The Backstop Backups

The Red Sox have assembled one of the best collections of catchers in all of baseball. And if you think that speaks to the paucity of passable backstops in the game as much as it does Boston’s roster construction, you’re right. As you all know, the Red Sox currently...

The Advanced Scout – Tampa Bay Rays

After taking only one of three against the Orioles, the Boston Red Sox (69-85, 20.5 games back in the AL East) welcome the Tampa Bay Rays (83-70, 6 games back in the AL East, 3 games back in the AL Wild Card race) to Fenway Park for a two-game series. These will be...

The Advanced Scout – Tampa Bay Rays

Having taken two of three from the Blue Jays, the still-in-last-place Boston Red Sox (66-81, 17.5 games back in the AL East) visit that soul-sucking slice of hell known as Tropicana Field to play the Tampa Bay Rays (78-68, 5 games back in the AL East, 4 games back in...

The Advanced Scout – Tampa Bay Rays

After taking only one of four from the Yankees and getting four days off for the All-Star break, the Boston Red Sox (43-43, 9.5 games back) go to St. Petersburg, Florida to take on the Tampa Bay Rays (45-41, 7.5 games back) in a three-game series. The Red Sox are a...

The Advanced Scout – Tampa Bay Rays

Having won both games of a two-game set against the lowly Seattle Mariners, the Boston Red Sox (17-19) travel to St. Petersburg, Florida to play another two-game series, this time against the tied-for-first place Tampa Bay Rays (23-14). The Red Sox, while still in...

The Advanced Scout – Tampa Bay Rays

Having clinched the Wild Card at the end of the most dramatic evening of baseball in recent memory, the Rays should again prove a formidable foe for the Red Sox and the New York Yankees in the American League East. The Red Sox have to right their foundering ship soon,...

Know Thine Enemy 2009: New York Yankees

The other half of the best rivalry in sports, The New York Yankees.  The Bronx Bombers “only” ended up with 89 victories last season.  And the key players they inked this past off-season, have them looking incredibly strong on paper for this upcoming 2009...