by josh lacey | Jan 12, 2009 | Brad Penny, Community post, David Aardsma, David Ortiz, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay, Jed Lowrie, John Smoltz, Josh Bard, Josh Beckett, Julio Lugo, Mark Kotsay, Mike Lowell, Rocco Baldelli, Takashi Saito, Tim Wakefield
17 of the starting 25 Red Sox for 2009 have much to prove this season. Of this number, 15 are rebounding from injuries which plagued 2008. This is not a bad thing, as the entire team will be extraordinarily motivated to do well, to win, to pull together and help each...
by evan brunell | Jan 7, 2009 | David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay, Jason Varitek, Julio Lugo, Kevin Youkilis, Mike Lowell
A month ago, Chris Dutton and Peter Bendix collaborated together to come up with a new statistic — xBABIP. BABIP, or Batting Average on Balls In Play, is generally used to identify whether a pitcher was lucky or unlucky. With .300 as the baseline, if a...
by evan brunell | Nov 20, 2008 | Coco Crisp, Jacoby Ellsbury, Justin Masterson, Kansas City Royals, Kevin Youkilis, Ramon Ramirez, Texas Rangers
Coco Crisp – Evan Brunell We sure woke up yesterday to some staggering news, didn’t we? I don’t know about you, but I didn’t expect to hear that Coco Crisp had been traded to the Kansas City Royals for a reliever. The expectation was that Crisp...
by evan brunell | Nov 3, 2008 | A.J. Burnett, Andruw Jones, Ben Sheets, C.C. Sabathia, Coco Crisp, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Aardsma, David Ortiz, Derek Lowe, Dontrelle Willis, Dustin Pedroia, George Kottaras, Hideki Okajima, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jake Peavy, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jason Varitek, Javier Lopez, Jed Lowrie, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Juan Pierre, Julio Lugo, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Delcarmen, Manny Ramirez, Mark Teixeira, Mike Lowell, Pedro Martinez, Russell Martin, Tim Wakefield
Bill James has come out with his new handbook for 2009, and in the handbook are the early statistical projections for players next year. This may be especially significant in the case of the Red Sox, as James has a vast amount of knowledge of players in the Red Sox...
by tim daloisio | Oct 14, 2008 | Andy Sonnanstine, Jacoby Ellsbury, Tampa Bay Rays, Tim Wakefield
@ Oct. 14 GAME 4 – ALCS 2008 Andy Sonnanstine (1-0, 3.18 @ Tim Wakefield (0-0, -.–) Fenway Park (Boston, MA) 8:07 PM EDT, TBS 2B Akinori Iwamura RF J.D. Drew CF B.J. Upton 2B Dustin Pedroia 1B Carlos Pena DH David Ortiz 3B Evan Longoria 3B Kevin Youkilis...
by evan brunell | Oct 13, 2008 | Coco Crisp, Jacoby Ellsbury
Yesterday, I asked if Terry Francona should start Coco Crisp over Jacoby Ellsbury in Game 3, as Coco ended the season hot and Jacoby has been ice cold. Jacoby has shown that he can disrupt pitchers and when he is hot, he directly impacts the games that he plays. If he...
by evan brunell | Oct 12, 2008 | Coco Crisp, Jacoby Ellsbury
Should the Red Sox make a move to insert Coco Crisp into the lineup in place of the struggling Jacoby Ellsbury? Jacoby’s line this postseason is .207/.258/.310 in 29 AB, Coco’s is .400/.455/.600 in 10 AB. I plan on writing about this very question...
by evan brunell | Oct 2, 2008 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay, Jon Lester, Justin Masterson
The kids were the story last night. Yeah, Jason Bay paced the offensive game with a pivotal 2-run home run in his playoff debut, definitely the story of the night. But… Anyone want to bet that without Jon Lester, Jacoby Ellsbury and Justin Masterson, we’re...
by shawn medeiros | Sep 26, 2008 | Jacoby Ellsbury, Jed Lowrie, Jon Lester, Kevin Youkilis
Jon Lester threw a two-hitter through 6 innings as the Boston Red Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 6-1. Kevin Youkilis drove in two runs – one on a solo home run – in the Red Sox win.
by josh lacey | Sep 9, 2008 | Coco Crisp, Jacoby Ellsbury
When words like those that follow are uttered in Spring Training, they usually precede a player shooting their way out of town. “I want to play everyday. I think everybody wants to play everyday. If you don
