by domara | May 9, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Burke Badenhop, Clay Buchholz, Henry Owens, Jackie Bradley, Shane Victorino, Texas Rangers, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts, Yu Darvish
After a short two game series with the Reds, the Red Sox hit the road on Thursday night in preparation of a three game series with the Texas Rangers. Friday will mark Boston’s first trip to the Lone Star state this year, and their second meeting with the...
by domara | May 8, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Grady Sizemore, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jake Peavy, Junichi Tazawa, koji uehara, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
The Red Sox finally climbed back to the .500 mark after defeating the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday night. Jake Peavy toed the slab for Boston and tossed an effective 6 innings, allowing 3 runs on 4 hits. However, Reds starter Mike Leake held the Red Sox offense in...
by mike scandura | May 5, 2014 | 2013 Pawtucket Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Garin Cecchini, Gavin Cecchini, Jose Iglesias, Kevin Boles, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
Might Pawtucket Red Sox third baseman Garin Cecchini be to Boston’s Will Middlebrooks what Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts was to Jose Iglesias? While that may be an interesting theory, PawSox manager Kevin Boles declined to speculate. “We don’t want to get too far...
by dpoarch | Apr 28, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Daniel Nava, Dustin Pedroia, Grady Sizemore, Jackie Bradley, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jonathan Herrera, Jose Iglesias, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
For starters, let’s be clear: the 2014 Red Sox have not played good defense. Not by any stretch. Right now, this is the 26th ranked team in the league in terms of Ultimate Zone rating, with a mark of -9.2, after a 2013 in which they ranked 10th with a 21.6 mark in the...
by broach | Apr 27, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Daniel Nava, Fenway Park, Grady Sizemore, Jonathan Herrera, Shane Victorino, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
The Boston Red Sox stand at 12-13 through almost a complete month of the seasonand are only 2.5 games behind the New York Yankees for the top spot in the AL East. After a slow start with the offense, pieces are starting to come back and the Red Sox have started to win...
by dpoarch | Apr 21, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Xander Bogaerts
We got our first look at Xander Bogaerts: Major League Shortstop on August 20, 2013; an 0-for-3 effort against the San Francisco Giants. Bogaerts was fresh off of decimating minor league hitting – as he had been known to do – to the tune of a .374 wOBA in AAA, and we...
by domara | Apr 17, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Jackie Bradley Jr., John Farrell, Jon Lester, Mike Napoli, Xander Bogaerts
It was a late night in Red Sox Nation on Wednesday evening as the Red Sox and White Sox battled for 5 hours. Clay Buchholz started the 14 inning marathon and tossed 6 innings of 6 hit, 3 run (2 earned) baseball. Bostons offense continued to struggle, but still managed...
by dpoarch | Apr 14, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Felix Doubront, Grady Sizemore, Henry Owens, Jackie Bradley, Xander Bogaerts
I began this week, as I always do, with propositioning you people on Twitter for TrollBag questions. Anybody have some questions for me? https://twitter.com/homecourtbias/status/455209681485832192 @PoarchDaniel @TrollBagQs you know who else wanted Troll Bag questions?...
by askillin | Apr 9, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Daniel Nava, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Jackie Bradley, Xander Bogaerts
Not everything has gone smoothly for the Red Sox during their 3-5 start to the season. They’ve made some uncharacteristic mistakes in the field, lost a couple games thanks to a leaky bullpen, and—perhaps most frustrating of all—been woeful as a team at the...
by domara | Apr 4, 2014 | 2013 World Series, Boston Red Sox, David Ross, Felix Doubront, Jackie Bradley, Jake Peavy, Jonny Gomes, Shane Victorino, Xander Bogaerts
The Red Sox secured their first series win of the season on Thursday, beating the Orioles by a final of 4-3. Felix Doubront battled through 5.1 innings of work, allowing 3 runs on 6 hits. Boston’s bullpen backed Doubront’s effort by throwing 3.2 innings of...
