The Advanced Scout – Oakland Athletics

After getting swept by the Angels, the Boston Red Sox (62-70, 14 games back in the AL East) travel north on their final West Coast trip of the season to take on the Oakland Athletics (73-57, 4 games back in the AL West). The Athletics are 8-2 in their last 10 and have...

Know Thine Enemy 2009: New York Yankees

The other half of the best rivalry in sports, The New York Yankees.  The Bronx Bombers “only” ended up with 89 victories last season.  And the key players they inked this past off-season, have them looking incredibly strong on paper for this upcoming 2009...

Is Damaso Marte a fit?

Buster Olney today speculated that the Red Sox would acquire Damaso Marte from the Pittsburgh Pirates before the trading deadline. Marte’s been on my radar for some time now and the 33-year old is enjoying a fine season. He has a 3.55 ERA in 47.2 IP and is the...

Deadline Rumors

Last night was one of the more frustrating games of the Red Sox season. Fausto Carmona was dealing, mixing pitches with perfection and keeping our lineup off balance all night, and it almost seemed like a lost cause. The Sox were putrid last night against the Indians...