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 mike silver | Oct 13, 2009 | Alex Gonzalez, Billy Wagner, Jason Bay, Josh Beckett, Paul Byrd, Rocco Baldelli, Takashi Saito, Victor Martinez
As is customary at the conclusion of every MLB season, the Boston Red Sox are now the proud holders of a number of expiring contracts and options. For a team swept in the opening round of the playoffs, there is often the urge to spend big on the free agent market in...
by evan brunell | Aug 19, 2009 | Adrian Gonzalez, Alex Gonzalez, Brian Anderson, Casey Kotchman, Clay Buchholz, Daniel Bard, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Hideki Okajima, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay, Jason Varitek, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Junichi Tazawa, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Delcarmen, Mike Lowell, Nick Green, Ramon Ramirez, Takashi Saito, Victor Martinez
In a homage to Twitter, the new social media application that is changing how news is delivered (in the same vein how blogs changed everything) I bring to you a summary of each Red Sox player on the 25-man roster in 140 characters or less (the maximum number of...
by evan brunell | Jul 27, 2009 | Cliff Lee, Quick Post, Takashi Saito, Victor Martinez
Ed Price of AOL Fanhouse tweets that the Red Sox have told people they are trying to pull off a big deal, bigger than Roy Halladay. Price goes on to speculate it may be a Cliff Lee/Victor Martinez package, as reported earlier by Joel Sherman. The Sox also have been...
by evan brunell | Jul 10, 2009 | Aaron Bates, Garrett Atkins, Julio Lugo, Mike Lowell, Rocco Baldelli, Takashi Saito, Terry Francona
Rumors abound that the Red Sox and Colorado Rockies have discussed a deal around reliever Takashi Saito for third-baseman Garrett Atkins, making roughly $7 million this year. Atkins began the year so poorly that he lost his starting job to Ian Stewart. On the season,...
by shawn medeiros | Jul 1, 2009 | Game Recap, Hideki Okajima, Justin Masterson, Takashi Saito
Even the best bullpen in baseball can have off days. This was just of the extreme variety. Boston’s pen gave up 10 runs in just two innings pitched and the Baltimore Orioles mounted the best comeback in franchise history. Justin Masterson handed out five runs,...
by shawn medeiros | Apr 27, 2009 | Andy Pettitte, Cliff Lee, David Ortiz, Game Recap, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jose Offerman, Takashi Saito, Tim Wakefield
After Usain Bolt threw out the first pitch in Saturday’s win against the New York Yankees, Jacoby Ellsbury wanted to remind everyone who the fastest person wearing a Boston Red Sox jersey really was. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Ellsbury gathered a...
by shawn medeiros | Apr 19, 2009 | David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Game Recap, Jon Lester, Justin Masterson, Mark Hendrickson, Takashi Saito, Terry Francona
As Jon Lester’s frustrations lifted,striking out nine Orioles over seven innings pitched to earn his first victory of the season, Dustin Pedroia and David Ortiz’ frustrations continue to mount. Despite knocking in the second run of the ball game on an RBI...
by evan brunell | Apr 16, 2009 | Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Daniel Bard, Hunter Jones, Justin Masterson, Michael Bowden, Takashi Saito
All indications point to Justin Masterson taking Dice-K’s place in the rotation after Dice was placed on the 15-day DL with arm fatigue. Masterson threw 60 pitches in relief of Dice-K in the midst of a taxing bullpen effort in a 12-inning game. The bullpen...
by josh lacey | Jan 12, 2009 | Brad Penny, Community post, David Aardsma, David Ortiz, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay, Jed Lowrie, John Smoltz, Josh Bard, Josh Beckett, Julio Lugo, Mark Kotsay, Mike Lowell, Rocco Baldelli, Takashi Saito, Tim Wakefield
17 of the starting 25 Red Sox for 2009 have much to prove this season. Of this number, 15 are rebounding from injuries which plagued 2008. This is not a bad thing, as the entire team will be extraordinarily motivated to do well, to win, to pull together and help each...
