by charliesap | Dec 9, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Poll
Just a quick poll for everyone as we head into the weekend. Chip basically posed the question yesterday, but let’s make it an official poll. Should the Sox bid on Yu Darvish? Are you enamored by his upside and youth? Are you too worries that he’s Dice-K...
by charliesap | Dec 8, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Jed Lowrie, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Josh Reddick, Ryan Kalish
The Red Sox were in on Mark Buehrle and we here at Fire Brand would have been happy to see him in Boston. However, Buehrle is no longer on the market, as he will be spending the next four years in Miami, having signed a four-year, $58M deal with the Marlins. In...
by chipbuck | Dec 7, 2011 | Andrew Bailey, Boston Red Sox, Daniel Bard, David Ortiz, Hiroki Kuroda, Josh Willingham
Some people feel that baseball’s winter meetings are an overblown festivity, but I couldn’t disagree more. For a hot stove junkie like myself, the winter meetings are like an early Christmas present. Rumors, mystery teams, big contracts, quotes from GMs,...
by charliesap | Dec 6, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Quick Post
Here are some rumors from Tuesday’s winter meetings… Update #3: ESPNBoston.com, through ESPN Deportes, reports that David Ortiz is likely to accept arbitration, which will give him a raise in salary for 2012, but no commitment beyond that for the Sox....
by charliesap | Dec 6, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz
The winter meetings are underway and the offseason action is picking up. One of the possible targets of the Red Sox, Heath Bell, has already signed and those that were hoping to see Jose Reyes in Beantown are out of luck. However, there is hope that one of...
by Troy Patterson | Dec 5, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
The offseason is still young, but there have already been changes to the market. Early on I thought Mark Buehrle would be the best option if he would be willing to come to Boston. He is a solid, consistent and healthy option. He has drawn a lot of interest this...
by darryl johnston | Dec 4, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Dustin Pedroia
When Terry Francona was released/fired/not re-upped/left on his own accord, the question of the offseason for the Boston Red Sox became, “who will play cribbage with Dustin Pedroia now?” No word if new Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine likes his 15-2’s...
by aconvery | Dec 3, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
As you may have heard, eleven months ago, the Red Sox traded away a package of four players to the San Diego Padres for all-star first baseman Adrian Gonzalez. Three of the four players in said package were high-end prospects from Boston’s system. (The other was Eric...
by chipbuck | Dec 2, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag
At this point, there’s no need for an introduction. We all know the drill, so let’s jump right in. I have two questions. 1. When a player has major surgery and misses an entire year and is still under contract, I know that they are still getting paid, but...
by charliesap | Dec 1, 2011 | Bobby Valentine, Boston Red Sox, Quick Post
SI’s John Heyman has tweeted that Bobby Valentine has signed a two-year deal with the Sox. Interesting, I was thinking three or more years for sure. What are your thoughts on the two-year...
