by domara | Aug 14, 2014 | Anthony Ranaudo, Aroldis Chapman, Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Daniel Nava, David Ross, Jackie Bradley, Jon Lester, Mike Napoli, Yoenis Cespedes
The Red Sox continued their winning ways on Wednesday by completing a 2 game sweep of the Cincinnati Reds. In his second career major league start, Red Sox righty Anthony Ranaudo wasn’t as crisp as he was in his major league debut, but managed to hold the Reds...
by domara | Aug 13, 2014 | Andrew Miller, Anthony Ranaudo, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, Brock Holt, Cincinnati Reds, Jake Peavy, Joe Kelly, koji uehara, Mat Latos, Yoenis Cespedes
For the second straight night, the Red Sox were propelled to a victory on the strength of a Yoenis Cespedes 8th inning home run. However, unlike his tie-breaking home run on Sunday, Cespedes’ blast on Tuesday night came with the Red Sox trailing by a run. Brock...
by askillin | Aug 13, 2014 | Allen Craig, Ben Cherington, Boston Red Sox, Jon Lester, Yoenis Cespedes
Although the Red Sox ended up trading long-time ace Jon Lester at the deadline, they did get a pretty good player in return from the A’s in Yoenis Cespedes. GM Ben Cherington acknowledged that Boston fielded some attractive offers involving prospects prior to dealing...
by broach | Aug 12, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, 2014 Trade Deadline, Allen Webster, Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Fenway Park, Joe Kelly, Jon Lester, Rubby de la Rosa, Yoenis Cespedes
The Boston Red Sox started off an 8-game road trip with a series loss to the St. Louis Cardinals before nearly sweeping the Los Angeles Angels over the weekend. With only two games left before heading back to the confines of Fenway Park, the Red Sox look like a team...
by domara | Aug 11, 2014 | Albert Pujols, Allen Webster, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, Christian Vazquez, Clay Buchholz, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Jackie Bradley, Los Angeles Angels, Mike Napoli, Mike Trout, Rubby de la Rosa, Stephen Drew, Xander Bogearts, Yoenis Cespedes
The Red Sox defeated the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim over the weekend, and claimed their first series win since sweeping the Kansas City Royals in late July. Allen Webster took the mound for the Red Sox on Friday, and was much better than he was in his previous...
by prmallon | Aug 9, 2014 | Allen Craig, Ben Cherington, Boston Red Sox, Devin Marrero, Dustin Pedroia, Giancarlo Stanton, Henry Owens, Jackie Bradley, Joe Kelly, Mike Napoli, Mookie Betts, Pawtucket Red Sox, Portland Sea Dogs, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts, Yoenis Cespedes
With the season effectively over, it sometimes feels pointless and futile to recapitulate the goings on of the team from day to day and week to week from here on out. It seems extraneous and irrelevant to analyze players’ performances if they are all for naught....
by domara | Aug 7, 2014 | Allen Craig, Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Daniel Nava, Jackie Bradley, Joe Kelly, koji uehara, matt adams, Matt Carpenter, St. Louis Cardinals, Xander Bogearts, Yoenis Cespedes
The Red Sox evened the series against the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night, winning by a final of 2-1. In his Red Sox debut, Joe Kelly tossed 7 strong innings, yielding just 1 run on 3 hits, while striking out 2 and walking 4. Similarly, Cardinals starting...
by askillin | Aug 6, 2014 | Allen Craig, Boston Red Sox, Brock Holt, Daniel Nava, Jackie Bradley, Mookie Betts, Shane Victorino, Yoenis Cespedes
Little has gone as planned in 2014 for the Red Sox, and the club’s furious dealing prior to last Thursday’s trade deadline was direct evidence of that fact. GM Ben Cherington shipped off one veteran after another in hopes of re-tooling the roster for the 2015...
by broach | Aug 5, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, 2014 Trade Deadline, AL East, Allen Craig, Andrew Miller, Anthony Ranaudo, Boston Red Sox, Joe Kelly, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Jonny Gomes, Stephen Drew, Yoenis Cespedes
The Boston Red Sox struggled at home this week with a 1-5 homestand and are now 14 games behind the AL East leading Baltimore Orioles. However, the team did not improve in one category this week: offense. The team has been able to score runs the last three games post...
by domara | Aug 4, 2014 | Allen Webster, Anthony Ranaudo, Boston Red Sox, Christian Vazquez, Clay Buchholz, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Jackie Bradley, Jon Lester, Mike Napoli, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Yoenis Cespedes
With the Red Sox positioned to play spoilers in the American League East at this point of the 2014 season, the team welcomed in the New York Yankees for a three game set over the weekend. On Friday, 24 year old starter Anthony Ranaudo made his major league debut, and...
