by charliesap | Apr 17, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Cody Ross, David Ortiz, Kelly Shoppach, Kevin Youkilis, Mike Aviles, Ryan Sweeney
Photo credit: Kelly O’Connor Small Sample Sizes can skew stats. Say that ten times fast. While we can’t take the numbers literally right now after only a few games, we can look at some of the highs and lows to try and determine which players are playing...
by Troy Patterson | Mar 29, 2012 | Adrian Gonzalez, Alfredo Aceves, Andrew Bailey, Andrew Miller, Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford, Clay Buchholz, Cody Ross, Daniel Bard, Dustin Pedroia, Felix Doubront, Franklin Morales, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Kevin Youkilis, Mark Melancon, Matt Albers, Michael Bowden, Mike Aviles, Nick Punto, Ryan Sweeney, Scott Atchison, Vicente Padilla
The 2012 season is finally almost ready to start and the Boston Red Sox can finally put all the stories from last season out of the news with a solid start. The team is largely intact much the same as last year and while the media has spent many pages hand wringing...
by chipbuck | Mar 14, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Jose Iglesias, Mike Aviles, Nick Punto
It’s probably safe to say that few Red Sox fans are thrilled with current shortstop situation. I’ll admit it. It’s underwhelming, meh, milquetoast. Seriously. Mike Aviles? Nick Punto? Jose Iglesias? Thinking about it subjectively, it almost...
by aconvery | Feb 7, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Jose Iglesias, Mike Aviles, Nick Punto
<a title="license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ – click to view more info about 'Well, in a short answer: yes. Unless Ben Cherington knows something that the rest of us don’t (and he just might), then Mike Aviles and Nick Punto are...
by chipbuck | Jan 25, 2012 | Adrian Beltre, Boston Red Sox, Cody Ross, Jose Iglesias, Marco Scutaro, Mike Aviles, Nick Punto, Ryan Sweeney
The last few days have been pretty busy here in Red Sox Nation. Ben Cherington and his front office compatriots are slowly but surely shaping the roster into a club that should be able to win 90-95 games in 2012. In order to stay on top of all of the recent...
by charliesap | Jan 22, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Clayton Mortensen, Jose Iglesias, Marco Scutaro, Mike Aviles, Nick Punto
It sounds weird to say that the Sox have made a move in order to clear salary, but that’s essentially what they did on Saturday when they sent their former starting shortstop, Marco Scutaro, to the Colorado Rockies for 26-year-old righthander Clayton Mortensen....
by Troy Patterson | Dec 19, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Dustin Pedroia, Kevin Youkilis, Mike Aviles, Nick Punto
Immediate reaction to the Nick Punto signing was mixed and there was plenty of comments on his perception as “gritty”, “a winner” or soon to be “dirt dog”. That is all good for laughs, but unlike some players with those qualities...
by darryl johnston | Sep 22, 2011 | Carl Crawford, Kansas City Royals, Mike Aviles
If you follow the Kansas City Royals (which excludes everyone reading this) then you know all about Mike Aviles. He’s an enigmatic power/speed combo with a penchant for poor pitch selection, but a ton of talent just waiting to fully blossom. If you still follow the...
by charliesap | Sep 4, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, J.D. Drew, Jose Iglesias, Mike Aviles, Ryan Lavarnway
It’s been a long season, battling back-and-forth with the Yankees for sole possession of first place, dealing with a banged-up rotation and looking to fill needs through trades and the farm system. Injuries to Jed Lowrie and Josh Reddick have forced some...
