Xander Bogaerts Vs. Hanley Ramirez

Xander Bogaerts and Hanley Ramirez have different prospect profiles, but their ultimate value could be more similar than you think.

The Advanced Scout – Kansas City Royals

The Advanced Scout wipes the barbecue sauce from his face and analyzes the Kansas City Royals.

BOS 9, KC 2: Do Unto Others…

Just one night after Paul Byrd dropped five runs in the first frame against the Kansas City Royals, KC found out what it was like to watch an entire game slip away in one inning. Behind a six run fifth inning, the Boston Red Sox gave the Royals one such beat down, taking their first win of the series off of KC, 9-2, last night. The win was their 90th of the season, and brought the magic number in the Wild Card Race down to five.

Today’s trades show how lucky Sox fans are

Today, two extremely puzzling trades occurred. Check out the trades and my reaction to them.

Then, just be happy you're not a Royals or Mets fan.

Five shortstops Red Sox could pursue

As Nick Green and Julio Lugo team up in an attempt to break the record for most errors out of shortstop (and we thought Edgar Renteria was bad), it's time to start looking at outside options.

Green has been a great fill-in with the bat after no one expected him to even get a single at-bat on the year. On defense, however, his lead glove is starting to raise concerns. And Julio Lugo, of course, is Julio Lugo. We'll get to our internal option, Jed Lowrie, in a moment. But for now, let's focus on five shortstops the Sox could go after.