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State of the Rotation: The Good, The Bad, The Future

by charliesap | Sep 16, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett

Looking at the names of the Red Sox starting rotation this preseason, one couldn’t help but think that that front five would be the main reason the Sox would contend in 2010. While there have been a couple of nice stories in Lester and Buchholz, the overall outcome...

9/13 Online Seats Game Thread: A Little Further Up

by jake digregorio | Sep 13, 2010 | 2004 ALCS, Boston Red Sox, Doug Fister, Game Threads, Jon Lester, Seattle Mariners

Boston Red Sox (79-64) @ Seattle Mariners (55-88)   Jon Lester (16-8, 3.26) @ Doug Fister (5-11, 3.84) 10:10 PM EDT | Safeco Field (Seattle, Wash.) TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1150   GAME NOTES: After narrowly avoiding the sweep by the Oakland A’s, Jon Lester...

9/6 Online Seats Game Thread: Labor Day Labor

by jake digregorio | Sep 6, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Game Threads, Jeff Niemann, Jon Lester, Tampa Bay Rays

Tampa Bay Rays (83-53) @ Boston Red Sox (76-61)   Jeff Niemann (10-5, 3.97) @ Jon Lester (15-8, 3.27) 7:10 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, Mass) TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1150   GAME NOTES: After a crushing series against the White Sox, the Boston Red Sox will have...

9/1 Online Seats Game Thread: Turning the Page on August

by jake digregorio | Sep 1, 2010 | Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Game Threads, Jake Arrieta, Jon Lester

Prev. Gm:  Boston Red Sox (74-58) @ Baltimore Orioles (49-83)  Jon Lester (14-8, 3.12) @ Jake Arrieta (4-6, 5.10) 7:05 PM EDT | Camden Yards (Baltimore, Maryland) TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1150   GAME NOTES: The Boston Red Sox are staring down a three game losing...

Sox Farmhands Make Good: Buchholz, Kalish, Pedroia, and the Future

by andrew lipsett | Aug 18, 2010 | Bill Hall, Clay Buchholz, Daniel Nava, Darnell McDonald, Dustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jon Lester, Ryan Kalish

Last night’s 6-0 victory over the Angels didn’t gain the Sox any games in the standings. With the Yankees and Rays both victorious, Boston still sits five and a half games behind the AL East’s co-leaders. You’d be forgiven, though, if you felt...

8/9 Online Seats Game Thread: The Early Bird Catches the Pennant

by jake digregorio | Aug 9, 2010 | Game Threads, Jon Lester, New York Yankees, Phil Hughes

Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (63-49) @ New York Yankees (69-41) Jon Lester (11-7, 3.07) @ Phil Hughes (13-4, 3.96) 2:05 PM EDT | Yankee Stadium (New York, New York) TV: NESN/MLBN RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: As the gap between the Yankees and the Boston Red Sox...

Sox sign Delgado, Lester’s place among the AL’s top pitchers

by mike silver | Aug 9, 2010 | Cliff Lee, Felix Hernandez, Francisco Liriano, Jered Weaver, Jon Lester

With the Sox 4.5 games back in the Wild Card and 7.0 back in the East… Sox Sign Carlos Delgado The Red Sox agreed to a minor league contract with free agent first baseman Carlos Delgado. Delgado will report to the Pawtucket Red Sox, where it is presumed he will take...

Reflecting on Boston’s good contracts as a declining A-Rod hits No. 600

by charliesap | Aug 5, 2010 | Alex Rodriguez, Dustin Pedroia, Jon Lester, Kevin Youkilis

Yesterday, Alex Rodriguez hit his 600th career home run. While fanfare was mixed — most non-Yankee fans could care less — the one thing that jumped to my mind was how rough of a season A-Rod is actually having and how hard it was for him to finally reach...

Is This It?

by andrew lipsett | Aug 5, 2010 | Clay Buchholz, Daniel Nava, Darnell McDonald, David Ortiz, Felix Doubront, Jon Lester, Kevin Youkilis, Mike Lowell, Ryan Kalish

For a brief shining moment there, it seemed like these Red Sox were poised for a legendary season. Beset by injuries, hampered by a slow and painful start, facing an uphill battle against two tough divisional foes, the Sox rode unlikely bats, some exceptional pitching...

8/4 Online Seats Game Thread: The Fast and the Furious, Cleveland Drift

by jake digregorio | Aug 4, 2010 | Cleveland Indians, Game Threads, Jon Lester, Justin Masterson

Prev. Gm: Cleveland Indians (45-62) @ Boston Red Sox (61-46) Justin Masterson (3-10, 5.55) @ Jon Lester (11-6, 3.05) 7:10 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, Massachusetts) TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: Well last night got out of hand, real fast. Luckily,...
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