More Mindless Musings

In the next week and a half, the Red Sox can make the AL East officially a 2-team race As of now, the Yankees find themselves out of first by 7.5 games while Baltimore sits 6.5 off the pace. A series win this week vs. Baltimore and a split with the surging Yankees in...

The Advanced Scout – Baltimore Orioles

So the Red Sox pull of a good road trip, finally get back home, and who do they face? The Orioles. Cue the frustration of not getting hits and watching the BABIP dragons just ignore Baltimore for the majority of the series.Well, at least it’s at home, right?...

The Advanced Scout – Los Angeles Dodgers

The moment you saw this series on the schedule, you had to know Narratives Day was coming. Well, it’s arrived. Merry Christmas, beat writers. Thankfully, I’m not here to talk the potential storylines. I love you guys enough that I’m here to talk...

Is He Worth It?

As soon as a new deal is signed the debate begins over whether or not the player is actually worth the money that they will be paid. It happened with all of the free agent acquisitions last winter, it happened when Pedroia signed his extension, and it will happen...

Five Burning Questions – August

1.  Is it time to worry about the Red Sox? Grab some wood their, bub.  Not so fast.  Entering this most recent series against the Giants, the Red Sox had lost nine of 14 games against the Astros, Royals, Blue Jays, and Yankees–a crew they should have won nine of...

The Advanced Scout – New York Yankees

Are you frustrated? Tired of the Red Sox and their lack of good baseball? Angered at that last road trip? Well, look no further! The Yankees are here for you to dump your hatred on and for the Red Sox to finally play some good baseball. NEW YORK YANKEES – 62-58,...

Mighty Morphin’ Power Lackey

The Boston Red Sox have provided their fans many unexpected surprises this season, but one of the biggest has been John Lackey’s emergence as the team’s most reliable starting pitcher. Coming into the season, expectations for Lackey were low. He didn’t pitch last year...

Putting Prospect Depth In Context

Jacoby Ellsbury, Koji Uehara, Stephen Drew, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Mike Napoli and Joel Hanrahan. You have just read an exhaustive list of Red Sox players who will become free agents after the 2013 season. Two additional players – Jon Lester and Matt Thornton – have...

Cafardo Mail Bag: The Joy of Pitching Depth Edition

<a title="license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ – click to view more info about ' Welcome to this week’s incarnation of the Cafardo mailbag.  No, I’m not back to doing this regularly.  That’s still Tim’s...