by evan brunell | Jan 7, 2009 | David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay, Jason Varitek, Julio Lugo, Kevin Youkilis, Mike Lowell
A month ago, Chris Dutton and Peter Bendix collaborated together to come up with a new statistic — xBABIP. BABIP, or Batting Average on Balls In Play, is generally used to identify whether a pitcher was lucky or unlucky. With .300 as the baseline, if a...
by josh lacey | Nov 28, 2008 | Alex Cora, Detroit Tigers, Julio Lugo
Julio Lugo’s fate next season has seemingly rested as much in the arms of the Detroit Tigers as the Boston Red Sox. With talks between the Tigers and Red Sox regarding any potential swap of overpriced pitchers looking to rebound (Nate Robertson, Dontrelle...
by evan brunell | Nov 27, 2008 | Dontrelle Willis, Jason Varitek, Julio Lugo, Nate Robertson
Dear Fire Brand, Happy Thanksgiving! Hope this is a time you can all enjoy the things that we have been blessed with. Through an amazing series of events stretching back millions of years, we have become intelligent human beings with the capacity to love, think...
by josh lacey | Nov 25, 2008 | Coco Crisp, Dontrelle Willis, Jed Lowrie, Julio Lugo
While most people are dreaming of an off chance that Dontrelle Willis could recreate himself in a Boston Red Sox uniform, there is recent precedent that might point towards not rushing Julio Lugo out of town quite so quickly. Tell me if this story sounds even remotely...
by evan brunell | Nov 7, 2008 | Brian Fuentes, C.C. Sabathia, Chicago White Sox, Clay Buchholz, Coco Crisp, Colorado Rockies, Francisco Rodriguez, Hideki Matsui, Jake Peavy, Jason Varitek, Javier Vazquez, Julio Lugo, Mark Teixeira, Matt Holliday, Mike Cameron, Mike Lowell, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Nick Swisher, Paul Byrd, San Diego Padres, Will Ohman
Lot of twiddling our thumbs right now as we wait for the free agent season to officially kick off. Let’s take a whirl throughout the rumors in baseball and see what’s going on… Out west, the San Diego Padres are committed to trading starter Jake...
by evan brunell | Nov 3, 2008 | A.J. Burnett, Andruw Jones, Ben Sheets, C.C. Sabathia, Coco Crisp, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Aardsma, David Ortiz, Derek Lowe, Dontrelle Willis, Dustin Pedroia, George Kottaras, Hideki Okajima, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jake Peavy, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jason Varitek, Javier Lopez, Jed Lowrie, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Juan Pierre, Julio Lugo, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Delcarmen, Manny Ramirez, Mark Teixeira, Mike Lowell, Pedro Martinez, Russell Martin, Tim Wakefield
Bill James has come out with his new handbook for 2009, and in the handbook are the early statistical projections for players next year. This may be especially significant in the case of the Red Sox, as James has a vast amount of knowledge of players in the Red Sox...
by evan brunell | Oct 23, 2008 | Jed Lowrie, Julio Lugo
One plotline throughout this offseason will be the question of what will happen at shortstop: will the Red Sox install rookie Jed Lowrie into the role or go back to injured, mega-bust Julio Lugo? Will they keep both and have them compete for the starting job like the...
by evan brunell | Oct 7, 2008 | 2008 ALDS, Alex Cora, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Gil Velazquez, Jason Bay, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Julio Lugo, Justin Masterson, Kevin Youkilis, Mark Kotsay, Sean Casey, Tampa Bay Rays, Tim Wakefield
Jason Bay and Jed Lowrie may be new to a Boston uniform, but they’ve proven unbelievably crucial to the Red Sox season. Jed Lowrie, despite his .258/.339 line on the season has proven himself more than capable of being the Red Sox’s longterm shortstop. In...
by shawn medeiros | Sep 26, 2008 | Julio Lugo
From Buster Olney’s blog on ESPN.com: Earlier this week, Jon Paul Morosi of the Detroit Free Press speculated on a possible trade match between the Red Sox and Tigers of shortstop Julio Lugo for Dontrelle Willis. It makes a whole lot of sense — one...
by shawn medeiros | Sep 23, 2008 | Jed Lowrie, Julio Lugo
With 37,000 plus patrons at Fenway Park on their collective feet and millions of fans throughout Red Sox Nation ready to celebrate one of those special Fenway Park moments, a walk-off win topped with a post-season berth celebration, Jed Lowrie strode to the plate....
