Ghosts Of Red Sox Past: The 2013 Playoffs

Not sure if you’ve noticed, but the Red Sox have undergone a tremendous amount of change over the past few years. Sure, some mainstays like David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Jon Lester, Clay Buchholz and Jacoby Ellsbury have defined the core of this team. Yet by my count,...

The Red Sox and the trade deadline: What not to do edition

With all the talk about whom the Red Sox should go out and try to get at the trade deadline, there hasn’t been much discussion surrounding some of the players they should avoid. And trust me when I say – there are a lots of guys who aren’t close to worth their...

Monday’s Links – The Season’s Upon Us, But It’s Not Baseball

Hey there everyone! Thought I’d grace you all with some links beneath the digital tree on Christmas Eve. Feel free to open these presents right away! Oh man. This Joel Hanrahan trade business. I haven’t seen something this confusing since I tried reading...

Red Sox to acquire Hanrahan, Holt UPDATED

According to Jim Bowden of ESPN and other reports, the Red Sox have acquired Joel Hanrahan and another player from the Pittsburgh Pirates for Mark Melancon, Jerry Sands, Stolmy Pimentel and another player. The former Pirates closer had 36 saves in 2012 and 40 saves in...

Pimentel taking step back in Portland

When a batter goes hitless in a game, he’s said to have had an “o-fer,” as in 0-for 4. Right-hander Stolmy Pimentel had his own “o-fer” during the first half of last season at Portland. In 15 starts for the Sea Dogs in 2011, Pimentel was 0-9 with a bloated 9.12 ERA –...

The Resurrection of the Farm System

<a title="" When Theo Epstein assumed the role of Red Sox General Manager prior to the 2003 season, one of his missions was to build a “$100M player development machine.”  While his goal was certainly ambitious, he faced two big obstacles:  a...

The Impending Roster Crunch

<a title="license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ – click to view more info about 'Surplus.  Every team wants it, but very few teams have it.  If you were to look solely at the Red Sox 25-man roster, you’d see a roster bereft...