by aconvery | May 5, 2011 | Bobby Jenks, Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford, Dan Wheeler, Dustin Pedroia, Game Threads, Joel Pineiro, John Lackey, Los Angeles Angels
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim(17-14) @ Boston Red Sox (14-16) Joel Pineiro(0-0, 1.29) @ John Lackey (2-3, 5.65 ) 1:35 PM EDT |Fenway Park (Boston, MA.) TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, WWZN 1510 INJURY REPORT Anaheim: Kendrys Morales, broken ankle (Placed on the 15 day DL...
by chipbuck | May 4, 2011 | Bobby Jenks, Boston Red Sox
Gordon Edes of ESPN Boston recently caught up with Red Sox manager Terry Francona. Not surprisingly, Bobby Jenks was one of the primary topics of discussion. “After a tough weekend for Bobby Jenks, who blew a lead and was saddled with Friday’s 5-4 loss,...
by charliesap | Mar 29, 2011 | Andrew Miller, Bobby Jenks, Boston Red Sox, Dan Wheeler, Daniel Bard, Dennys Reyes, Jonathan Papelbon, Matt Albers, Rich Hill, Tim Wakefield
photo © 2008 Eric Savage | more info (via: Wylio) What a difference a year makes. The 2010 season was filled with roadblocks, but the bullpen in particular was a major weak spot. Aside from Jonathan Papelbon and Daniel Bard, the rest of the pen was league average or...
by charliesap | Dec 30, 2010 | Andrew Miller, Bobby Jenks, Boston Red Sox, Daniel Bard, Jonathan Papelbon, Rich Hill
Baseball has become a game of specialized players, especially when it comes to the bullpen. The bullpen is so specialized that each “position” is actually defined. You have long relievers, middle relievers, a setup man and a closer…and, of course,...
by mike silver | Dec 20, 2010 | Bobby Jenks, Boston Red Sox, Dan Wheeler
The Sox continued wheeling and dealing this week, adding relievers Bobby Jenks and Dan Wheeler to the pen — along with a slew of minor league arms. Jenks and Wheeler will be welcome additions to the back end of the bullpen. Though Jenks may be coming off a rough...
by charliesap | Dec 16, 2010 | Bobby Jenks, Boston Red Sox
It is being reported that the Sox have added a major piece to their bullpen puzzle today, former White Sox closer. Bobby Jenks. Jenks will not only change the color of his socks for 2011, but his role as well. The deal is being reported at two-years and $12M, which is...
by charliesap | Nov 9, 2010 | Bobby Jenks, Boston Red Sox
Though the free agent market is officially open, let’s not forget about the trade possibilities out there. As stated about a million times since the end of the regular season, the Red Sox need to improve their bullpen. There is one reliever out there in...
by dan rowinski | Jun 10, 2010 | Bobby Jenks, Boof Bonser, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Lyon, Chicago White Sox, Cla Meredith, Daniel Bard, Felix Doubront, Hideki Okajima, Jonathan Papelbon, Manny Delcarmen, Ramon Ramirez, Robert Manuel, Scott Atchison, Scott Schoeneweis
Look on the bright side. When it comes to the Sox best relief pitchers, all are home grown. Yet, outside of Jonathan Papelbon, Daniel Bard and Manny Delcarmen there has not been a lot to like about the Sox bullpen this year. You probably had the feeling, as I did,...
by evan brunell | Feb 15, 2008 | Al Reyes, Alan Embree, B.J. Ryan, Billy Wagner, Bob Wickman, Bobby Jenks, Brad Hennessey, Brett Myers, Brian Fuentes, Chad Cordero, Chris Ray, David Weathers, Eric Gagne, Francisco Cordero, Francisco Rodriguez, J.J. Putz, Jason Isringhausen, Jeremy Accardo, Joakim Soria, Joe Borowski, Joe Nathan, Jonathan Papelbon, Jose Valverde, Kevin Gregg, Mariano Rivera, Matt Capps, Ryan Dempster, Takashi Saito, Todd Jones, Trevor Hoffman, Troy Percival
Every year, I run a feature here at Fire Brand called Saves per Inning Pitched (SIP). It’s a little statistic I made up that in the general scheme of things, probably means nothing. But I like doing it because it tells me what teams utilize their closer as a...
