by Troy Patterson | Feb 25, 2010 | David Ortiz, Manny Ramirez
It didn’t take long for David Ortiz to ask for a “power” bat to protect him in the lineup after Manny Ramirez was traded. This was oddly timed last year as the team was returning Jason Bay to the lineup and was expecting big things from him. Now...
by lee perrault | Feb 24, 2010 | Mike Lowell
Today, Mike Lowell talked to the press about his role and future with the Boston Red Sox. Lowell wanted to reach out to the fanbase after his trade to the Texas Rangers failed to materialize in the offseason because of injury. Mike Lowell has comes to terms with the...
by Troy Patterson | Feb 23, 2010 | Quick Post
Baseball America has released the top 100 prospect list today and after getting hammered for an hour or so with traffic I was finally able to view the list. This list along with John Sickels at MinorLeagueBall.com are my favorite and most trusted lists. The Red Sox...
by Troy Patterson | Feb 23, 2010 | Chan Ho Park
Yesterday the Yankees made an interesting move and added Chan Ho Park to the roster for $1.2 million and $300,000 in incentives. This gives them some options regarding Joba Chamberlain and Phil Hughes and could result in one going to Triple-A to start the year. The...
by mike silver | Feb 22, 2010 | Joba Chamberlain, New York Yankees, Nick Johnson, Phil Hughes
For a team that won the 2009 league championship while standing atop the AL East leaderboards for much of the past decade, the team would seem, at first glance, bereft of sleepers. Not so, however, even for these ’09 defending champions. A favorite even at this early...
by tim daloisio | Feb 21, 2010 | Fireside Chats Podcast
Episode #71 Hosts: Paul Testa, Tim Daloisio Guests: none Everyone has been wondering where Tim’s been and why there’s been no Fireside Chats as pitchers and catchers reported to Fort Myers. We now have answers. He’s been chumming it up in rehab with...
by lee perrault | Feb 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
Fooled you! Anyway, they only 80s I wanted to talk about were the 80 million dimes given to Johnny Damon by the Detroit Tigers, and how it relates to our favorite rivals 210 miles south. Personally, I was hoping teams would continue to stonewall Damon. With his...
by Troy Patterson | Feb 20, 2010 | Javier Vazquez, Johan Santana
For those not following the sabermetric updates Baseball Prospectus has attempted to create a new pitching statistic that improves on all those before it. This new stat is called SIERA or Skill-Interactive Earned Run Average. This takes the work of Nate Silver who...
by evan brunell | Feb 19, 2010 | Theo Epstein
Was there any doubt? The Boy Wonder is clearly Boston’s GM of the Decade, taking the job over officially for the 2003 season. 2000-2001 was the death throes of former Boy Wonder Dan Duquette, who was responsible for bringing Pedro Martinez to town, and …...
by Troy Patterson | Feb 18, 2010 | Mike Pelfrey, Misc.
I have always been critical of the “Verducci Effect” or “Year After Effect” as I have yet to see the study that proves its existence. Now that it’s February again, Tom Verducci has released his top ten high-risk pitchers based on the...
