by evan brunell | Dec 3, 2007 | Clay Buchholz, Coco Crisp, Eduardo Morlan, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jed Lowrie, Johan Santana, Jon Lester, Juan Rincon, Justin Masterson, Matt Garza, Minnesota Twins, Trades
The negotiations: It’s been an interesting off-season so far. It hasn’t been hectic like past off-seasons, but it’s nigh early. Thanksgiving has passed, and a chance to go dine with a player’s family for Thanksgiving has as well (but...
by evan brunell | Nov 29, 2007 | Coco Crisp, Jed Lowrie, Johan Santana, Jon Lester, Justin Masterson, Michael Bowden, Minnesota Twins, Trades
Yes. It’s looking real. ESPN says so. TwinCities.com says so. The Boston Herald says so. And our own Transaction Guy is chronicling the process. Looks like it’s Coco Crisp, Jon Lester, Jed Lowrie and either Justin Masterson or Michael Bowden....
by evan brunell | Nov 15, 2007 | Jed Lowrie
If not Alex Rodriguez, Mike Lowell [68 percent of poll respondents said to only resign Lowell if the dollars and years are reasonable – hah!, 28 percent to sign him whatever it takes and four percent not to sign him at all], Miguel Cabrera or Kevin Youkilis, who...
by zach hayes | Aug 20, 2007 | Alex Cora, Bobby Kielty, Doug Mirabelli, Eric Hinske, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jed Lowrie, Joe McEwing, Wily Mo Pena
The Red Sox bench has been a source of disappointment thus far this season. Before the year began, we expected the Red Sox to hold a bench very capable of getting the job done. Wily Mo Pena was coming off a .301/.349/.489 season and everyone, including Francona...
by evan brunell | Jun 27, 2007 | Brandon Moss, Chicago White Sox, Clay Buchholz, Craig Hansen, Ian Kennedy, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jed Lowrie, Joba Chamberlain, Jon Lester, Mark Buehrle, Michael Bowden, New York Yankees, Phil Hughes, Wily Mo Pena
Ever since the news exploded onto the scene that the Red Sox were highly interested in acquiring Mark Buerhle, the fervor has been tempered somewhat. Immediately after the Chicago Sun-Times ran that explosive piece that all but assured a deal was imminent, the Boston...
by josh lacey | Jun 2, 2007 | Aaron Bates, Amateur Draft Players, Brad Suttle, Brandon Moss, Clay Buchholz, Daniel Bard, David Murphy, Dustin Pedroia, Dustin Richardson, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason McLeod, Jed Lowrie, Julio Lugo, Justin Jackson, Justin Masterson, Kris Johnson, Lars Anderson, Matt Mangini, Michael Bowden, Mike Lowell, Nick Noonan, Ryan Dent, Theo Epstein, Zach Daeges
The 2007 MLB First Year Player Draft will go down in history as a banner year for the event. For the first time since its inception, the draft will be televised. ESPN2 will be running coverage and most of the avid baseball fans on the planet are rejoicing that this...
by evan brunell | Dec 19, 2006 | Brandon Moss, Bryce Cox, Carlos Fernandez, Chad Spann, Clay Buchholz, David Murphy, Devern Hansack, Dustin Pedroia, George Kottaras, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Place, Jed Lowrie, Jeremy West, Justin Masterson, Kason Gabbard, Kris Johnson, Kris Negron, Kyle Jackson, Luis Jimenez, Mark Wagner, Michael Bowden, Phil Seibel, Ryan Phillips
Over the last three years, I have written an exhaustive review of nearly every single player in the Red Sox’s minor leagues. I called them the “Organizational Depth Charts.” While I may one day return to them, my life has been so crazy these past few...
