Interview With Evan Lepler

by | Sep 12, 2014 | Anthony Rizzo, Brandon Workman, Caleb Clay, Christian Vasquez, Drake Britton, Garin Cecchini, Jackie Bradley Jr., Matt Barnes, Mookie Betts, Omar Vizquel, Stephen Fife, Tim Federowicz, Uncategorized, Xander Bogaerts

You may not know his name, but Evan Lepler is famous. He provided the commentary for this YouTube video that has had over 200,000 views: Since 2009 he’s been the play by play broadcaster for the Salem Red Sox. A graduate of Wake Forest University, he also...

The MLB Draft: The Henry Ownership Years

by | Jun 10, 2013 | Alex Wilson, Allen Webster, Anthony Ranaudo, Blake Swihart, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Jacobs, Brandon Workman, Brian Price, Bryce Brentz, Bryce Cox, Caleb Clay, Casey Kelly, Christian Vazquez, Clay Buchholz, Daniel Bard, Devin Marrero, Drake Britton, Dustin Pedroia, Dustin Richardson, Garin Cecchini, Henry Owens, Jackie Bradley, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Place, Jed Lowrie, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Reddick, Kolbrin Vitek, Kris Johnson, Kyle Weiland, Lars Anderson, Manny Delcarmen, Matt Barnes, Michael Almanzar, Michael Bowden, Reymond Fuentes, Ryan Kalish, Ryan Lavarnway, Ryan Westmoreland, Sean Coyle, Tommy Hottovy, Trey Ball, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts

With the 2013 Rule 4 draft finally in the books, I thought it’d be fun to take a look back at all of the drafts that have occurred during the John Henry ownership era.  In this piece, we’ll review their successes, their failures, the trends they’ve...

Epstein’s Draft Hits… and Misses

by | Jun 2, 2010 | Aaron Bates, Caleb Clay, Casey Kelly, Clay Buchholz, Craig Hansen, Daniel Bard, Dustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Place, Jed Lowrie, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Justin Masterson, Kevin Youkilis, Lars Anderson, Luis Exposito, Michael Bowden, Ryan Kalish, Ryan Westmoreland

With the 2010 Amateur Draft just around the corner (Monday June 7 through Wednesday, June 9), I wanted to spend this week’s column looking back at the previous best and worst picks of the Theo Epstein era, an era in which the strength of the minor league system...

Some quick notes from Ft. Myers (Fife, Pimentel, etc.)

by | Mar 12, 2009 | Anthony Rizzo, Caleb Clay, Carson Blair, Cesar Cabral, Chia-Chu Chen, Chris George, Jon Still, Luis Exposito, Michael Almanzar, Oscar Tejeda, Pete Hissey, Quick Post, Richie Lentz, Ryan Dent, Stephen Fife, Stolmy Pimentel

I’ve been down at the Fort for the past couple of days, and have spent most of that at the Player Development Complex. Here’s some quick notes from yesterday and today: Tewkbury’s son was at camp, taking drills at SS, though he looked a bit rough....