2007 September: Prepping for October

PLAYOFFS? YOU TALKIN’ PLAYOFFS? Yes, Jim. We are. Check out which hitters and pitchers prepped themselves… and which need to turn things around. Boston Red Sox 2007 Month to Month: September Batters Key: Average/On-Base Percentage/Slugging/Other Stat....

Who Should Pitch in October?

Here’s a curious case. There are 16 major league pitchers on the active roster. I can only select one who should not make the postseason roster: Devern Hansack, who has pitched 7.2 IP on the year so far this year. Those innings came May 8, 19 and September 8....

40-man rosters expand, who should we expect?

Evan here, Tito couldn’t make it today… Now that it’s September 1, help is coming to the Red Sox — big time. Dinged up by injuries and worn down by the season, the Red Sox may be the best team in baseball, but they certainly need some help to...

Bang For The Buck

Recently, friends and I were wondering if there was a possible way to quantify in terms of dollars exactly how big of a bust Julio Lugo has been. The more I thought about it, the more I wanted to work out statistical systems to compare player’s contributions to...

Fifth Starter Dilemma

Yesterday afternoon in the Bronx, Julian Tavarez toed the rubber in a game where we clearly counted him out. After all, he was facing the Yankees lineup at full strength and we had just viewed a patented Tavarez meltdown the previous Monday against Toronto. If the...