Tuesday Links: Rumors abound on day one of GM Meetings

Outside of the General Managers Meetings fueling the offseason rumor mill, Major League Baseball announced the winners of the Rookie…

Tuesday Links: Benches and Bullpens

While the American League Championship Series is all set to go, the National League side of the postseason is still…

Ghosts Of Red Sox Past: The 2013 Playoffs

Ben takes a look at some familiar faces we'll see throughout the 2013 playoffs.

To live for the Sox and imbibe in L.A.

Jeff Polman makes his Fire Brand debut, vacuums the rug and uses words like 'imbibe.'

Daniel Nava: Odd Man Out?

Predicting the 13 position players that could make up the 2013 Boston Red Sox Opening Day Roster. Specifically, will Daniel Nava make the team?

An Open Letter to Josh Beckett

Attempting to process some of the emotional baggage from one of my favorite and least favorite Red Sox players of the last decade.

Red Sox Exploring Beckett Trades

Is Beckett being shopped? If so, who are the potential suitors?

The $6M Question

As Charlie mentioned in his column yesterday, the Marco Scutaro trade provided the Red Sox with $6M in salary relief.…

Assessing Boston’s shortstop options

With the departure of Alex Gonzalez to Toronto, it's time to move on and explore what options are available to Boston to man the shortstop position in 2010 -- and possibly beyond. I've gone through some potential free-agent and trade options and then tied it all in a neat little bow for consideration. Internal options include Jed Lowrie and Jose Iglesias. The free agent market has a bevy of options, but they all have their drawbacks. From Marco Scutaro to Adam Everett to Miguel Tejada to Craig Counsell -- yes, Craig Counsell -- we have you covered here. Want to think trade? Stephen Drew, Cristian Guzman and Hanley Ramirez are considered. Yeah, Hanley Ramirez. The New York Daily News has a note that the Marlins are talking to the Red Sox about a Hanley Ramirez trade.

BOS 8, FLA 2: Six runs in fourth pace Sox

While all eyes were stuck on Hanley Ramirez, Tim Wakefield and David Ortiz stole the show.