by bcowett | Dec 13, 2013 | 2013 Winter Meetings, 2014 Red Sox offseason, Ben Cherington, Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Garin Cecchini, Jacoby Ellsbury, Michael Almanzar, Ryan Madson, Stephen Drew
Not the most exciting Winter Meetings for Boston, but then again, they didn’t have or feel a real need to improve coming into the Meetings. So it goes, I guess. It was a silent trip to the Winter Meetings for the Red Sox, but Ben Cherington did practically...
by scandage | Jun 7, 2013 | Albert Pujols, Alberto Callaspo, Alex Wilson, Alfredo Aceves, Andrew Bailey, Andrew Miller, Andrew Taylor, Boston Red Sox, C.J. Wilson, Chris Iannetta, Clay Buchholz, Clayton Mortensen, Craig Breslow, David Ortiz, David Ross, Dustin Pedroia, Erick Aybar, Ernesto Frieri, Felix Doubront, Garrett Richards, Hank Conger, Howie Kendrick, J.B. Shuck, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Joe Blanton, Jose Iglesias, Josh Hamilton, Junichi Tazawa, Kevin Jepsen, Koji Uehara, Los Angeles Angels, Mark Trumbo, Mike Carp, Mike Trout, Pedro Ciriaco, Peter Bourjos, Ryan Dempster, Ryan Madson, Ryan Rowland-Smith, Scott Downs, Sean Burnett, Stephen Drew, Texas Rangers, Tommy Hanson
After taking two of three against the Rangers, the Boston Red Sox (37-24, 1st place in the AL East, 1.5 games ahead) welcome the Los Angeles Angels (26-34, 3rd place in the AL West, 10.5 games back) to Fenway Park for a three-game series. Friday night’s game was...
by scandage | Dec 1, 2012 | Adam LaRoche, Alex Gonzalez, Alfredo Aceves, Andrew Bailey, Anibal Sanchez, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Brandon McCarthy, Brennan Boesch, Brian Wilson, Cody Ross, Dan Haren, Daniel Bard, Detroit Tigers, Edwin Jackson, Francisco Liriano, Jair Jurrjens, Jerry Owens, Joakim Soria, Joe Blanton, Jonathan Broxton, Jonny Gomes, Jose Iglesias, Jose Valverde, Josh Hamilton, Koji Uehara, Kyle Lohse, Mark Reynolds, Mike Adams, Mike Napoli, Nate Schierholtz, Nick Swisher, Rafael Perez, Ryan Dempster, Ryan Madson, San Francisco Giants, Shaun Marcum, Shin-Soo Choo, Stephen Drew
The 2012 Baseball Winter Meetings will be held in Nashville on Monday through Wednesday. Let’s take a look at some of the free agents and non-tendered players that the Red Sox may be interested in. As everybody knows, Boston is looking for a first baseman, and...
by huntergolden | 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...
by charliesap | Dec 20, 2011 | Gio Gonzalez, Hiroki Kuroda, Poll, Roy Oswalt, Ryan Madson
Fire Brand wants to know what you want the Sox to do for the holidays! Not that we can actually make any of this happen, mind you, but it’s a fun poll question anyway. How about Gio Gonzalez? The price would be high and one has to wonder if the Sox even have the...
by chipbuck | Nov 9, 2011 | Albert Pujols, Aramis Ramirez, Boston Red Sox, C.J. Wilson, Carlos Beltran, Carlos Pena, David Ortiz, Edwin Jackson, Francisco Cordero, Francisco Rodriguez, Heath Bell, Hiroki Kuroda, Jimmy Rollins, Joe Nathan, Jonathan Papelbon, Jose Reyes, Mark Buehrle, Michael Cuddyer, Prince Fielder, Roy Oswalt, Ryan Madson
As I was reading Jim Bowden’s “Pricing the Free Agents” piece on ESPN last Friday afternoon, I could hear the rising and crashing waves of criticism coming from the Sabermetric/blogging community from over yonder…and by yonder, I mean Twitter. ...
by charliesap | Nov 8, 2011 | Aramis Ramirez, Boston Red Sox, C.J. Wilson, Carlos Beltran, Edwin Jackson, Hiroki Kuroda, Kevin Youkilis, Mark Buehrle, Poll, Ryan Madson, Yu Darvish
Boston’s search for a new field manager continues and it will do so without the option of Mike Maddux, who withdrew his name from consideration. There are still some intriguing options out there, but managerial changes always make me wonder, “How much does...
by chipbuck | Nov 4, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Daniel Bard, Heath Bell, Joe Nathan, Jonathan Broxton, Jonathan Papelbon, Matt Capps, Octavio Dotel, Ryan Madson, Scott Linebrink
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve examined the free agent market for both right field and starting pitching, while identifying potential solutions for the Red Sox in 2012. In most of the cases, the players I’ve identified have been short-term options,...
