by bcarsley | Jun 24, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Jackie Bradley, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jon Lester, Xander Bogaerts
Dustin Pedroia is the most valuable player and commodity in the Red Sox organization. He is essentially tied with Clay Buchholz and Jacoby Ellsbury for highest fWAR on the team. Though it seems like he’s been around forever, he’s still just 29. He’s under team control...
by bcarsley | Jun 17, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, 2013 Pawtucket Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Buster Posey, Byron Buxton, Jose Reyes, Oscar Taveras, Xander Bogaerts
Xander Bogaerts was promoted to Triple-A last week. If you’re even a casual fan of the Boston Red Sox, you’re probably aware of this move. In an age where prospect hype is often hard to contain, it becomes difficult to appropriately qualify how good the truly elite...
by bcowett | Jun 17, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Adam Jones, Alfredo Aceves, All-Star Voting, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Jose Iglesias, Nick Markakis, Tampa Bay Rays, Wil Myers, Xander Bogaerts
Disappointing end to the road trip. The Sox just can’t beat the Orioles nowadays and that’s an extremely frustrating conundrum. Luck, doubles and the Baltimore Orioles. That just about sums up the series, and Sunday’s contest was a perfect example of...
by bcowett | Jun 14, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, 2013 Pawtucket Red Sox, Alex Wilson, Alfredo Aceves, All-Star Game, All-Star Voting, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Daniel Nava, Jonny Gomes, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
If the BABIP gods covet one team above all the rest, it’s those Baltimore Orioles. Bloop singles everywhere and they’re catching every single liner. He may have gotten saddled with the loss, but Alex Wilson did a phenomenal job last night. He’s yet...
by chipbuck | Jun 13, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, Garin Cecchini, Jose Iglesias, Xander Bogaerts
Brandon Workman got the minor league promotion season kicked off last week when the Red Sox moved him from Portland to Pawtucket. According to WEEI’s Alex Speier, one of his former Sea Dog teammates will be joining him: “With Jose Iglesias remaining on...
by chipbuck | Jun 10, 2013 | Alex Wilson, Allen Webster, Anthony Ranaudo, Blake Swihart, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Jacobs, Brandon Workman, Brian Price, Bryce Brentz, Bryce Cox, Caleb Clay, Casey Kelly, Christian Vazquez, Clay Buchholz, Daniel Bard, Devin Marrero, Drake Britton, Dustin Pedroia, Dustin Richardson, Garin Cecchini, Henry Owens, Jackie Bradley, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Place, Jed Lowrie, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Reddick, Kolbrin Vitek, Kris Johnson, Kyle Weiland, Lars Anderson, Manny Delcarmen, Matt Barnes, Michael Almanzar, Michael Bowden, Reymond Fuentes, Ryan Kalish, Ryan Lavarnway, Ryan Westmoreland, Sean Coyle, Tommy Hottovy, Trey Ball, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
With the 2013 Rule 4 draft finally in the books, I thought it’d be fun to take a look back at all of the drafts that have occurred during the John Henry ownership era. In this piece, we’ll review their successes, their failures, the trends they’ve...
by dpoarch | Jun 9, 2013 | Alfredo Aceves, Allen Webster, Boston Red Sox, Daniel Nava, David Ortiz, Jackie Bradley, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jose Iglesias, Josh Papelbon, Kevin Youkilis, Trey Ball, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
Last week, I had the bright idea of starting a Fire Brand mailbag. I thought I would have some fun with it, but mostly, it would focus on legitimate Red Sox analysis in a way Nick Cafardo typically fails to provide. I… was wrong. You can read the first part here....
