by broach | Apr 27, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Daniel Nava, Fenway Park, Grady Sizemore, Jonathan Herrera, Shane Victorino, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
The Boston Red Sox stand at 12-13 through almost a complete month of the seasonand are only 2.5 games behind the New York Yankees for the top spot in the AL East. After a slow start with the offense, pieces are starting to come back and the Red Sox have started to win...
by jkeller | Apr 26, 2014 | Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Brock Holt, Cleveland Indians, Daniel Nava, David Ross, Derek Jeter, Dustin Pedroia, Grady Sizemore, Jackie Bradley Jr., Jacoby Ellsbury, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jonathan Herrera, Jonny Gomes, Jose Iglesias, Mike Carp, Mike Napoli, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Pawtucket Red Sox, Pedro Ciriaco, Ryan Dempster, Ryan Lavarnway, Ryan Roberts, Shane Victorino, Stephen Drew, Tampa Bay Rays, weei, Xander Bogaerts
In the 2013 regular season the Red Sox committed 80 errors in 162 games. That total ranked them as the eight best team in the Majors and the fifth best in the American League (although strangely enough only fourth best in their own division behind Baltimore, Tampa...
by broach | Apr 25, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Brock Holt, Daniel Nava, Jonathan Herrera, Shane Victorino, Will Middlebrooks
It has been nearly a month, but the Boston Red Sox will finally have their full lineup Friday night in Toronto against the Blue Jays. Will Middlebrooks, who got hurt four games into the season with a calf strain, will be activated from the 15-day DL before...
by broach | Apr 8, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Brock Holt, Chicago Cubs, Jonathan Herrera, Ryan Roberts, Steven Wright, Tampa Bay Rays, Will Middlebrooks
The Boston Red Sox signed some additional infield help on Monday with the right-handed Ryan Roberts inking a deal. Roberts opted out of a deal with the Chicago Cubs on March 27 and the Red Sox needed some infield help with Will Middlebrooks ending up on the DL this...
by broach | Apr 6, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Brock Holt, John Farrell, Jonathan Herrera, Shane Victorino, Will Middlebrooks
After a MRI on his right calf early Sunday morning, Will Middlebrooks was immediately placed on the 15-day disabled list with a Grade 1 calf strain. The third baseman was originally scratched from Saturday’s lineup with calf cramps during pre-game warmups. As a...
by jkeller | Mar 29, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, 2014 Red Sox offseason, 2014 Red Sox Spring Training, A.J. Pierzynski, Andrew Miller, Ben Cherington, Blake Swihart, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, Brock Holt, Burke Badenhop, Chris Capuano, Christian Vazquez, Clay Buchholz, Craig Breslow, Daniel Nava, David Ortiz, David Ross, Dustin Pedroia, Edward Mujica, Felix Doubront, Garin Cecchini, Grady Sizemore, Jake Peavy, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Jonathan Herrera, Jonny Gomes, Junichi Tazawa, Koji Uehara, Mike Carp, Mike Napoli, Milwaukee Brewers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Shane Victorino, St. Louis Cardinals, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
Every month during the season, here on Fire Brand, I take a look at the relative value of the 25 players on the current active roster. The criteria for the power rankings: 1) What is the value of each player on the Red Sox roster relative to the other players? If a...
by domara | Mar 21, 2014 | 2014 Red Sox Spring Training, Boston Red Sox, Brock Holt, Chris Capuano, Clay Buchholz, David Ortiz, Grady Sizemore, Jackie Bradley, Jacoby Ellsbury, John Farrell, Jonathan Herrera, Xander Bogaerts
The Red Sox dropped their second meeting of the spring against the New York Yankees on Thursday night. Clay Buchholz threw 5 innings and was touched up for 3 runs on 5 hits. Newcomer Chris Capuano impressed in relief of Buchholz, throwing 3 no hit inning. Grady...
by broach | Mar 20, 2014 | 2014 Red Sox Spring Training, Brandon Snyder, Brock Holt, Jonathan Herrera, Rubby de la Rosa
The Boston Red Sox made a few more moves before Thursday’s contest against the New York Yankees. Brock Holt and Rubby De La Rosa were both optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket before the game. Brandon Snyder was reassigned to minor league camp. Holt was one of two...
by jcookson | Mar 14, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Brock Holt, David Ortiz, Devin Marrero, Garin Cecchini, Grady Sizemore, Grady Sizemore, Jackie Bradley, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jonathan Herrera, Mike Carp, Mike Carp, Ryan Lavarnway, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
The 2014 edition of the Red Sox looks poised to contend again for the AL East crown. It’s a deep team with several stars and veteran leaders, balanced by some young talent. Baseball Prospectus predicts they’re an 88 win team. Every team has weaknesses though, and here...
by bcarsley | Dec 30, 2013 | 2014 Red Sox offseason, Jonathan Herrera, Stephen Drew, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
If Stephen Drew’s market never truly develops like we thought it would, the Red Sox should resign him. And if they do so, they should retain Will Middlebrooks, too. I know, I know, it’s a radical idea. We’ve become so used to the “Drew or...