by evan brunell | Mar 9, 2007 | Brendan Donnelly, Bryan Corey, Hideki Okajima, Joel Pineiro, Julian Tavarez, Mike Timlin, Spring Training
Here’s the statistics to date for the relievers vying for jobs in the Boston bullpen: Pitcher ERA IP H ER BB K Craig Breslow 0.00 2.0 1 0 0 2 Bryan Corey 0.00 5.0 1 0 0 3 Nick DeBarr (Rule 5) 0.00 1.0 1 0 0 0 Manny Delcarmen 16.88 2.2 6 5 2 2 Brendan Donnelly...
by evan brunell | Mar 6, 2007 | Craig Hansen, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Joel Pineiro, Spring Training
Matsuzaka took the ball against major league hitters for the first time in his MLB career, drawing the start against the Florida Marlins. The first batter he faced was Hanley Ramirez, former Red Sox farmhand and reigning NL Rookie of the Year. Ramirez grounded out on...
by zach hayes | Mar 2, 2007 | Brendan Donnelly, Joel Pineiro, Julian Tavarez, Spring Training
The biggest question heading into a plethora of spring training games this month is easy: Will someone emerge as the closer on April 2nd when the Red Sox visit Kansas City? Simple answer: No. Tito will run a closer by committee, subbing in the right players at the...
by mike edelman | Feb 28, 2007 | Alex Ochoa, Curt Schilling, Jacoby Ellsbury, Joel Pineiro, Julian Tavarez, Spring Training
It’s hard to judge the hitters early in Spring because the pitchers at this point are at such an advantage. That being said, it’s never to early to start an MVP campaign. Lugo and then Ortiz drove in a run each in the 3rd. Pena, Pedroia, Murphy and...
by mike edelman | Feb 27, 2007 | Curt Schilling, Joel Pineiro, Spring Training
I haven’t exactly been quiet in my criticism of the Joel Pineiro deal. To demonstrate just how appalled I was with the pickup to this point, here were my thoughts on it on couple weeks ago. I claimed that “the low point of the offseason was [the Red Sox]...
by mike edelman | Feb 21, 2007 | Adam Wainwright, Devern Hansack, Joel Pineiro, Jonathan Papelbon, Julian Tavarez, Todd Jones
The spectre of a closer! And until now a specter is all we appear to have to fill the role. We all can remember the stellar job Jonathan Papelbon did last year. If I closed my eyes right now I could most definitely imagine him filling the role in 2007. That however,...
by evan brunell | Feb 20, 2007 | Devern Hansack, Joel Pineiro, John Henry, Jonathan Papelbon, Julian Tavarez, Kyle Snyder, Theo Epstein
It may be a possibility! Sox executives made recent comments that are making us all go “hmm?” Theo Epstein hinted in an interview that Jonathan Papelbon remains an option to be a closer (meaning he really is fully healthy) and John Henry had this to say:...
by mike edelman | Feb 12, 2007 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Joel Pineiro, Jonathan Papelbon, Manny Ramirez, Spring Training
It’s so close I can picture it. I can now put the days on my fingers as I happily count down to the day when Red Sox pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training. It’s just a matter of days now until the internet will be flooded with pictures of Red Sox...
by zach hayes | Jan 26, 2007 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Dustin Pedroia, Hideki Okajima, J.D. Drew, Joel Pineiro, Julio Lugo, Manny Ramirez, Mike Timlin
The J.D. Drew silent saga has finally come to an appreciated conclusion, as the right fielder signs on with Boston at the same price (5/70) but with voids available to the Sox. If Drew goes on the disabled list with a right shoulder problem in the third year of the...
by mike edelman | Jan 22, 2007 | Brendan Donnelly, Craig Hansen, Devern Hansack, Jed Hoyer, Joel Pineiro, John Farrell, Julian Tavarez, Mike Timlin
As Marlin Jackson caught the Tom Brady pass and flung himself awkwardly onto the turf, I found myself experiencing a familiar feeling. I wasn’t heartbroken, I’m only a casual football fan and mostly watch it to fill the time in between baseball seasons. It...
