by charliesap | Feb 17, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Quick Post, Tim Wakefield
After 19 seasons in the major leagues, 17 with the Boston Red Sox, 45-year-old Knuckleballer Tim Wakefield is set to announce his retirement according to MLB Trade Rumors. Wakefield retires as one of the most beloved Red Sox players of his time and perhaps of all...
by charliesap | Feb 17, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford
<img class=" wp-image-15723 alignleft" style="margin-left: 3px;margin-right: 3px" title="No one projected Carl Crawford to play so poorly last season. Rather, many experts thought that his move to Fenway and into a loaded lineup would...
by Troy Patterson | Feb 16, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Sabermetric Spring Training
After reviewing FIP last week I thought we would take a look at a stat on the offensive side. This stat attempts to incorporate all things a hitter does at the plate and give a value similar to OBP. That raises the question “Why not use OBP, or OPS?”...
by charliesap | Feb 15, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Quick Post
This past Monday, the Red Sox announced that they will celebrate 100 years of Fenway Park with the All-Fenway team. Fans can vote for who they believe belongs on the team at Fenway100.com. While the official results won’t be completely published until mid-May,...
by chipbuck | Feb 15, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Cody Ross, Daniel Bard, Kevin Youkilis, Ryan Kalish, Ryan Sweeney
After a September collapse that knocked the Red Sox out of the playoffs, many fans and analysts expected the organization to make some big sweeping moves this offseason. While a shakeup with field and front office management occurred in late-September and...
by aconvery | Feb 14, 2012 | Boston Red Sox
A few thoughts as we wait out that anticipatory time between Truck Day and Spring Training: Is Roy Oswalt even really worth the effort? The guy doesn’t seem to want to pitch in Boston, and honestly if that’s the attitude he’s going to have, I’d rather not dish out...
by charliesap | Feb 13, 2012 | Boston Red Sox
Dan Szymborski is the creator of the ZiPS projection system. Whether you have read his musings on Baseball Think Factory, ESPN.com or elsewhere, you’ve likely been introduced to his work. If not, you should become acquainted. Adrian Gonzalez lead the hitters...
by aconvery | Feb 11, 2012 | Boston Red Sox
On Thursday, ESPN analyst Keith Law released his annual ranking of the top 100 prospects in the game. Before ESPN, Law had a job in the Blue Jay’s front office as a special assistant to the general manager and was a writer for Baseball Prospectus. Needless to say,...
by chipbuck | Feb 10, 2012 | Boston Red Sox
As most of you probably know by now, I love to read baseball articles, pick them apart, and respond in kind. Typically, when this happens, I’m responding back to Dan Shaughnessy for some trite, overbearing, piece of trash he regurgitated onto the Boston Globe...
by Troy Patterson | Feb 9, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Daniel Bard
I took a look earlier this offseason at why projections and comparables for Daniel Bard should make us optimistic, but there is much more to the story. Also I needed a reason to play with the new BrooksBaseball Player Cards. Looking at Bard’s 2011 I saw two...
