An early look at the bullpen battle
The Red Sox have been a model of consistency this past offseason, a striking departure from their modus operandi in…
Category: Javier Lopez
Quick PECOTA reaction
Some quick and dirty reactions to the PECOTA predictions of Red Sox players: For those who wanted Sean Casey over…
J.D. Drew will rebound; 2008 ZiPS Projections
On October 20th at Fenway Park under the bright lights, he found redemption. All year, he struggled to find a…
Shawn’s Status Report- Bullpen
It is about that time of the year when college students are gearing up for finals. They are cramming every…
The ALCS
What a totally satisfying series. What truly made it great, and will indeed define it down the road as memorable,…
What should Tito have done?
The setting was perfect. Eric Gagne was striding into the mound, part of the last vestiges of the Boston bullpen.…
Simply not our night, lose 13-6
After what was a back-and-forth game the whole night the Cleveland Indians broke open the 11th inning scoring 7 runs…
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…
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…
Arms Race
Nate Silver of Baseball Prospectus recently published a post in his