Boston Takes a Riske on a Lefty

Former Rule 5 pick of the Boston Red Sox, Javier Lopez, will get his shot with Boston, after all. Lopez, drafted as a Rule 5 pick in December 2002 along with Matt White, a fellow lefty, was traded to the Colorado Rockies May 18th, 2003 for a player to be named later...

Boston Takes a Riske on a Lefty

Former Rule 5 pick of the Boston Red Sox, Javier Lopez, will get his shot with Boston, after all. Lopez, drafted as a Rule 5 pick in December 2002 along with Matt White, a fellow lefty, was traded to the Colorado Rockies May 18th, 2003 for a player to be named later...

Pitching Problems Haunting Red Sox

Before the season began, my hopes for the 2006 Boston Red Sox were extremely high. Most experts predicted the offensive-driven Yankees to take the division crown, I said the balance of the Red Sox would prevail in the end. The 1 and 1A duo of Curt Schilling and Josh...

Time For Change

By Andrew Lipsett Last night’s epic collapse by Julian Tavarez has simply highlighted a growing concern among most Sox fans regarding the state of the Sox bullpen. Though the pen as a whole actually has reasonably good numbers, much of that can be attributed to...

The Stretch Looming

Today marks one month until baseball resumes again after the All-Star Break. Looking at the schedules ahead for the Red Sox, Yankees, and Blue Jays, one comes to realize that this month-long stretch is critical to each and every team. It is critical because these...

Concerned About Papi

DAVID ORTIZ’ 2006 SEASON What’s going on with Big Papi? YEAR BA v. RHP BA v. LHP SLG v. RHP SLG v. LHP This is being posted for Zach, who needed my help in creating the chart you see to the left. Enjoy the article! Well, this article turned out to be timed...

Lester is More: Enough to Keep Him in Rotation?

JON LESTER’S 2006 SEASON TO DATE Game by Game Log of Jon Lester (All but 6/10 in AAA) DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER HR BB K ERA PC 4/10 ROC L 2.1 3 1 1 0 3 3 3.86 59 4/15 CHR L 4.0 5 5 5 2 1 2 12.46 60 4/20 DUR L 4.0 2 2 2 0 2 6 8.64 65 4/26 DUR L 3.1 3 1 1 1 2 4 6.94...

How I Learned to Stop Worrying And Love The Needle

By Andrew Lipsett I know I promised a Lester scouting report today, but I?ve decided there?s something much more important going on in baseball right now, and I?d be remiss if I didn?t talk about it a little. I’ve had a bit of time now to digest the entire Jason...

Yanks vs. Sox: Schedules

Here’s a schedule breakdown the rest of the way. Maybe one way to look into the future and decipher who exactly has the edge for the AL East crown. I don’t care if it’s early. Boston Red Sox Number of Games: 105 Home Games: 57 Road Games: 48...