by Troy Patterson | Dec 12, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Daniel Bard, Jonathan Papelbon
This weekend Bobby Valentine spoke clearly about Daniel Bard entering 2012 spring training looking to be stretched out as a starter. While many had speculated about this possibility there was no clear final decision until now. This decision answers some questions...
by darryl johnston | Dec 11, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Carlos Quentin, Jed Lowrie, Marco Scutaro, Mark Reynolds
In April 2011, the Legend of Jed Lowrie was born. In what became a popular Twitter meme where unicorns drink the blood of Lowrie, fans across the globe submitted their commentary into a repository that was mentioned repeatedly by blogs, radio shows and newspapers....
by aconvery | Dec 10, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
.296/.401/.484 In 2009, this is what Ryan Westmoreland was to most people. A stat line. Raised in Portsmouth Rhode Island, he was drafted in the fifth round of the 2008 amateur draft by the team he rooted for as a child, the Boston Red Sox. He made a splash in his...
by chipbuck | Dec 9, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
Well, the Winter Meetings are officially over. They closed up shop in Dallas yesterday afternoon, and everyone went back to their respective homes for the weekend. It’s a sad day for us hot stove junkies. Sure, there are still some exciting players yet to be...
by charliesap | Dec 9, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Poll
Just a quick poll for everyone as we head into the weekend. Chip basically posed the question yesterday, but let’s make it an official poll. Should the Sox bid on Yu Darvish? Are you enamored by his upside and youth? Are you too worries that he’s Dice-K...
by chipbuck | Dec 8, 2011 | Yu Darvish
According to Patrick Newman of NPB Tracker (with a hat tip to the incomparable Drew Silva of NBC Hardball Talk for digging it up), Yu Darvish will be posted by the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters at some point either today or Friday. Darvish is one of the most, if not...
by charliesap | Dec 8, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Jed Lowrie, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Josh Reddick, Ryan Kalish
The Red Sox were in on Mark Buehrle and we here at Fire Brand would have been happy to see him in Boston. However, Buehrle is no longer on the market, as he will be spending the next four years in Miami, having signed a four-year, $58M deal with the Marlins. In...
by chipbuck | Dec 7, 2011 | Andrew Bailey, Boston Red Sox, Daniel Bard, David Ortiz, Hiroki Kuroda, Josh Willingham
Some people feel that baseball’s winter meetings are an overblown festivity, but I couldn’t disagree more. For a hot stove junkie like myself, the winter meetings are like an early Christmas present. Rumors, mystery teams, big contracts, quotes from GMs,...
by charliesap | Dec 6, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Quick Post
Here are some rumors from Tuesday’s winter meetings… Update #3: ESPNBoston.com, through ESPN Deportes, reports that David Ortiz is likely to accept arbitration, which will give him a raise in salary for 2012, but no commitment beyond that for the Sox....
by charliesap | Dec 6, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz
The winter meetings are underway and the offseason action is picking up. One of the possible targets of the Red Sox, Heath Bell, has already signed and those that were hoping to see Jose Reyes in Beantown are out of luck. However, there is hope that one of...
