by mike scandura | Jan 10, 2009 | Community post
Per MLBTR, 1.5m with incentives for up to $7m if he turns into Okajima circa 2007, with an option for 2010. Saito has a career 1.95 ERA with 81 saves. Awesome deal, surgery or not.
by josh lacey | Jan 9, 2009 | Community post
Lot’s of reasons are given when a player like Charlie Zinc slips away with dfa. He is “too old” of a prospect is the usual. Other statements: we block our prospects; make room for younger prospects; they are held onto for too long. The reality is,...
by mike scandura | Jan 7, 2009 | Community post
Nothing too substantive here, but a definite find for anyone in the Boston area. In Burlington, MA, about a 5 minute drive from the Burlington Mall (which, side note, is the only palatable thing featured in that stupid new Mall Cop movie), there’s a place called...
by josh lacey | Jan 3, 2009 | Community post
Got the flu, so have cruised baseball blogs, and thought some comments might be appropriate, the most significant being that many of Scott Boras’ moves around the league have blown up in his face, and those of his clients. Awwww! It’s not just Sox fans who...
by samara pearlstein | Nov 29, 2008 | A.J. Burnett, Community post
Amazed I was, in comparing A.J. Burnett’s 2008 breakout year stats against the rest of the Red Sox rotation, to find that A.J. would probably rank as the #4 starting pitcher at Fenway, while earning 2x – 40x more than the rest. Following are what curiosity...
by samara pearlstein | Nov 16, 2008 | Community post
A theory that the Sox lineup so urgently needs more pop that they would bet the ranch on Mark Teixeira or Matt Holliday is, IMO, just plain wrong. Acquiring Teix, or Matt (who Billy B. could resurface at any time) is a not a terrible plan, might be a good plan, but is...
by mike scandura | Oct 31, 2008 | Community post, Florida Marlins
It has never been more difficult to get a ticket to professional sports than it is in Boston as of Halloween day, 2008. While the Red Sox have sold out every game for 4+ years, things aren’t much better with Boston’s other teams. The Celtics, coming off a...
by tim daloisio | Oct 19, 2008 | Community post, Hideki Okajima
The Red Sox enter tonight’s Game 7 with a chance to complete a comeback that might match, or perhaps even surpass when considered in terms of statistical improbability, what they did against the Yankees in 2004. I’m sure the vast majority of Red Sox...
by tito crafts | Oct 18, 2008 | Community post
Being a Boston sports fan has been nothing short of terrific the since the start of the 21st century. Starting with the Pats win over the Rams and continuing (hopefully) into the future. With the success of 3 of the 4 major franchises in the area, I find myself...
