by zach hayes | Jul 27, 2006 | Uncategorized
Keith Foulke is due back early next week to help shore up a mostly ineffective bullpen. But the real question lingering in all Red Sox fans mind is simple- how effective can Keith Foulke really be? Will he return to some shade of his 2004 form, or will it be...
by evan brunell | Jul 25, 2006 | Uncategorized
Yesterday, David Wells pitched a simulated game in Oakland. According to Terry Francona, he threw well. While we don’t know if he’s going on a rehab start or not, if he doesn’t, he could possibly start this coming Sunday. The off-day on Thursday is...
by zach hayes | Jul 24, 2006 | Uncategorized
The date is July 24 and the contenders are starting to make their move, while the pretenders are fading in the standings. With the Wild Card and tons of parody in baseball today, many teams are still fighting for those playoff spots, making the Contender list a little...
by guest | Jul 23, 2006 | Uncategorized
A lot of pieces have had to click for the Red Sox to sit in the position they are; 2
by guest | Jul 22, 2006 | Uncategorized
By Andrew Lipsett The Trade Deadline approacheth, and with it come the myriad, often ridiculous trade rumors that get many of us frothing at the mouth (today’s nonsense-du-jour was a brief flurry of Mike Lowell/Jake Peavy trade talk on ESPN). But underneath all...
by evan brunell | Jul 21, 2006 | Uncategorized
It’s become a common refrain around here lately, but we need a starter. We have relied on stopgaps (Kason Gabbard, David Pauley, Kyle Snyder) and injured and/or ineffective starters (Matt Clement, David Wells, Tim Wakefield, Jason Johnson). David Wells is close...
by zach hayes | Jul 20, 2006 | Uncategorized
Posting for Zach… Josh Beckett??s name is circling the news today in Boston. Josh is coming off one of his best performances of the year against Kansas City- 8 innings of 5-hit baseball with no earned runs in a 1-0 victory- and recently signed a contract...
by evan brunell | Jul 19, 2006 | Uncategorized
Josh Beckett, eligible for free agency after the 2007 season, has signed a three-year extension, kicking in next year. The terms of the contract were not revealed, but has an option year (with vesting incentives) for 2010. This news was announced by Terry Francona...
by guest | Jul 19, 2006 | Uncategorized
By Andrew Lipsett Here are two pitching lines from two different left-handed starting pitchers in two different seasons. Both lines have been prorated to 200 IP. IP K BB HRA WHIP ERA BABIP K/9 BB/9 K/BB Player A 200 146 110 17 1.32 2.38 .237 6.56 4.97 1.32 Player B...
by evan brunell | Jul 18, 2006 | Uncategorized
Expecting a reasoned analysis? A long entry based on who we should get? Not going to get it. I wrote a couple days ago about this – we all know it – we need a starter. Jake Westbrook, Cliff Lee, and Paul Byrd (the team they play for is purely coincidental)...
