by askillin | Aug 6, 2014 | Allen Craig, Boston Red Sox, Brock Holt, Daniel Nava, Jackie Bradley, Mookie Betts, Shane Victorino, Yoenis Cespedes
Little has gone as planned in 2014 for the Red Sox, and the club’s furious dealing prior to last Thursday’s trade deadline was direct evidence of that fact. GM Ben Cherington shipped off one veteran after another in hopes of re-tooling the roster for the 2015...
by broach | Aug 2, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, AL East, Alex Wilson, Allen Craig, Anthony Ranaudo, Boston Red Sox, Joe Kelly, Mike Carp, Mookie Betts, Shane Victorino, Will Middlebrooks, Yoenis Cespedes
The Boston Red Sox had five open spaces after trading away pieces on Thursday prior to Friday’s contest at Fenway Park against the New York Yankees, but the team did a couple extra moves to make sure even more players could get on the team. The Red Sox placed...
by askillin | Jul 16, 2014 | Allen Webster, Anthony Ranaudo, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, Christian Vazquez, Garin Cecchini, Jackie Bradley, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Mookie Betts, Rubby de la Rosa, Stephen Drew, Xander Bogaerts
The first half of the Red Sox season proved to be a bumpier ride than just about anyone could have predicted, leaving Boston in an uncertain situation as the trade deadline approaches at the end of July. With Tuesday’s All-Star Game now in the past and the second half...
by tbrooks | Jul 15, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Devin Marrero, Garin Cecchini, Jackie Bradley, Mookie Betts, Portland Sea Dogs, Sean Coyle, Stephen Drew, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogearts
A deep farm system is a good problem to have, but it still causes problems that will eventually need to be solved by the front office. For example, the Boston Red Sox, heading into the all star break, have been fielding three natural second basemen in their lineups...
by jreilly | Jul 14, 2014 | AJ Pierzynski, Boston Red Sox, Brock Holt, Chris Sale, Clay Buchholz, Henry Owens, Koji Uehara, Mike Carp, Mookie Betts, Stephen Drew, Twitter
Starting today, on every other Monday (3 Up 3 Down will appear twice a month as well), we over here at Fire Brand of the American League are going to bring you what we think were the Top 10 Tweets of the Week. If you have a Twitter you know that Twitter is essentially...
by jcookson | Jul 11, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, A.J. Pierzynski, Alex Hassan, Allen Webster, Anthony Ranaudo, Blake Swihart, Brandon Workman, Brian Johnson, Brock Holt, Bryce Brentz, Christian Vazquez, Devin Marrero, Dexter Fowler, Garin Cecchini, Giancarlo Stanton, Henry Owens, Jackie Bradley, Jake Peavy, Matt Barnes, Mookie Betts, Oscar Taveras, Rubby de la Rosa, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
The release of A.J. Pierzynski on Wednesday marked a turning point for the Red Sox this season. The youth movement has started in earnest, with the club starting five rookies on Wednesday night. As Alex Skillin wrote earlier this week, more moves should be on the way...
by askillin | Jul 9, 2014 | Allen Webster, Anthony Ranaudo, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, Burke Badenhop, Christian Vazquez, Clay Buchholz, Daniel Nava, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Felix Doubront, Jackie Bradley, Jake Peavy, John Lackey, Jon Lester, koji uehara, Mike Carp, Mike Napoli, Mookie Betts, Rubby de la Rosa, Stephen Drew, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
It has become painfully obvious in the last two weeks that the Red Sox are going nowhere in 2014. The club’s offense has scuffled all season long, and with summer no longer a novelty, these struggles have quickly grown from what appeared to be a passing fluke to cold,...
by jcookson | Jul 4, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Ben Zobrist, Brock Holt, Dustin Pedroia, Jackie Bradley, Jose Altuve, Mookie Betts, Xander Bogaerts
I wrote my first Mookie Betts article for Fire Brand in June of last year after he had sustained his breakout performance at Low A in Greenville for a few months. I wrote at that time that his dream projection was “a high on base contact hitter with excellent speed...
by domara | Jul 4, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Don Orsillo, Houston Astros, Jerry Remy, Jon Lester, Mookie Betts
I might be the last Red Sox fan to concede defeat on a season, but after seeing the Red Sox get swept in 3 games by the lowly Chicago Cubs I’m strongly considering throwing in the towel. The pessimist — or perhaps realist — in me, sees the Red Sox...
by domara | Jul 3, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Brock Holt, Chicago Cubs, Dustin Pedroia, koji uehara, Mookie Betts, Xander Bogaerts
After dropping the first 2 games of the series on Monday and Tuesday, the Red Sox tried to salvage the third and final game against the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night. Boston sent right-handed rookie Brandon Workman to the mound in search of his second win, while the...
