by broach | Aug 5, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, 2014 Trade Deadline, AL East, Allen Craig, Andrew Miller, Anthony Ranaudo, Boston Red Sox, Joe Kelly, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Jonny Gomes, Stephen Drew, Yoenis Cespedes
The Boston Red Sox struggled at home this week with a 1-5 homestand and are now 14 games behind the AL East leading Baltimore Orioles. However, the team did not improve in one category this week: offense. The team has been able to score runs the last three games post...
by domara | Aug 4, 2014 | Allen Webster, Anthony Ranaudo, Boston Red Sox, Christian Vazquez, Clay Buchholz, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Jackie Bradley, Jon Lester, Mike Napoli, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Yoenis Cespedes
With the Red Sox positioned to play spoilers in the American League East at this point of the 2014 season, the team welcomed in the New York Yankees for a three game set over the weekend. On Friday, 24 year old starter Anthony Ranaudo made his major league debut, and...
by Harry Burnham | Aug 3, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Jon Lester
A lot of people seem to think that the Red Sox got fleeced by Billy Beane and co. with their trade of Jon Lester for Yoenis Cespedes. I, for one, dont see it quite the same way. Admittedly, a lot of people who get paid to write about baseball are writing the same...
by akhatchaturian | Aug 1, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Jon Lester
The Boston Red Sox have parted ways with Jon Lester, but it seems like the left-handed ace might be thinking about a comeback in the offseason. After being dealt to the Oakland Athletics along with Jonny Gomes for Yoenis Cespedes, the former Red Sox pitcher started...
by jcookson | Aug 1, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, 2014 Trade Deadline, A.J. Pierzynski, Andrew Miller, Ben Cherington, Boston Red Sox, Christian Vazquez, Felix Doubront, Giancarlo Stanton, Jake Peavy, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Jonny Gomes, Theo Epstein, Troy Tulowitzki, Xander Bogaerts
With the Red Sox out of contention this season, Thursday’s trade deadline was one of the most action-packed days in team history. Eight players from the opening day roster left the club in the month before the deadline. Here’s my ranking of the top five moves Ben...
by domara | Aug 1, 2014 | Allen Craig, Andrew Miller, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Joe Kelly, Jon Lester, Jonny Gomes, St. Louis Cardinals, Stephen Drew, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogearts, Yoenis Cespedes
No July 31st trade deadline was quite like what we saw transpire on Thursday morning and afternoon. In total, 18 teams sent 37 players to new cities, household names found new zip codes, and the Red Sox were right in the middle of the flurry of moves. Boston’s...
by broach | Jul 31, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, AL East, Allen Craig, Andrew Miller, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Joe Kelly, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Jonny Gomes, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, Stephen Drew, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
The Boston Red Sox have been struggling mot of the 2014 season with a 48-60 record through two-thirds of the season. A 13-game deficit will be an even tougher hill to climb without four of the five starters on the Opening Day roster to start this season. The Red Sox...
by bcowett | Jul 31, 2014 | Adam Jones, Boston Red Sox, Cody Ross, Jackie Bradley, Jon Lester, Jonny Gomes, Oakland Athletics, Yoenis Cespedes
Well, that escalated quickly. News has come in this morning that the Boston Red Sox have traded starting pitcher Jon Lester & outfielder Jonny Gomes to the Oakland Athletics for outfielder Yoenis Cespedes and a 2015 competitive balance pick, blowing any notion of...
by domara | Jul 31, 2014 | Andrew Miller, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, Christian Vazquez, Felix Doubront, John Lackey, Jon Lester, koji uehara, Shane Victorino, Stephen Drew
The Toronto Blue Jays completed their 3 game sweep of the Red Sox on Wednesday night, winning by a final score of 6-1. Brandon Workman got the start for Boston in place of Jon Lester, while the veteran right-hander Mark Buehrle toed the rubber for the Blue Jays. For...
by domara | Jul 30, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, John Farrell, Jon Lester, Xander Bogearts
For the second time in the past 5 days, Rubby De La Rosa and Marcus Stroman squared off, as the Red Sox and Blue Jays met for at Fenway Park for game 2 of a 3 game series. After both pitchers enjoyed a clean first inning, the Blue Jays opened the scoring on the...
