by scandage | May 4, 2012 | Aaron Cook, Adam Jones, Adrian Gonzalez, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Brian Roberts, Chris Davis, Clay Buchholz, David Ortiz, Endy Chavez, J.J. Hardy, Jason Hammel, Jim Johnson, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Kevin Gregg, Kevin Youkilis, Luis Ayala, Mark Reynolds, Matt Lindstrom, Matt Wieters, Nick Johnson, Nick Markakis, Nolan Reimold, Robert Andino, Taylor Teagarden, Tommy Hunter, Tsuyoshi Wada, Wei-Yin Chen, Will Middlebrooks, Wilson Betemit, Zach Britton
The 16-9 Baltimore Orioles come to Fenway Park for the weekend to play three games against the cellar-dwelling 11-13 Boston Red Sox. The Orioles are in second place in the American League East? And they are pitching well? Is this 1971? STARTING PITCHERS –...
by scandage | Apr 23, 2012 | Adrian Gonzalez, Alexi Casilla, Andrew Bailey, Andrew Miller, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Chris Parmelee, Clay Buchholz, Clayton Mortensen, Clete Thomas, Daniel Bard, Danny Valencia, Denard Span, Jamey Carroll, Jason Marquis, Joe Mauer, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Josh Willingham, Justin Morneau, Kelly Shoppach, Kyle Waldrop, Liam Hendrix, Mark Melancon, Marlon Byrd, Michael Bowden, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Nick Blackburn, Ross Ohlendorf, Ryan Doumit, Scott Baker
The Red Sox dragged their sorry butts out of town and will try to get healthy by taking on the 5-11 Minnesota Twins in the first game of a seven-game road trip. The Twins look like a carbon-copy of the Red Sox so far – the top of the order hitting well, the...
by chipbuck | Apr 20, 2012 | Adrian Gonzalez, Alex Rodriguez, Alfredo Aceves, Andrew Bailey, Anibal Sanchez, Bobby Valentine, Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford, Daniel Bard, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Kevin Youkilis, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag
Bobby Valentine has a problem. He likes to talk. For most people, this wouldn’t be a problem. For Bobby, though, he tends to gossip to people he shouldn’t. To be fair, I feel a little bad for him. He’s a new guy in a big city without a lot of...
by chipbuck | Apr 20, 2012 | A.J. Burnett, Adrian Gonzalez, Andruw Jones, Andy Pettitte, Brett Gardner, C.C. Sabathia, Derek Jeter, Freddy Garcia, Ivan Nova, Michael Pineda, Nick Swisher, Phil Hughes
Today, I’m releasing the second installment of my “Five Questions with the Enemy” series. From time to time, I’ll check in with other writers within the baseball blogosphere to discuss their team, an upcoming series with the Red Sox, or just general...
by scandage | Apr 9, 2012 | Adam Lind, Adrian Gonzalez, Alan Farina, Alfredo Aceves, Ben Francisco, Boston Red Sox, Brett Lawrie, Cody Ross, Colby Rasmus, Daniel Bard, David Ortiz, Dustin McGowan, Edwin Encarnacion, Eric Thames, Felix Doubront, Henderson Alvarez, J.P. Arencibia, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jesse Litsch, Jose Bautista, Kelly Johnson, Kevin Youkilis, Kyle Drabek, Mark Melancon, Ricky Romero, Ryan Sweeney, Toronto Blue Jays, Yunel Escobar
The Advanced Scout grabs a cup of Tim Horton’s coffee and analyzes the first AL East opponent of the year – the Toronto Blue Jays. The Red Sox will have to do well against the Blue Jays this year if they have any chance of making the playoffs. Will the...
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 charliesap | Mar 11, 2012 | Adrian Gonzalez, Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jon Lester, Tim Wakefield
Inevitably, all baseball heroes ride off into the sunset. Jason Varitek and Tim Wakefield, both Boston legends, have found their sunsets. This is the first spring in 17 years that there is no number 49 or 33 on the field mentoring others wearing numbers like 71 and...
by charliesap | Dec 13, 2011 | Adrian Gonzalez, Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury, Kevin Youkilis
Every year thousands upon thousands of baseball fans await the unveiling of Bill James’ projections. Thanks to the great and free information at FanGraphs, we are able to view these projections at no cost. In part one, we’ll take a look at the 2012...
by charliesap | Nov 29, 2011 | Adrian Gonzalez, Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Kevin Youkilis
Aging designated hitters haven’t been striking it rich (relatively speaking, of course) in the free agent market over the last few years. Last offseason, Vladimir Guerrero, who had hit .300/.345/.496 with 29 home runs that summer, could not find a team willing...
by chipbuck | Nov 4, 2011 | Adrian Gonzalez, Albert Pujols, Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford, Clay Buchholz, David Ortiz, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Kevin Youkilis, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag, Tim Wakefield
And we’re back! Nick Cafardo returns with his amazingly amusing mail bag! This week’s questions are just as eye-roll inducing as the ones we’ve seen over the last two weeks. Rather than keep you waiting, I’m going to jump right in to answer...
