by Troy Patterson | Feb 9, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Sabermetric Spring Training
It’s almost Truck day and the Red Sox players are almost ready to get started. What better time to start a review of the stats we most commonly use at Fire Brand? We’ll try to cover as many as we can and hope you’ll ask questions if you have any or...
by chipbuck | Feb 8, 2012 | Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, Toronto Blue Jays
Going into the 2012 season, the Red Sox’s biggest perceived weakness is their starting pitching. While they have a formidable front three, the back of the rotation gives much anxiety to those running, following, and writing about the club. The Yankees have...
by aconvery | Feb 7, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Jose Iglesias, Mike Aviles, Nick Punto
<a title="license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ – click to view more info about 'Well, in a short answer: yes. Unless Ben Cherington knows something that the rest of us don’t (and he just might), then Mike Aviles and Nick Punto are...
by chipbuck | Feb 6, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Derek Lowe, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jason Varitek, Kelly Shoppach, Ryan Lavarnway
In case you missed it yesterday as you were preparing to watch what turned out to be the Patriots bonecrushing and entirely depressing loss to the New York Giants of East Rutherford, NJ in the Super Bowl… According to Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe, Scott...
by charliesap | Feb 6, 2012 | Aaron Cook, Alfredo Aceves, Boston Red Sox, Carlos Silva, Clay Buchholz, Daniel Bard, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Roy Oswalt, Vincente Padilla
Can the Red Sox starting rotation hold up in 2012? Find out by watching every Red Sox game in 2012 with MLB Extra Innings on DIRECT TV. A few days ago, Red Sox GM Ben Cherington was quoted as saying that it was “unlikely” that the Sox would add another...
by chipbuck | Feb 5, 2012 | Alfredo Aceves, Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Quick Post
According to Peter Abraham (by way of Nick Cafardo) of the Boston Globe, the Red Sox and Alfredo Aceves have agreed to terms on a one year deal worth $1.2M. The contract includes upwards of $100K in performance based bonuses, and allows both sides to avoid going...
by aconvery | Feb 4, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Brandon Jacobs
It’s easy to root against Brandon Jacobs this week. No one in New England wants to see him rush for too many yards or score too many touchdowns. What people don’t realize is that there is a prospect on Boston’s outfield named Brandon Jacobs, an outfielder who has been...
by chipbuck | Feb 3, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford, Cody Ross, Daniel Bard, David Ortiz, Edwin Jackson, Fred Lynn, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jayson Werth, Kevin Youkilis, Matt Garza, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag, Ryan Sweeney, Theo Compensation, Tim Wakefield, Vicente Padilla
Can you believe it? It’s been more than two weeks since the illustrious Nick Cafardo graced us with the little nugget of gold he calls his mailbag. I have to admit, I was a little worried that he’d grown tired of sharing and answering the thoughts,...
by Troy Patterson | Feb 2, 2012 | Alfredo Aceves, Boston Red Sox, Javier Vazquez
<a title="license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ – click to view more info about 'Javier Vázquez' or find free 'I can’t say this option has much of a shot, as this player has been pretty solidly quoted as saying...
by aconvery | Jan 31, 2012 | Boston Red Sox
Bobby Valentine is going to do things differently than Terry Francona. With last season ending the way it did, he has no other choice but to bring change to a franchise that seems to have grown too comfortable with itself. The only question is just how radical will...
