by tom fratamico | Oct 29, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, John Henry
New England Sports Ventures (NESV), the group that owns the Red Sox among other businesses, recently purchased the Liverpool Football Club (LFC) for $476 million or at a discount of roughly 40% according to Forbes. The business publication valued LFC at $822 million....
by charliesap | Oct 28, 2010 | Boston Red Sox
MLB Trade Rumors has obtained the official Elias Rankings. These rankings declare which free agents are Type A and which are Type B. Some of the top free agent relief pitchers are listed as Type A’s, but there are plenty of intriguing options listed as Type B....
by charliesap | Oct 28, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, J.D. Drew
Throughout the offseason, I’ll be dishing out my 2011 Red Sox projections. I do a full set of projections for all major league teams annually at fantasybaseball365.com. J.D. Drew 2011 projection: AB AVG OBP SLG OPS HR R RBI SB 422 .264 .351 .460 .811 18 60 63 2 For...
by darryl johnston | Oct 27, 2010 | Boston Red Sox
The Red Sox are undoubtedly ranked #1 in ‘worst trades of all time’ with the sale of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. It was the beginning of the most storied ‘curse’ in sports history, although at the time, the deal was not viewed as a bad...
by charliesap | Oct 26, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Brian Fuentes
Brian Fuentes has 187 career saves to his credit, but in recent seasons he has seen a drop in his velocity and strikeout rate. While he wouldn’t be the closer for a Red Sox team that already has one with one more waiting in the wings, he could serve as a key...
by darryl johnston | Oct 26, 2010 | Poll, Quick Post
Now that the Adrian Gonzalez rumors have started to resurface and we start to piece together what it would take to pry Gonzo from San Diego, we ask the poll question “Who is the Red Sox’ most untouchable prospect?” In order for the Sox to obtain...
by mike silver | Oct 25, 2010 | Cliff Lee
With the rumor-mill beginning to heat up on the impending 2011 off-season, we turn our sights on free-agent-to-be Cliff Lee, who has been tied to the Red Sox in recent days… Since his 22-win breakout season in 2008, Lee has consistently ranked among the top pitchers...
by evan brunell | Oct 20, 2010 | Trivia
Who was the first Puerto Rican-born player to play for the Red Sox? HONOR CODE: No search engines. Previous trivia question: Greg Harris was not allowed to pitch with both arms for the Red Sox because GM Lou Gorman believed it would make a mockery of the game. CSN...
by darryl johnston | Oct 20, 2010 | Boston Red Sox
When Dan Duquette’s name is run through the mud, as it often is in Boston, I like to kindly remind people that he was responsible for two of the most important deals in the team’s history. Both of which would eventually bring the World Series back to Boston — long...
by charliesap | Oct 19, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Grant Balfour
The Sox need bullpen help and I’m sure they will be exploring all avenues and options to improve things in 2011. There are some unique opportunities out there as well as the standard free agent options. One of those options has pitched in the AL East for the...
