The Advanced Scout – Chicago White Sox

The Red Sox, having swept the hapless Minnesota Twins, continue their road trip by coming to Chicago’s South Side to take on the White Sox in a four-game series. The 10-8 White Sox are currently in a tie for first in the American League Central (with the Tigers...

The Advanced Scout – New York Yankees

The Red Sox celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first game at Fenway Park with the opener of a three-game series against their long-time rival, the New York Yankees. The Yankees haven’t really had quality starting pitching yet this year, but watch out when...

The Advanced Scout – Tampa Bay Rays

Having clinched the Wild Card at the end of the most dramatic evening of baseball in recent memory, the Rays should again prove a formidable foe for the Red Sox and the New York Yankees in the American League East. The Red Sox have to right their foundering ship soon,...

The Advanced Scout – Toronto Blue Jays

The Advanced Scout grabs a cup of Tim Horton’s coffee and analyzes the first AL East opponent of the year – the Toronto Blue Jays. The Red Sox will have to do well against the Blue Jays this year if they have any chance of making the playoffs. Will the...

Bold Predictions for 2012

The regular season is finally just a couple of days away!  On Thursday, all of the Red Sox’s supposed overblown sins of the previous season will be washed away.  The club will start anew with a fresh start, a different direction, and a chip on their shoulder. ...

Know Thyself 2012: Boston Red Sox

The 2012 season is finally almost ready to start and the Boston Red Sox can finally put all the stories from last season out of the news with a solid start. The team is largely intact much the same as last year and while the media has spent many pages hand wringing...

Projecting Felix Doubront

Bard to the pen? Aceves to the rotation? We’ll have to wait and see about the answers to those two questions, but one question seems almost certainly answered already: Is Felix Doubront, the fifth starter? Yes. There are a couple of factors working in...

Analyzing the Red Sox Bullpen Situation

With all of the talk about the gaping holes at the back of the Red Sox rotation, it seems that people have forgotten about the serious questions that exist in their bullpen.  Last season, Daniel Bard and Jonathan Papelbon were a frightening tandem for teams to see at...

Is Theo to Blame for the State of the Rotation?

As the Red Sox have fallen into a deeper slump than most of us ever imagined possible, the “Chicken Little” mentality that was once prevalent throughout Red Sox Nation has slowly transformed into the “Mob” mentality.  Yes, that’s right folks.  People throughout New...