by domara | Jun 11, 2015 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Jon Lester, Justin Masterson, Rick Porcello, Rusney Castillo
Rick Porcello was coming off the best season of his career when the Red Sox acquired him from the Detroit Tigers in December of last year. With a less-than-stellar pitching market, Boston used Yoenis Cespedes — the spoils of the Jon Lester trade — to bring...
by domara | Jun 4, 2015 | Alejandro De Aza, Ben Cherington, Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Eduardo Rodriguez, Hanley Ramirez, James Shields, Jon Lester, Justin Masterson, Mike Napoli, Pablo Sandoval, Rick Porcello
Sitting a 24-30 on the year, the Red Sox season obviously has not taken shape the way that we thought it would during the offseason. The Red Sox were among the winners of the winter, bolstering their offense while creating a pathwork starting rotation, following the...
by domara | Jun 2, 2015 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Joe Kelly, Justin Masterson, Rick Porcello, Steven Wright, Wade Miley
For a while there, the Red Sox starting rotation looked like it was finally figuring things out. In the weeks following the dismissal of pitching coach Juan Nieves, Boston starters amassed found themselves turning in quality starts, and near the top of the league in...
by domara | May 18, 2015 | Alexi Ogando, Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Joe Kelly, Junichi Tazawa, Justin Masterson, Koji Uehara, New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners, Tommy Layne, Wade Miley
Don’t look now, but the Red Sox are no longer dead last in the MLB in combined starting pitching ERA. Thanks to a recent string of quality starts by Boston’s hurlers, the team seems like they are finally getting the results they planned on when rebuilding...
by domara | Mar 20, 2015 | Alexi Ogando, Blake Swihart, Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Eduardo Rodriguez, Joe Kelly, Justin Masterson, Mitchell Boggs, New York Mets, Rick Porcello, Robbie Ross, St. Louis Cardinals, Tommy Layne, Wade Miley, Xander Bogaerts
With Opening Day right around the corner, the Red Sox starting staff is still shaking off the winter rust this spring: Clay Buchholz: 3 GS, 10 innings pitched, 1.80 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 12 K, 2 BB Rick Porcello: 3 GS, 10 innings pitched, 2.70 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 8 K, 3 BB Wade...
by bcowett | Feb 12, 2015 | Christian Vazquez, Clay Buchholz, Corey Kluber, Dustin Pedroia, Hanley Ramirez, Justin Masterson, Rick Porcello, Vladimir Guerrero, Wade Miley, Xander Bogaerts
The first thing you probably said when you looked at the starting rotation of the 2015 Red Sox this morning probably wasn’t “yeah, this’ll work”. Knowing you, it was probably something like “eh”, “meh”, or a statement...
by domara | Feb 11, 2015 | Blake Swihart, Boston Red Sox, Christian Vasquez, Clay Buchholz, Cole Hamels, Craig Breslow, Garin Cecchini, Jackie Bradley Jr., Justin Masterson, Matt Barnes, Mike Napoli, Mookie Betts, Pablo Sandoval, Rick Porcello, Ryan Hanigan
With little over a week until the official report date for pitchers and catchers to Fort Myers, the Red Sox have already seen a plethora of players make the early trip down. Red Sox newcomers Justin Masterson, Rick Porcello, and Anthony Varvaro have all been spotted...
by domara | Feb 6, 2015 | Blake Swihart, Boston Red Sox, Brian Johnson, Craig Breslow, David Ortiz, Henry Owens, Jackie Bradley Jr., John Henry, Johnny Damon, Justin Masterson, Mike Napoli, Rick Porcello
The boys of summer are starting to head down to Fort Myers, and actual baseball things are happening for the first time since October. While the cold might still be lingering in the northeast, only 66 short day separate Red Sox Nation from the baseball season, which...
by domara | Feb 4, 2015 | Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Hanley Ramirez, James Shields, Justin Masterson, Mike Napoli, Pablo Sandoval, Rick Porcello, Wade Miley, Xander Bogaerts
With the Super Bowl Championship secured and celebrated, New England can now turn their attention almost entirely toward the Red Sox. (Bruins and Celtics are still playing too, ya know?) For the second time in three seasons the Sox are trying to make the leap from...
by domara | Feb 3, 2015 | Alexi Ogando, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, David Ortiz, Joe Kelly, Justin Masterson, Pablo Sandoval, Rick Porcello
We are truly a spoiled fanbase, aren’t we? Since the turn of the century, Boston sports has been the epicenter of excellence and habitual success. This trend continued on Sunday as the New England Patriots downed the Seattle Seahawks 28-24 in an instant Super...
