by jake digregorio | Jun 5, 2010 | Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Game Threads, Jeremy Guthrie, Jon Lester
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (32-24) @ Baltimore Orioles (15-40) Jon Lester (6-2, 2.97) @ Jeremy Guthrie (3-5, 3.84) 7:10 PM EDT | Camden Yard (Baltimore, Maryland) TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES The Baltimore Orioles will send their ace out, in the form of...
by tim daloisio | Jun 2, 2010 | David Ortiz, Jon Lester, Poll
David Ortiz’ May performance may have rendered the previous poll moot. Over 50% of you “saw this coming” for Big Papi, suggesting that the Red Sox stick with him at the DH position come hell or high water. Ortiz’ 1.211 OPS in May complete with...
by andrew lipsett | Jun 2, 2010 | Aaron Bates, Caleb Clay, Casey Kelly, Clay Buchholz, Craig Hansen, Daniel Bard, Dustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Place, Jed Lowrie, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Justin Masterson, Kevin Youkilis, Lars Anderson, Luis Exposito, Michael Bowden, Ryan Kalish, Ryan Westmoreland
With the 2010 Amateur Draft just around the corner (Monday June 7 through Wednesday, June 9), I wanted to spend this week’s column looking back at the previous best and worst picks of the Theo Epstein era, an era in which the strength of the minor league system...
by jake digregorio | May 30, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Bruce Chen, Game Threads, Jon Lester, Kansas City Royals
Prev. Gm: Kansas City Royals (21-29) @ Boston Red Sox (28-23) Bruce Chen (1-0, 2.89) @ Jon Lester (5-2, 3.15) 1:35 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, Mass.) TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES Well at least we know the Royals didn’t sweep. With the month of...
by Troy Patterson | May 29, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, David Ortiz, Jason Varitek, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Victor Martinez
On May fourth I asked the question, Should Jason Varitek be the Starting Catcher? Not much has changed as at the time I noted “In 146 IP thrown to Martinez the staff has a K/BB of 1.64, but when Varitek has caught in 83.6 innings the staff has thrown a 2.35...
by jake digregorio | May 25, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Game Threads, James Shields, Jon Lester, Tampa Bay Rays
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (25-21) @ Tampa Bay Rays (32-13) Jon Lester (4-2, 3.47) @ James Shields (5-1, 3.08) 7:10 PM EDT | Tropicana Field (Tampa Bay, Fla.) TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES Don’t look now, but the Boston Red Sox are starting to win...
by jake digregorio | May 20, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Francisco Liriano, Game Threads, Jon Lester, Minnesota Twins
Prev. Gm: Minnesota Twins (24-16) @ Boston Red Sox (21-20) Jon Lester (3-2, 3.91) @ Francisco Liriano (4-2, 2.63) 7:05 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, Mass) TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES Francisco Liriano has been red hot for the Minnesota Twins this...
by dan rowinski | May 16, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett
The Bruins season is over and that means that I turn my eyes back to Fenway Park. It is kind of hard not to actually, I live across from the thing, but so it goes. Mired on the Bruins beat as I was for the last half of the season, I could not help but start to think...
by jake digregorio | May 15, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Dontrelle Willis, Game Threads, Jon Lester
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (19-17) @ Detroit Tigers (20-16) Jon Lester (3-2, 3.71) @ Dontrelle Willis (1-1, 3.99) 7:05 PM EDT | Comerica Park (Detroit, Michigan) TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES The Boston Red Sox were helped out by the big bat of David...
by andrew lipsett | May 12, 2010 | Bobby Doerr, Boston Red Sox, Carl Yastrzemski, Carlton Fisk, Former Red Sox, Jerry Remy, Jim Rice, Joe Cronin, Johnny Pesky, Jon Lester, Nomar Garciaparra, Pedro Martinez, Ted Williams, Uncategorized
For whatever reason, I’ve been having a large number of conversations about Red Sox retired numbers lately. From students trying to get me on a tangent by asking who they all are to discussions about whether Pedro Martinez’ return on Opening Day was a play...
