by charliesap | Nov 29, 2011 | Adrian Gonzalez, Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Kevin Youkilis
Aging designated hitters haven’t been striking it rich (relatively speaking, of course) in the free agent market over the last few years. Last offseason, Vladimir Guerrero, who had hit .300/.345/.496 with 29 home runs that summer, could not find a team willing...
by aconvery | Nov 26, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
The name is the first thing that jumps out. Xander Bogaerts. It sounds more like a foreign planet than a nineteen-year old prospect. It’s already easy to hear Remy trying to mumble through his name the first time he steps to the plate at Fenway Park. Of course, the...
by chipbuck | Nov 23, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
Yesterday, I dropped Mr. Cafardo a tweet asking if he would be dropping a mailbag anytime soon. Always interested in pleasing his most adoring (read: obsessed) mail bag fan, he complied with releasing a glorious Thanksgiving edition of the bag. And oh what a mail...
by charliesap | Nov 22, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Daniel Bard, Huston Street, Jed Lowrie, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Reddick, Kevin Youkilis, Ryan Kalish
The Colorado Rockies brass has made it clear that they are comfortable with Rafael Betancourt as their closer and that Huston Street is on the trading block. It has been reportedthat the Red Sox are among a few teams that have already shown interest in trading for...
by charliesap | Nov 22, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Poll
Bobby Valentine is a big name. Boston is a big market. But do the two fit together? Troy doesn’t really think so and Chip wonders if ownership and the media should be putting so much weight on the role of a manager. A previous poll showed that Fire Brand readers...
by tim daloisio | Nov 21, 2011 | Fireside Chats Podcast
Episode #113 Hosts: Paul Testa, Tim Daloisio Guests: none [podcast]http://redsoxtimes.com/podcast/113_11_21_11_firesidechats.mp3[/podcast] While Jonathan Papelbon put the Red Sox in his rear view mirror, the Red Sox organization may have another strong personality in...
by chipbuck | Nov 21, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
The Boston media is restless. With the Patriots having recently destroyed their chief rival in primetime; the Celtics on an indefinite hiatus; and the Bruins still basking in their post-Stanley Cup victory glow, there isn’t a lot to discuss. They’re...
by Troy Patterson | Nov 21, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
I’m not one to go the route of Dan Shaughnessy and label the Front Office in chaos, but one has to be concerned about what is going on there. After the season I felt Theo Epstein would leave based on the recent intrusiveness of the Front Office. It appears this...
by darryl johnston | Nov 20, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
“He can play an Evans-type right field or he can play a quality center field. I think the fans in Boston are really going to appreciate his style of play, as the fans in L.A. did. We think J.D. has a chance to be very successful in Boston.” – Scott Boras,...
by aconvery | Nov 19, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
The word future carries certain connotations. At its core, it can be defined as the time after now. Of course, it is also the great unknown, something that we endlessly try to predict even though we know nothing will be certain until we get there. So when a player is...
