by domara | Aug 18, 2014 | Alex Wilson, Allen Craig, Boston Red Sox, Brock Holt, Clay Buchholz, Daniel Nava, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Houston Astros, Joe Kelly, Jose Altuve, koji uehara, Marwin Gonzalez, Rubby de la Rosa, Xander Bogearts, Yoenis Cespedes
The Red Sox continued their series with the Houston Astros over the weekend, and wound up splitting the 4 game set at 2 games a side. After picking up a 9-4 victory on Thursday, Boston dropped a 10 inning bout with Houston the following night. Clay Buchholz was solid...
by askillin | Aug 13, 2014 | Allen Craig, Ben Cherington, Boston Red Sox, Jon Lester, Yoenis Cespedes
Although the Red Sox ended up trading long-time ace Jon Lester at the deadline, they did get a pretty good player in return from the A’s in Yoenis Cespedes. GM Ben Cherington acknowledged that Boston fielded some attractive offers involving prospects prior to dealing...
by prmallon | Aug 9, 2014 | Allen Craig, Ben Cherington, Boston Red Sox, Devin Marrero, Dustin Pedroia, Giancarlo Stanton, Henry Owens, Jackie Bradley, Joe Kelly, Mike Napoli, Mookie Betts, Pawtucket Red Sox, Portland Sea Dogs, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts, Yoenis Cespedes
With the season effectively over, it sometimes feels pointless and futile to recapitulate the goings on of the team from day to day and week to week from here on out. It seems extraneous and irrelevant to analyze players’ performances if they are all for naught....
by domara | Aug 8, 2014 | Adam Wainwright, Allen Craig, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, Christian Vazquez, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Kelly Johnson, koji uehara, Mike Napoli, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, Stephen Drew, Xander Bogearts
In the rubber match of a three game series, the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night, by a final score of 5-2. Red Sox starter Brandon Workman put his team behind early in the game, as he allowed 3 first inning runs to cross the plate....
by domara | Aug 7, 2014 | Allen Craig, Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Daniel Nava, Jackie Bradley, Joe Kelly, koji uehara, matt adams, Matt Carpenter, St. Louis Cardinals, Xander Bogearts, Yoenis Cespedes
The Red Sox evened the series against the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night, winning by a final of 2-1. In his Red Sox debut, Joe Kelly tossed 7 strong innings, yielding just 1 run on 3 hits, while striking out 2 and walking 4. Similarly, Cardinals starting...
by askillin | Aug 6, 2014 | Allen Craig, Boston Red Sox, Brock Holt, Daniel Nava, Jackie Bradley, Mookie Betts, Shane Victorino, Yoenis Cespedes
Little has gone as planned in 2014 for the Red Sox, and the club’s furious dealing prior to last Thursday’s trade deadline was direct evidence of that fact. GM Ben Cherington shipped off one veteran after another in hopes of re-tooling the roster for the 2015...
by broach | Aug 5, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, 2014 Trade Deadline, AL East, Allen Craig, Andrew Miller, Anthony Ranaudo, Boston Red Sox, Joe Kelly, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Jonny Gomes, Stephen Drew, Yoenis Cespedes
The Boston Red Sox struggled at home this week with a 1-5 homestand and are now 14 games behind the AL East leading Baltimore Orioles. However, the team did not improve in one category this week: offense. The team has been able to score runs the last three games post...
by broach | Aug 2, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, AL East, Alex Wilson, Allen Craig, Anthony Ranaudo, Boston Red Sox, Joe Kelly, Mike Carp, Mookie Betts, Shane Victorino, Will Middlebrooks, Yoenis Cespedes
The Boston Red Sox had five open spaces after trading away pieces on Thursday prior to Friday’s contest at Fenway Park against the New York Yankees, but the team did a couple extra moves to make sure even more players could get on the team. The Red Sox placed...
by prmallon | Aug 2, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, 2014 Trade Deadline, Allen Craig, Allen Craig, Boston Red Sox, Joe Kelly, Joe Kelly, John Lackey, St. Louis Cardinals, Yoenis Cespedes, Yoenis Cespedes
Presumably, you’ve all heard by now that John Lackey was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals (along with prospect Corey Littrell) for OF Allen Craig and RHP Joe Kelly. Most pundits and analysts seem to view the trade favorably and consider it a “win” for both sides....
