by Troy Patterson | Apr 4, 2011 | Adrian Gonzalez, Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford, David Ortiz, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury
photo © 2008 Keith Allison | more info (via: Wylio)While adding the two best hitters this offseason the Red Sox also entered the season with an abundance of left handed hitters. This could cause problems in 2011 if not handled properly and so far I don’t think...
by charliesap | Mar 24, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford
So, yeah, I sort of stole this idea from Chip’s article yesterday, but since Carl Crawford and Jacoby Ellsbury are similar hitters (in terms of speed, grounders and BB%), I wanted to take a look and see if we could expect another career high in homers from...
by darryl johnston | Feb 27, 2011 | Adrian Beltre, Carl Crawford, Jon Lester, Poll, Quick Post
photo © 2010 Graham Nadig | more info (via: Wylio) Least season the Red Sox were hit with a set of unexpected injuries. Strangely enough, they were also hit with a 7.0 WAR player seemingly out of nowhere. Adrian Beltre carried the Red Sox on his back for the summer...
by charliesap | Feb 17, 2011 | Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Varitek, Jed Lowrie, Kevin Youkilis, Marco Scutaro, Mike Cameron
photo © 2007 Eric Kilby | more info (via: Wylio) ^ Bill James’s total projected stolen bases: 143 My total projected stolen bases: 147 Note: I only used the projected starting lineup with a split at SS (Scutaro/Lowrie) and RF (Drew/Cameron). In 2010, the Rays...
by charliesap | Feb 3, 2011 | Adrian Gonzalez, Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Kevin Youkilis, Mike Cameron
The Red Sox have accumulated so much talent this offseason that they have a problem. OK, so it’s a good, nay, GREAT problem to have. How does Terry Francona fill out his opening day lineup card and keep things balanced? The Sox have five left-handed hitting...
by mike silver | Dec 13, 2010 | Adrian Gonzalez, Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford
When Winning Isn’t Enough Perhaps the biggest take away from the 2010 season was that the Boston Red Sox’ popularity has waned significantly since their 2004 World Championship. Not surprisingly, with the fan base’s angst relieved, the daily fervor and obsession began...
by tom fratamico | Dec 11, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford, New York Yankees
Boston is the seventh largest media market, according to Nielsen, but in terms of baseball team markets only the Phillies, Rangers and New York, L.A. teams should be able to match the Olde Towne Team’s revenue streams. Philly and Dallas are bigger than Boston and are...
by charliesap | Dec 9, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford
Forget for a few minutes the years and dollar amount of the Carl Crawford deal and bask with us here at Fire Brand in the brilliant light that is the 2011 Red Sox. Things seemed to be winding down on a quiet-ish day at the Winter Meetings. No Cliff Lee deal to...
by evan brunell | Nov 9, 2010 | Adrian Beltre, Carl Crawford, Victor Martinez
Here are some predictions for the offseason from Evan, Charlie and Tom… What are the destinations of… CARL CRAWFORD Evan: I have to give the nod to the Red Sox here. Boston’s going to pursue both Crawford and Jayson Werth, but Werth scares me....
by tito crafts | Aug 15, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford, Clay Buchholz, Jason Bay, Matt Holliday
I had been thinking about this, and Evan mentioned it as well. But would the Red Sox be better off letting Jason Bay walk? Would they be better off taking the draft picks, finding a one-year stopgap. And hopefully letting Josh Reddick take over the position, at a...
