by bcowett | Dec 14, 2012 | Anibal Sanchez, Ben Cherington, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Josh Hamilton, Los Angeles Angels, Mike Napoli, Ryan Dempster, Sandy Rosario, Shane Victorino
You know what’s pretty sweet? Hot Stove action. You know what’s even better? Links to read on a calm Friday morning. Judging from how Ryan Dempster rejected an earlier contract, I didn’t expect him to come to Boston. Turns out he only needed $1.5...
by huntergolden | Dec 12, 2012 | Ben Cherington, Brandon McCarthy, Clay Buchholz, Dan Haren, Edwin Jackson, Felix Doubront, Hiroki Kuroda, Joe Blanton, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Kyle Lohse, Ryan Dempster
Everyone knows the Red Sox need another starting pitcher. The problem is trying to identify who that is. It’s hard to know where to start with a rotation that doesn’t have much of an identity right now. All four players currently in it – Jon Lester, Clay Buchholz,...
by huntergolden | Nov 27, 2012 | Asdrubal Cabrera, Ben Cherington, Boston Red Sox, Carlos Pena, Cody Ross, David Ross, Giancarlo Stanton, Hiroki Kuroda, James Loney, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, John Farrell, John Henry, Josh Hamilton, Kyle Lohse, Lance Berkman, Mike Napoli, Nick Swisher, Ryan Lavarnway, Stephen Drew, Will Myers
It was quiet week in Red Sox rumor land this week, as the front office, it’s fans and those of us with enough time on our hands to write about them fell in and out of Turkey coma. However with the mass slaughter of birds over and cream puffs consumed, it’s time to get...
by scandage | Nov 17, 2012 | Alfredo Aceves, Ben Cherington, Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Cleveland Indians, David Ortiz, David Ross, Dustin Pedroia, Evan Longoria, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Jose Iglesias, Josh Beckett, Los Angeles Dodgers, Miami Marlins, Rich Hill, Ryan Sweeney, Scott Atchison, Toronto Blue Jays, Will Middlebrooks
I’ve been lied to a lot in my life. But what Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington pulled off this week may be a set up for one of the bigger lies I’ve ever heard. At a sports management conference at UMass-Amherst this week, Cherington said that despite...
by evan brunell | Oct 24, 2012 | Ben Cherington, Bobby Valentine, David Ortiz, Mike Aviles, Will Middlebrooks
Bobby Valentine may not be the Red Sox manager anymore, but he’s not done commenting on his time in Boston. And it won’t be the last time, either. Valentine went on “Costas Tonight” on the NBC Sports Network on Tuesday and stirred the pot,...
by huntergolden | Oct 20, 2012 | Ben Cherington, Boston Red Sox, Brad Ausmis, John Farrell, John Henry, Paul Beeston, Quick Post, Toronto Blue Jays
Can we back up the John Farrell express for just a minute here? Word broke over the past few days that the Boston Red Sox have opened talks with the Toronto Blue Jays to work out potential compensation that would allow them to bring Farrell to Boston to be their new...
by scandage | Oct 6, 2012 | Adrian Beltre, Adrian Gonzalez, Allen Webster, Babe Ruth, Ben Cherington, Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford, Che-Hsuan Lin, Elvis Andrus, Ivan De Jesus, Jackie Bradley, Jacoby Ellsbury, James Loney, Jerry Sands, Josh Beckett, Justin Verlander, Los Angeles Dodgers, Mickey Mantle, Nick Punto, Rubby de la Rosa, Scott Boras
After the disaster that was the end of September 2011 and the entirety of the 2012 season, it’s time for the Boston Red Sox to try to figure out how to improve the team. General Manager Ben Cherington realized that the team needed a change, which led to the...
by huntergolden | Oct 5, 2012 | Arnie Beyeler, Ben Cherington, Boston Red Sox, Daniel Bard, Jacoby Ellsbury, Pawtucket Red Sox, Ryan Lavarnway
I haven’t seen an official list of the potential replacements for Bobby Valentine yet, but if there is one, then I hope Pawtucket Red Sox Manager Arnie Beyler’s name is on it. Of any of the potential internal candidates (Gary Tuck, Tim Bogar, Dave Magadin), Beyeler is...
by scandage | Oct 4, 2012 | Ben Cherington, Bobby Valentine, Boston Red Sox, John Farrell, Kevin Youkilis, Toronto Blue Jays
According to Tom Caron, the Red Sox have fired manager Bobby Valentine. Hired on November 21, 2011 after a disastrous end to the 2011 season, Valentine was a controversial hire due to his combative nature and reputation as not being a players’ manager....
by scandage | Sep 29, 2012 | Ben Cherington, Bob McClure, Boston Red Sox, Brad Mills, Dustin Pedroia, Franklin Morales, Gary Tuck, Gene Lamont, Jason Varitek, John Farrell, Kevin Youkilis, Larry Lucchino, Pedro Ciriaco, Randy Niemann, Terry Francona, Theo Epstein, Tim Bogar, Will Middlebrooks
By now it seems a foregone conclusion that the Red Sox will fire Bobby Valentine at the end of this season. Ben Cherington all but admitted that it would occur in a recent interview on WEEI, although he walked back the comment later that day. Although Bobby V’s...
