Ten Things to Watch for this Spring

by | Feb 15, 2011 | Adrian Gonzalez, Andrew Miller, Boston Red Sox, Daisuke Matsuzaka, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jed Lowrie, Jose Iglesias, Kevin Youkilis, Lars Anderson, Marco Scutaro, Rich Hill, Tony Pena Jr.

photo © 2005 Ken Curtis | more info (via: Wylio)Spring training is finally “official”! Before we know it, lineup cards will be filled out and the Sox will take the field against an opponent for the first time in 2011. Below is a list of the top ten things...

Ranking the Division’s Starters

by | Jan 31, 2011 | Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Brad Bergesen, C.C. Sabathia, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Price, Jeremy Guthrie, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, New York Yankees, Phil Hughes, Ricky Romero, Tampa Bay Rays

In preparation of pitchers and catchers reporting to Spring Traning, we thought we’d rank the AL East’s starting rotations. To no one’s surprise, the division has a great cache of starting pitchers, as most hurlers rate average or better when...

2011 Projections: Dice-K

by | Jan 18, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Daisuke Matsuzaka

Dice-K 2011 projection: Where do we go from here? In his four seasons with the Red Sox, Dice-K has yet to put up a sub 4.00 FIP. Sure, he had a 2.80 ERA in 2008, but there were warning signs left and right screaming FLUKE! In the seasons since 2008, Dice-K has been a...

Fixing Dice-K

by | Sep 21, 2010 | Daisuke Matsuzaka

Change is hard, but sometimes necessary. Dice-K made a huge change four years ago when he left Japan to come play Major League Baseball. However, over the last few years not much has changed, which in this case, is not a good thing. I mentioned last week that the most...