by charliesap | Jan 8, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Erik Bedard, Rich Harden
Rich Harden — whom the Sox almost traded for at last season’s deadline — hasn’t thrown over 150 big league innings in a season since 2004. He hasn’t posted a sub-four ERA since 2008 and he’s a fly-ball pitcher who’s home run...
by chipbuck | Jul 30, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Lars Anderson, Rich Harden
Well, the Red Sox landed a starting pitcher. It wasn’t Ubaldo Jimenez who was traded to the Cleveland Indians for four prospects including Drew Pomeranz (listed as player to be named later because he can’t officially be traded until August 15th due to...
by chipbuck | Jul 28, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Erik Bedard, Rich Harden
This from the Boston Globe’s Nick Carfardo on the Red Sox’s need for starting pitching, and their potential trade targets: “This Sox team doesn’t need a lot of tweaking unless the brass decides to go all-out to get a Jose Reyes, a Felix Hernandez, or...
by mike silver | May 3, 2010 | Dontrelle Willis, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Rich Harden, Rich Hill
There’s just not a whole lot that can be said after a club gets swept by the worst team in baseball. Maybe “worst team in baseball” is a bit unfair to the Baltimore Orioles, but they earned that title by entering the weekend’s series at 4-18 (.181 winning percentage)....
by evan brunell | Dec 2, 2009 | Adrian Beltre, Billy Wagner, Jason Bay, Jermaine Dye, Matt Holliday, Miguel Tejada, Mike Gonzalez, Nick Johnson, Rafael Soriano, Rich Harden
The arbitration tender deadline has come and gone, and unsurprisingly, many players were not tendered arbitration contracts they had the right to accept or reject. Also unsurprisingly, Boston offered arbitration to its two eligible players: Jason Bay and Billy Wagner....
by tim daloisio | Oct 16, 2009 | Adrian Gonzalez, Ben Sheets, Matt Holliday, Rich Harden
With respect to both Evan and Mike’s blueprints and analysis preceding me, I chose to take a slightly different direction with the 2010 Red Sox. I think Theo Epstein and company will be aggressive this off season. No matter what you heard at the end of the...
by mike silver | Oct 15, 2009 | Alex Gonzalez, Billy Wagner, Boston Red Sox, Jason Bay, Jason Varitek, Marco Scutaro, Matt Holliday, Rich Harden, Takashi Saito, Tim Wakefield
Like most teams, the Boston Red Sox offseason will be defined by the willingness of their owner to open his wallet. Fortunately for Sox fans nationwide, Uncle John certainly has some deep pockets. However, the amount he is willing to spend will have a lot to say about...
by evan brunell | Oct 14, 2009 | Alex Gonzalez, Chone Figgins, Felix Hernandez, Jason Bay, Jason Varitek, Rich Harden, Tim Wakefield
Today is the first in a three version series on an offseason blueprint the Red Sox should follow. What should their starting lineup and pitching staff look like entering the 2010 season? I’ll take a look at one possible scenario while Mike and Tim follow up with...
by evan brunell | Oct 2, 2009 | Quick Post, Rich Harden
Buster Olney’s column today deals with players who could be impacted by arbitration offers. For example, Boston is expected to offer Billy Wagner arbitration, and Olney’s panel expects that offer (Wagner is a Type-A free agent, meaning the Sox would get a...
by shawn medeiros | May 24, 2008 | Dustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury, Joe Blanton, Jon Lester, Oakland Athletics, Rich Harden, Tim Wakefield
Tim Wakefield gave up 8 earned runs over 5 innings and Boston’s winning streak ended as they were beat by Rich Harden and the Oakland Athletics 8-3. Harden struck out 8, yielded two runs, and pitched for 6 innings to earn the victory (3-0). Dustin Pedroia hit...
