by domara | Jul 31, 2014 | Andrew Miller, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, Christian Vazquez, Felix Doubront, John Lackey, Jon Lester, koji uehara, Shane Victorino, Stephen Drew
The Toronto Blue Jays completed their 3 game sweep of the Red Sox on Wednesday night, winning by a final score of 6-1. Brandon Workman got the start for Boston in place of Jon Lester, while the veteran right-hander Mark Buehrle toed the rubber for the Blue Jays. For...
by domara | Jul 30, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, John Farrell, Jon Lester, Xander Bogearts
For the second time in the past 5 days, Rubby De La Rosa and Marcus Stroman squared off, as the Red Sox and Blue Jays met for at Fenway Park for game 2 of a 3 game series. After both pitchers enjoyed a clean first inning, the Blue Jays opened the scoring on the...
by askillin | Jul 30, 2014 | Anthony Ranaudo, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, Clay Buchholz, Cole Hamels, Felix Doubront, Henry Owens, Hisashi Iwakuma, James Shields, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Justin Masterson, Max Scherzer, Rubby de la Rosa
Enough has been said and written about Jon Lester’s contract negotiations with the Red Sox that there is no need to rehash here. The Red Sox, for their part, didn’t expect to be this bad in 2014, so they probably believed another season of contention would give them...
by domara | Jul 29, 2014 | Allen Webster, Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Felix Doubront, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Los Angeles Dodgers, Matt Kemp, Melky Cabrera, Mike Napoli, R.A. Dickey, Toronto Blue Jays
“Defeated” is an understatement for what the Toronto Blue Jays did to the Boston Red Sox on Monday night. In actuality, destroyed, embarrassed, or dismantled would be a more appropriate description of the beat-down that took place at Fenway Park. Melky...
by tbrooks | Jul 29, 2014 | Allen Webster, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, Devin Marrero, Garin Cecchini, Jackie Bradley, Jacoby Ellsbury, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Los Angeles Dodgers, Peter Gammons, Pittsburgh Pirates, Rubby de la Rosa, Seattle Mariners, Travis Shaw, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogearts
It’s not entirely clear if this has been adequately reported or not, but John Lackey is signed for 2015 at the staggering rate of $500,000 (major league minimum) because he his contract stipulated just that were he to miss time significant due to injury. Oh, you...
by bcowett | Jul 29, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Trivia
Red Sox Trivia! Know your roots! Question:Of the players currently on the Red Sox’ 40-man roster, only one was acquired as an amateur free agent. Who is it? No search engines or keyword searches. Previous Question Answer: With a 7.3 fWAR in 2004, Curt Schilling...
by broach | Jul 28, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Andrew Miller, Boston Red Sox, Felix Doubront, Fenway Park, Jake Peavy, John Lackey, Jon Lester, koji uehara, Mike Carp, Stephen Drew
The Boston Red Sox had an unsuccessful road trip with a 2-5 record against the Toronto Blue Jays and Tampa Bay Rays over the past seven days. The offense was stagnant at times after a 14-run outburst last Monday night at Rogers Centre. The pitching was pretty solid,...
by domara | Jul 28, 2014 | Allen Webster, Andrew Miller, Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Felix Doubront, Jake Peavy, Jon Lester, koji uehara, Los Angeles Dodgers, Matt Kemp, Mike Carp
After losing the first two games against the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday and Saturday, the Red Sox were able to avoid the sweep by taking care of their division rivals on Sunday. Allen Webster started for Boston, and was constantly dancing into and out of trouble through...
by broach | Jul 26, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Jake Peavy, San Francisco Giants
The Boston Red Sox agreed on a deal that will send pitcher Jake Peavy to the San Francisco Giants for a pair of pitching prospects out of the Triple-A affiliate for the Giants, lefty Edwin Escobar and right-handed reliever Heath Hembree. Both teams will split the...
by prmallon | Jul 26, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Brett Gardner, Cincinnati Reds, Ichiro Suzuki, Jonny Gomes, New York Yankees, Oakland A's, Oakland Athletics
In his short time with the Boston Red Sox, Jonny Gomes has endeared himself to Red Sox Nation quicker than any other player in recent memory. It’s difficult not to take notice of Gomes and his quasi folk hero personality. Between the punting of the beer cans after...
