by tom fratamico | May 22, 2010 | Adrian Beltre, Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Detroit Tigers, Jhonny Peralta, Los Angeles Angels, Miguel Tejada, Mike Lowell, Minnesota Twins, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, Victor Martinez
We are starting to move beyond the “it is early” excuse for the Red Sox record. The club has issues and it may be too late to resolve them. Even the most optimist projection of the Olde Towne Team’s chance of making the postseason is only at twenty...
by tom fratamico | May 8, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays
Last week, I wrote a realistic but pessimist outlook for the Red Sox. Essentially, my point was that the Rays and Yankees are too good with too big of a lead for the Red Sox to have a better than 50/50 chance to over take either club and make the playoffs. Even after...
by tom fratamico | May 1, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays
Even though the Red Sox have won seven out of their last ten, they have not been playing good baseball. In those same ten games against mostly non-playoff contenders, the Olde Towne Team’s run differential is +3 (53 runs scored and 50 runs against). They should...
by jake digregorio | Apr 19, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Game Threads, Jeff Niemann, John Lackey, Tampa Bay Rays
Prev. Gm: Tampa Bay Rays (9-3) @ Boston Red Sox (4-8) Jeff Niemann (0-0, 3.24) @ John Lackey (1-0, 1.42) 11:05 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, Mass.) TV: NESN / MLB Network RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: On the holiest (and most proprietary) of all state-wide...
by jake digregorio | Apr 18, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Game Threads, Jon Lester, Matt Garza, Tampa Bay Rays
Prev. Gm: Tampa Bay Rays (8-3) @ Boston Red Sox (4-7) Matt Garza (2-0, 1.13) @ Jon Lester (0-1, 7.20) 1:35 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, Mass.) TV: NESN / TBS RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: Within a matter of hours, the Boston Red Sox had dropped two to the...
by dan rowinski | Apr 18, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Price, Javier Vazquez, Jeff Niemann, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, New York Yankees, Phil Hughes, Tampa Bay Rays, Tim Wakefield, Wade Davis
Good businesses make money in the margins. Think about a restaurant. Think about a medium-rare filet mignon with potatoes gratin, sautéed broccolini, horseradish cream and port reduction that costs 28 dollars. Sure, that gets you in the door but it is not where the...
by jake digregorio | Apr 17, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Game Threads, James Shields, Tampa Bay Rays
Prev. Gm: Tampa Bay Rays (6-3) @ Boston Red Sox (4-5) James Shields (0-0, 3.97) @ Clay Buchholz (1-0, 3.60) 7:10 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, Mass.) TV: NESN RADIO: WRKO 680, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: The Boston Red Sox will finish what they started last night against the...
by jake digregorio | Apr 16, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Game Threads, Josh Beckett, Tampa Bay Rays, Wade Davis
Prev. Gm: Tampa Bay Rays (6-3) @ Boston Red Sox (4-5) Wade Davis (0-0, 6.00) @ Josh Beckett (1-0, 6.17) 7:10 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, Mass.) TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: The Boston Red Sox will return home to face Tampa Bay, and Josh Beckett...
by Troy Patterson | Mar 9, 2010 | Andy Sonnanstine, David Price, James Shields, Jeff Niemann, Matt Garza, Tampa Bay Rays, Wade Davis
While Tampa Bay has had plenty of named talent over the last few years from Scott Kazmir, James Shields, Matt Garza to David Price. This along with a top offense and elite defense has led to their recent success in the AL East. Perhaps overvalued is a bit harsh, but...
by evan brunell | Mar 5, 2010 | Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Baseball Personnel, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Colorado Rockies, Detroit Tigers, Florida Marlins, Houston Astros, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays
As the advent of spring training games are upon us, I thought I’d kick off everyone’s favorite little exercise by providing my own personal predictions as to how I think the season will shake out. Now, before I do so, a word of caution: predictions can...
