by tom fratamico | Sep 10, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Victor Martinez
Last week in this space, the Red Sox winter to-do list was laid out. The most important was to resolve the uncertainly at catcher. Do the Sox resign free agent to be Victor Martinez, hand the bulk of the job to Jarrod Saltalamacchia with Jason Varitek (who would...
by charliesap | Aug 10, 2010 | Adrian Beltre, David Ortiz, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Marco Scutaro, Ryan Kalish, Victor Martinez
The Red Sox ended up splitting their four-game series in the Bronx Monday with a 2-1 win. While it was pitching that won the game, it was a small change in lineup construction that could pay dividends over the last two months, should it stick. However, along with...
by andrew lipsett | Jul 7, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Dustin Pedroia, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Varitek, Jed Lowrie, Jeremy Hermida, Josh Beckett, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Delcarmen, Mike Cameron, Mike Lowell, Ryan Westmoreland, Victor Martinez
Kevin Youkilis left last night’s game in the 4th inning with an ankle injury. At the moment, it appears he’ll be fine — the word out of Fenway is that he’ll be in the lineup tonight. Still, the sight of Youk leaving the game yesterday must have...
by mike silver | Jul 5, 2010 | Bill Hall, Chris Snyder, Dustin Pedroia, Gustavo Molina, Jason Varitek, Mark Wagner, Victor Martinez
There’s no doubt the Sox recent injuries have done a number on the club’s chances of winning the AL East. So we thought it would be interesting to uncover how bleak — or rosy — the those chances have become. Prior to the slew of injuries that befell...
by mike silver | Jun 28, 2010 | Angel Sanchez, Clay Buchholz, Dustin Pedroia, Fabian Williamson, Victor Martinez
It’s been another harrowing week for the Red Sox as yet another key starter has gone down to injury. With Dustin Pedroia sustaining a broken foot, the second baseman is expected to miss an estimated six weeks – forcing the Sox to scramble for a replacement due to...
by Troy Patterson | May 29, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, David Ortiz, Jason Varitek, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Victor Martinez
On May fourth I asked the question, Should Jason Varitek be the Starting Catcher? Not much has changed as at the time I noted “In 146 IP thrown to Martinez the staff has a K/BB of 1.64, but when Varitek has caught in 83.6 innings the staff has thrown a 2.35...
by dan rowinski | May 27, 2010 | Adrian Beltre, Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Denard Span, Dustin Pedroia, Francisco Liriano, J.D. Drew, Kevin Youkilis, Matt Garza, Minnesota Twins, Terry Francona, Victor Martinez
Everybody knows about “The Laser Show.” Dustin Pedroia is the working man of working men on the Sox roster (next to Kevin Youkilis, of course) and the straw that stirs the proverbial cocktail. Pedroia seems more like a whiskey type of guy to me, not that...
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 tim daloisio | May 11, 2010 | Adrian Beltre, Josh Papelbon, Manny Delcarmen, Mike Cameron, Mike Lowell, Theo Epstein, Victor Martinez
With the Red Sox treading water just above .500 after a month and a half of the season, its too early to fully embrace the “wait ’till next year” mentality. At the same time however, you had better believe Theo Epstein and his advisors have played...
by mike silver | May 10, 2010 | Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, J.D. Drew, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Victor Martinez
Drew Back on Track No Sox hitter in the past two weeks has been hotter than J.D. Drew. In Boston’s last ten games, he’s batted 17-for-36 with three homers. The eight Ks are a bit unfortunate, but nothing concerning. Not including last night, his first strike...
