The Advanced Scout – Toronto Blue Jays

After taking two of three from the Atlanta Braves and closing out the interleague portion of the season schedule, the Boston Red Sox (38-34) welcome the Toronto Blue Jays (37-35) to Fenway Park for a three-game skein. Toronto’s starting pitching has been...

The Impending Roster Crunch

<a title="license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ – click to view more info about 'Surplus.  Every team wants it, but very few teams have it.  If you were to look solely at the Red Sox 25-man roster, you’d see a roster bereft...

Taking An Early Look At The Trade Deadline

After last night’s tough loss in Miami, the Red Sox sit a full seven games out of first place. Of course, if last season taught us anything, it’s that as long as a team is not mathematically eliminated, it’s never too late to make a run. Yet, it’s hard to look at this...

Potential Trade Partners for Kevin Youkilis: Third Base

<a title="license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ – click to view more info about 'Ah, Kevin Youkilis.  So fiery….so gritty…so misunderstood.   And if you believe some of the reports that were released late last week,...

Cafardo MailBag: Searching for Bobby Jenks Edition

<a title=" First of all, I’d like to apologize for not being around much lately. In the middle of a wonderful weekend in New York City, I managed to suffer a scratched cornea. Yes, that’s about as comfortable as it sounds. After several days of...

Cafardo Mailbag: The Juan Carlos Linares Kool-Aid Edition

Ok, boys and girls.  By now you know the drill.  People ask Nick questions, I intervene and answer correctly on his behalf.  All “questioners” will remain nameless unless they truly deserve to be mocked.  Luckily, no one has to be outed this...

Cafardo Mailbag: The Let’s Play A-Gon in CF Edition

<a title=" If you think playing A-Gon in center is a crazy idea, you’ll love the first question in today’s Cafardo mailbag… Has any thought been given to moving Middlebrooks to shortstop (his original position) upon the return of Youkilis to...

The Advanced Scout – Tampa Bay Rays

Having won both games of a two-game set against the lowly Seattle Mariners, the Boston Red Sox (17-19) travel to St. Petersburg, Florida to play another two-game series, this time against the tied-for-first place Tampa Bay Rays (23-14). The Red Sox, while still in...

The Advanced Scout – Seattle Mariners

The Boston Red Sox (15-19) finish their current homestand with a two-game series against the Seattle Mariners (16-20). The Mariners aren’t setting the world on fire lately but are 5-5 in their last 10 games, which is pretty good for the Mariners. Then again, the...