Bringing the market into focus: starting pitching

by | Nov 6, 2012 | Anibal Sanchez, Boston Red Sox, C.J. Wilson, Carlos Marmol, Chad Billingsley, Chris Carpenter, Clay Buchholz, Dan Haren, Edwin Jackson, Felix Doubront, Gavin Floyd, Hiroki Kuroda, Ian Kennedy, Jake Peavy, John Lackey, Johnny Cueto, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Josh Johnson, Justin Verlander, Kyle Lohse, Madison Bumgarner, Mark Buehrle, Matt Cain, Matt Garza, Roy Oswalt, Ryan Dempster, Ryan Madson, Scott Baker, Shaun Marcum, Tim Lincecum, Tommy John, Wandy Rodriguez

Ben Cherington and his underlings will be spending the early part of this week getting ready to head to Palm Springs, CA to take part in this year’s annual General Manager’s meetings. While the GM Meetings aren’t normally a time of excessive wheeling...

Behold! The Cafardo Mail Bag!

by | Nov 15, 2011 | Alfredo Aceves, Barry Zito, Bobby Valentine, Carlos Beltran, David Ortiz, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jed Lowrie, John Lackey, Jonathan Papelbon, Jonathan Sanchez, Josh Reddick, Kevin Youkilis, Lars Anderson, Madison Bumgarner, Matt Cain, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag, Ryan Kalish, Ryan Lavarnway, Tim Lincecum

To those of you who read Nick Cafardo regularly, this will come as no surprise to you. Mr. Cafardo has a giant non-sexual man crush on Bobby Valentine. Just huge. Massive. At times, the gushing is unbarable to the point of being a bit embarrassing. Still, Cafardo...