by evan brunell | Jul 31, 2007 | Chicago Cubs, David Murphy, Eric Gagne, Kason Gabbard, New York Yankees, Texas Rangers, Trades
5:16 PM A potential roster crunch was just solved … unfortunately. Brendan Donnelly is undergoing Tommy John surgery and will be out for the year. He did quite well for the BoSox and will be missed. However, it does ease the crunch on the bullpen. The bullpen...
by evan brunell | Jul 31, 2007 | Joel Pineiro, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Scott Proctor, St. Louis Cardinals, Trades, Wilson Betemit
Joel Pineiro, who may have become the closer (although that wouldn’t have lasted very long) had Jonathan Papelbon elected to remain in the starting rotation, has been traded along with cash considerations for a player to be named later. Pineiro, who ends his...
by evan brunell | Jul 31, 2007 | Chicago White Sox, J.D. Drew, Jermaine Dye, Justin Masterson, Manny Delcarmen, Trades, Wily Mo Pena
Note: I’ll be obsessively tracking the the moves by Theo made (if any) today throughout the day. As soon as I can get any shred of information that a deal is done, you can find that information right here at Fire Brand. Looking forward to a monumental day...
by evan brunell | Jul 29, 2007 | Atlanta Braves, Elvis Andrus, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jonathan Papelbon, Mark Teixeira, Matt Harrison, Texas Rangers, Trades
By Mike Brunell Back in May I made a guest post about a new stat that I had developed called the blown save rate. I case you don
by evan brunell | Jul 24, 2007 | Bobby Kielty, Brandon Moss, Brendan Donnelly, Clay Buchholz, Coco Crisp, Craig Breslow, Curt Schilling, David Murphy, Jacoby Ellsbury, Javier Lopez, Joel Pineiro, Jon Lester, Julian Tavarez, Kason Gabbard, Kyle Snyder, Manny Delcarmen, Mike Timlin, Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, Salomon Torres, Trades, Wily Mo Pena
The triumphant return of Jon Lester last night certainly inspired many. It’s no small task to return from cancer to one of the biggest stages in the sports world, starting pitcher for a major league team, let alone the Boston Red Sox. However, it happened....
by zach hayes | Jun 25, 2007 | Chicago White Sox, Mark Buehrle, Trades
The Chicago Sun Times Joe Cowley is reporting this morning that the Mets and Braves have dropped from the prime position to acquire prized left-hander Mark Buehrle away from the collapsing Chicago White Sox. The new frontrunner? Your Boston Red Sox. White Sox GM Kenny...
by evan brunell | Jun 15, 2007 | Aaron Rowand, Coco Crisp, Greg Dobbs, Juan Rincon, Kevin Youkilis, Mike Lowell, Minnesota Twins, Pat Neshek, Philadelphia Phillies, Trades
Noise has been made the last couple days about Mike Lowell being shipped off to the Minnesota Twins. The Twins have been looking to upgrade the hot corner for a while now, as their third baseman, Nick Punto, is not doing well. Punto is hitting an anemic...
by evan brunell | Jun 15, 2007 | Cla Meredith, Coco Crisp, Doug Mirabelli, Edgar Renteria, Josh Bard, Julio Lugo, Kelly Shoppach, Kenny Lofton, Orlando Cabrera, Theo Epstein, Trades
Letting Orlando Cabrera go was Theo Epstein’s biggest mistake of his short career as a general manager, and we’re feeling the effects of this to this day. Let’s backtrack a little bit. On July 31st, 2004, the Red Sox traded away their icon, Nomar...
by mike edelman | May 1, 2007 | Rich Harden, Trades
According to Tim Brown of Yahoo Sports, the Oakland Athletics have contacted the Red Sox about a deal involving starting pitcher Rich Harden. At only 26 years of age, Harden has been one of the most dominant young pitchers in the game. In 458 career innings, Harden...
by evan brunell | Apr 19, 2007 | Daniel Haigwood, Scott Shoemaker, Texas Rangers, Trades
The Red Sox just acquired starting pitcher Daniel Haigwood from the Texas Rangers for minor leaguer Scott Shoemaker and cash. This is Haigwood’s fourth organization. Last year, he was traded from the Chicago White Sox to Philadelphia Phillies in the Jim Thome...
