by mike scandura | Jun 30, 2011 | Jose Iglesias, Ryan Lavarnway
Speed and power. That was the combination the Pawtucket Red Sox used Thursday night to beat the Rochester Red Wings, 6-5, for their 11th win in their last 15 games. Shortstop Jose Iglesias supplied the speed when he stole second and third base in the eighth inning and...
by mike scandura | Apr 23, 2011 | Ryan Kalish, Ryan Lavarnway
In a sense, it was the verbal equivalent of a high-and-tight fastball — a pitch that sends a batter sprawling in the dirt to avoid getting beaned. Or to put it another way, it was a proverbial wake-up call, one that in retrospect had a great deal to do with the...
by evan brunell | Sep 16, 2009 | Ryan Lavarnway
Ryan Lavarnway was previously interviewed on Fire Brand July 17, 2008. At that point, Lavarnway was rehabbing from a broken scaphoid bone in his left wrist after being drafted in the sixth round of 2008. Lavarnway has gone on to be a major contributor to...
by daniel rathman | Feb 16, 2009 | Casey Kelly, Kris Negron, Michael Almanzar, Ryan Dent, Ryan Lavarnway, Ryan Westmoreland, Will Middlebrooks, Yamaico Navarro
Twelve months ago, I was eagerly looking forward to today because it would be then that the logjam at the shortstop position in the low-minors could be resolved. There were five guys: Oscar Tejeda, Yamaico Navarro, Kris Negron, Will Middlebrooks, and Ryan Dent; that...
by evan brunell | Jul 17, 2008 | Ryan Lavarnway
The Red Sox drafted Ryan Lavarnway, 20,
