by bcowett | Sep 3, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Trivia
Red Sox Trivia! It’s a new day! Question: Jacoby Ellsbury lead the team in fWAR up until recently. Who caught up to him? No search engines or keyword searches. and since there’s a limited field of answers here, no Fangraphs either. Previous Question...
by tbrooks | Sep 3, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Classy, Michael Young, Ned Coletti, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag
On a near weekly basis, we delve into Nick Cafardo’s Mail Bag or Sunday Notes, but this week, we are going to divert a little bit. As if the sports pages of the Boston Globe were not a terrifying enough place, today we are going to enter into the unedited,...
by bcowett | Sep 2, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Daniel Bard, David Ortiz, Jake Peavy, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, John McDonald, Xander Bogaerts
And away goes the White Sox. It’s a real shame to seem them go, I’ve always liked entertaining games where the Red Sox win in spite of their awfulness. It’s almost like clockwork for the 2013 Boston Red Sox: another series win (a sweep, no less), and...
by bcowett | Sep 2, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Alex Avila, Andy Dirks, Austin Jackson, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Doug Fister, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Jose Iglesias, Max Scherzer, Miguel Cabrera, Mike Carp, Prince Fielder, Ramon Santiago, Rick Porcello, Ryan Dempster, Torii Hunter, Victor Martinez
In a sense, this homestand is a worst-to-first when you consider the American League Central standings. The last-place White Sox come to town first, then the Detroit Tigers saunter on in to Boston. It’s a steep increase in difficulty, but in the end, we’ll...
by jkeller | Sep 1, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, Clay Buchholz, Craig Breslow, Daniel Nava, David Ortiz, David Ross, Drake Britton, Dustin Pedroia, Felix Doubront, Franklin Morales, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jake Peavy, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Jonny Gomes, Junichi Tazawa, Koji Uehara, Matt Thorton, Mike Carp, Mike Napoli, Ryan Dempster, Shane Victorino, Stephen Drew, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
“And down the stretch they come!” Once again the calendar turns from August to September. Thankfully this time around the Red Sox are not only back in the race, they are, in fact, leading the race. Boston entered August 65-44, up 0.5 games in the American...
by bcowett | Aug 30, 2013 | Adam Dunn, Alejandro De Aza, Alexei Ramirez, Andre Rienzo, Avisail Garcia, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Dayan Viciedo, Felix Doubront, Gavin Floyd, Gordon Beckham, Hector Santiago, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jake Peavy, Jeff Keppinger, John Danks, Josh Phegley, Paul Konerko, Ryan Dempster, Tyler Flowers
Part Two of this homestand is a three-game set against the lowly White Sox, which will inevitably make many a writer use a “clever” Sox pun headline. I mean, we’ve seen these teams play each other quite a bit, guys, you don’t need to be...
by jcookson | Aug 30, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Henry Owens, Jon Lester
Henry Owens entered this season as one of a handful of top Red Sox pitching prospects. After a breakout 2013, he’s finishing the season as arguably their top pitching prospect. SoxProspects.com have him ranked as the number three prospect in the Red Sox system,...
by bcowett | Aug 30, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Chris Tillman, Daniel Bard, David Ortiz, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jerry Remy, Mike Carp, Shane Victorino
I called it. That game against Chris Tillman would be the most frustrating contest of the series. Can he just regress already and save us the stress? It wasn’t an easy night for the Red Sox. A few missed opportunities & a bunch of line drive outs later, the...
by chipbuck | Aug 29, 2013 | Alex Wilson, Allen Webster, Anthony Ranaudo, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, Clay Buchholz, Daniel Bard, Drake Britton, Felix Doubront, Garin Cecchini, Henry Owens, Jackie Bradley, Jason Place, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Kolbrin Vitek, Matt Barnes, Rubby de la Rosa, Xander Bogaerts
It wasn’t supposed to be like this for Brian Johnson. First round picks during their first full season after being selected usually get a lot of hype. The hype isn’t always positive, of course. Sometimes, it’s negative with prospect analysts and...
by dpoarch | Aug 29, 2013 | Blake Swihart, Boston Red Sox, Christian Vazquez, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Jackie Bradley, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jake Peavy, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jose Iglesias, Ryan Lavarnway, Toronto Blue Jays, Xander Bogaerts
This is Fire Brand’s fifth iteration of the TrollBag, and I’m feeling particularly generous this week, so it’s going to be a big one. Before we get started though, I’d just like to mention that the TrollBag now officially has its own Twitter account...
