by broach | Mar 17, 2014 | 2014 Red Sox Spring Training, Allen Webster, Christian Vazquez, Deven Marrero
Before Monday’s contest against the St. Louis Cardinals, the Boston Red Sox made three moves to clear some more names off the roster. Allen Webster and Christian Vazquez were optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket and Deven Marrero was reassigned to the minor league...
by domara | Mar 5, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Christian Vazquez, Clay Buchholz, Dustin Pedroia, Dwight Evans, Grady Sizemore, Troy O'Leary
The big news from Fort Myers on Tuesday? Dustin Pedroia shaved his beard. They’re keeping busy down there in Florida, for sure. Spring training: The only time that Clay Buchholz can pitch a one inning, ineffective start and use “jitters” as a...
by domara | Mar 3, 2014 | 2014 Red Sox offseason, 2014 Red Sox Spring Training, Boston Red Sox, Christian Vazquez, Dustin Pedroia, Jake Peavy, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jon Lester, MLB, Ryan Dempster
It was a busy weekend down on Fort Myers. After handily beating those pesky college kids, the Red Sox played their first two exhibition game of the spring against the Twins and the Orioles. NESN aired their first game of the spring. Oh, and Mike Napoli hit a home run...
by dpoarch | Mar 3, 2014 | A.J. Pierzynski, Allen Webster, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, Christian Vazquez, Jackie Bradley, Matt Barnes, Ryan Lavarnway, Xander Bogaerts
For the last installment of our three-week look at projections for the Red Sox roster, we’re going to get to the difficult stuff: the prospects. I narrowed down the Red Sox farm system to players who are the closest to seeing time at the major league level this...
by jcookson | Feb 7, 2014 | Allen Webster, Anthony Ranaudo, Blake Swihart, Brian Johnson, Buster Posey, Christian Vazquez, Devin Marrero, Dustin Pedroia, Garin Cecchini, Henry Owens, Jackie Bradley, Jacoby Ellsbury, Luis Diaz, Manuel Margot, Matt Barnes, Mookie Betts, Nomar Garciaparra, Trey Ball, Xander Bogaerts
Here’s my ranking of the top 15 prospects in the Red Sox minor league system, ranked on their ability and likelihood to impact the major league club. The top ten players should all start the year at Double A or higher, giving an indication of the amount of talent the...
by bcarsley | Dec 2, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Alex Hassan, Boston Red Sox, Brian McCann, Christian Vazquez, Curtis Granderson, Daniel Nava, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Jackie Bradley, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Ryan Lavarnway, Shin-Soo Choo, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
Brian McCann signed a five-year, $85 deal this weekend, with an option to extend the deal to 2019. He’ll spend the next five or six years playing for the Yankees, enjoying the short porch in right field and providing New York with above average production from behind...
by bcarsley | Nov 11, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Anthony Ranaudo, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, Brian McCann, Carlos Beltran, Christian Vazquez, Clay Buchholz, Daniel Nava, David Price, Felix Doubront, Garin Cecchini, Giancarlo Stanton, Henry Owens, Jackie Bradley, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Matt Barnes, Max Scherzer, Ryan Lavarnway, Tim Hudson, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
Ah, the offseason. A time for all 30 teams (or at least 26-or-so teams) to regain optimism. A time for rumors, whispers and arguments galore. A time for rampant #rosturbation, for MLB Trade Rumors, for @BadMLB and for Nick Cafardo’s trade ideas. We don’t all admit...
by chipbuck | Sep 12, 2013 | Alex Wilson, Allen Webster, Anthony Ranaudo, Blake Swihart, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, Christian Vazquez, Devin Marrero, Drake Britton, Felix Doubront, Garin Cecchini, Henry Owens, Jackie Bradley, Jose Iglesias, Kolbrin Vitek, Lars Anderson, Matt Barnes, Mookie Betts, Travis Shaw, Xander Bogaerts
With the Governor’s Cup series serving as the only games remaining on the minor league schedule, it seems like a good time to hand out this season’s year-end award. Bear in mind that not all of the awards I’m giving out will be positive–and of...
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...
by bcarsley | Jul 8, 2013 | Anthony Ranaudo, Boston Red Sox, Christian Vazquez, Garin Cecchini, Juan Carlos Linares, Michael Almanzar, Miguel Sano, MiLB, Portland Sea Dogs, Travis Shaw
Garin Cecchini is very good. That’s perhaps the biggest takeaway I can relay from my trip to Portland to see the Sea Dogs last Friday. With Portland playing a good New Britton Rock Cats (Twins affiliate) team, this game afforded me the opportunity to see four Top 100...
