win a series in early July and are just six games under .500 at 46-52. They are six games out of the second wild card spot and 7.5 games out of the AL East-leading Baltimore Orioles. The team has...
by prmallon | Jul 19, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Brock Holt, Brock Holt, Clay Buchholz, Kansas City Royals, Xander Bogaerts
The Red Sox won last night. They beat the Kansas City Royals, 5-4. Bucholtz got the win, Scott Downs was credited with the loss, and Koji notched save number 19. Just another night in Boston. Admittedly, that win felt very good. I’m trying not to delude myself into...
by prmallon | Jul 12, 2014 | 2013 ALCS, 2013 ALDS, 2013 Boston Red Sox, 2013 MLB Playoffs, 2013 Playoffs, 2013 World Series, 2014 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Jake Peavy
I was a little worried that Jake Peavy was going to be traded this week, thus making my post somewhat irrelevant. Thankfully, he wasn’t. I imagine he will be soon, so perhaps this will serve as our “In Memoriam,” so to speak. On to the...
by jcookson | Jul 11, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, A.J. Pierzynski, Alex Hassan, Allen Webster, Anthony Ranaudo, Blake Swihart, Brandon Workman, Brian Johnson, Brock Holt, Bryce Brentz, Christian Vazquez, Devin Marrero, Dexter Fowler, Garin Cecchini, Giancarlo Stanton, Henry Owens, Jackie Bradley, Jake Peavy, Matt Barnes, Mookie Betts, Oscar Taveras, Rubby de la Rosa, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
The release of A.J. Pierzynski on Wednesday marked a turning point for the Red Sox this season. The youth movement has started in earnest, with the club starting five rookies on Wednesday night. As Alex Skillin wrote earlier this week, more moves should be on the way...
by jreilly | Jul 7, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves, Ben Cherington, Boston Red Sox, Brooks Baseball, Dustin Pedroia, fWAR, Greg Maddux, John Lackey, John Smoltz, Jon Lester, OPS, St. Louis Cardinals, Stephen Drew, Steve Avery, Tom Glavine, Xander Bogaerts
Maybe you are one of the optimistic Red Sox fans who believes this 2014 team has a second half run in them. You argue that despite being a season worst ten games under .500, the team is actually only nine games out of first place. You remind your fellow fans that...
by jcookson | Jul 7, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Ben Cherington, Boston Red Sox, Jackie Bradley, Jon Lester, koji uehara, Xander Bogaerts
After a dispiriting extra innings loss, the Red Sox are now in last place, 9 games out of first. Past Sox teams dominated at home, but after taking two out of three against the Yankees in New York, the team is 1-5 on the current homestand, and three games below .500...
by prmallon | Jul 5, 2014 | 2013 ALCS, 2013 ALDS, 2013 Boston Red Sox, 2013 Playoffs, 2013 World Series, 2014 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cy Young, Jake Peavy, San Diego Padres, Tim Lincecum
I last saw Jake Peavy pitch, live and in person, nearly seven years ago. Paradoxically, I remember it vividly, yet vaguely. More accurately, there are elements of the game I remember with clarity, but on the whole, it’s mostly a haze in my mind. I remember it being...
by akhatchaturian | Jul 4, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Dustin Pedroia
By Andre Khatchaturian Dustin Pedroia is on fire. After bottoming out with a .262 average on June 27 and being the defiant subject in a Dan Shaughnessy story, Pedroia is hitting .600 over the last five games. Despite the fact that the Red Sox almost got no-hit by Jake...
by jcookson | Jul 4, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Ben Zobrist, Brock Holt, Dustin Pedroia, Jackie Bradley, Jose Altuve, Mookie Betts, Xander Bogaerts
I wrote my first Mookie Betts article for Fire Brand in June of last year after he had sustained his breakout performance at Low A in Greenville for a few months. I wrote at that time that his dream projection was “a high on base contact hitter with excellent speed...
