by domara | Aug 19, 2015 | Ben Cherington, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Jackie Bradley Jr., Larry Lucchino, Los Angeles Angels, Miami Marlins, Rusney Castillo, Travis Shaw
What seemed like a normal, mid-August night at Fenway Park was quickly turned on its head on Wednesday. As the Red Sox were finishing up a tidy 9-1 win over the Cleveland Indians, FOX Sport’s Ken Rosenthal dropped two twitter bombs of epic proportions: #RedSox...
by domara | Feb 10, 2015 | Andrew Miller, Ben Cherington, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Dustin Pedroia, Dustin Richardson, Eduardo Rodriguez, Florida Marlins, Hanley Ramirez, Miguel Cabrera, Pablo Sandoval, Portland Sea Dogs
Do you remember where you were on the night of November 12, 2010? No? Good, because unless a momentous occasion happened in your life, than it shouldn’t ring a bell. On that night, however, the Red Sox traded lefty relief pitcher Dustin Richardson to the...
by domara | Jan 12, 2015 | Blake Swihart, Boston Red Sox, Cole Hamels, Daniel Bard, David Ortiz, Detroit Tigers, Dustin Pedroia, Hanley Ramirez, Jon Lester, Max Scherzer, Mike Napoli, Mookie Betts, Pablo Sandoval, Pedro Martinez, Rick Porcello, Wade Miley
On Monday’s edition of MLB Network’s morning show Hot Stove, FoxSports.com’s Ken Rosenthal predicted the the Red Sox would end up signing free agent starting pitcher Max Scherzer before the offseason is over. Of course predicting something...
by domara | Dec 23, 2014 | Alex Cora, Boston Red Sox, Brock Holt, Chase Headley, Daniel Nava, David Phelps, David Robertson, Dellin Betances, Detroit Tigers, Grady Sizemore, Martin Prado, Miami Marlins, Mookie Betts, New York Yankees, Rusney Castillo, San Diego Padres
Amid all the craziness that has ensued this offseason, it’s pretty remarkable that the New York Yankees have been fairly quiet thus far. The typically free spending front office lead by Brian Cashman kept themselves out of the market for high price free agent...
by domara | Oct 6, 2014 | Andrew Miller, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Jackie Bradley Jr., John Lackey, Jon Lester, Kansas City Royals, Pablo Sandoval, Xander Bogearts
The American League Championship Series was officially set over the weekend, with both the Baltimore Orioles and Kansas City Royals sweeping their respective series’. While the two clubs that will battle to represent the American League in the World Series...
by broach | Jun 9, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, David Ortiz, Detroit Tigers, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Max Scherzer, Mike Napoli, Rubby de la Rosa, Terry Francona
The Boston Red Sox are nine games behind the AL East-leading Toronto Blue Jays and have really been underachieving most of the 2014 season. After a 1-5 mark over the past week, the team needs to right the ship fast as the record for the season is 28-34 through 62...
by broach | Jun 2, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Alex Hassan, Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Brock Holt, Cleveland Indians, David Price, Detroit Tigers, Garin Cecchini, Rubby de la Rosa, Tampa Bay Rays, Xander Bogaerts
The Boston Red Sox are now 27-29 on the season after a perfect 7-0 week. The win on Monday ended a 10-game losing streak in which the Red Sox pitching was subpar and the hitting with runners in scoring position barely happened. Over the past week, the Red Sox pitching...
by domara | May 19, 2014 | Anibal Sanchez, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Jackie Bradley Jr., Max Scherzer, Rick Porcello, Torii Hunter, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
In a rematch of the 2013 ALCS, the Red Sox and Tigers met over the weekend for the first time since last October. However unlike in the ALCS, the Tigers dominated Boston in ever aspect of the game from Friday to Sunday. Max Scherzer, Rick Porcello, and Anibal Sanchez...
by dpoarch | Mar 31, 2014 | Adam Wainwright, Alejandro De Aza, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Bryce Harper, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Emilio Bonifacio, Grady Sizemore, Jose Fernandez, Jose Reyes, Los Angeles Angels, Miami Marlins, Miguel Cabrera, Mike Trout, Nelson Cruz, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, Washington Nationals, Wilson Ramos
We’ve finally reached MLB Opening Day, and I’m sure you all are just as excited as I am that those ESPN score update texts finally count now, instead of being just a tease like they were in Spring Training. For this week’s column, I’m just...
by akhatchaturian | Jan 11, 2014 | A.J. Pierzynski, Boston Red Sox, Daniel Nava, Detroit Tigers, Dustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury, Minnesota Twins, Shane Victorino
After some extensive research in April 2013, I found that one of the reasons why pitchers are starting to dominate baseball is because first pitch strikes are up and first pitch swing rate are down league wide. These graphs from fangraphs.com showed how first pitch...
