by evan brunell | Jan 12, 2010 | Derek Lowe
During Derek Lowe’s tenure with the Red Sox, he was a 21-game winner, 42-save closer and 5.42 ERA starter. Lowe was consistently inconsistent and gave birth to what we all refer to as the “Derek Lowe” face — a face of pure failure. Lowe was...
by mike silver | Jan 11, 2010 | Aroldis Chapman, Boston Red Sox, Casey Kotchman
Kotchman to Seattle With all the positive moves the Red Sox have made this off-season, it’s a bit curious that Casey Kotchman became the first player expendable in the wake of the Adrian Beltre acquisition. Following the trade, the party line claimed that Kotchman...
by lee perrault | Jan 10, 2010 | Jacoby Ellsbury
Theo Epstein revisited his “bridge” comment a few months back to the Herald on Saturday. After the myriad of conversations we’ve had here recently, I felt the timing of his bridge wrap-up after the past few (excellent) signings was quite poignant....
by evan brunell | Jan 9, 2010 | Brian Daubach, Kevin Millar, Kevin Youkilis
A pudgy 25-year old named Kevin Youkilis made his major league debut in 2004, having made waves a year earlier for being the posterchild for Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game. In his first game on May 15 in Toronto, Youkilis cranked a home run for his first...
by Troy Patterson | Jan 8, 2010 | Casey Kotchman, Lars Anderson
I think Casey Kotchman should be a warning to any long term success we might expect from Lars Anderson. This is also just a discussion of their offense as Kotchman has a much better glove. Kotchman was a much higher draft pick going in the first round of the 2001...
by evan brunell | Jan 7, 2010 | Felipe Lopez, Jed Lowrie, Jerry Hairston, Khalil Greene, Mark Loretta, Nick Green, Orlando Cabrera
With the signing of Adrian Beltre and impending acquisition of Bill Hall, it seems that the Sox only have one thing left to do: dump Mike Lowell to bring in a backup shortstop. Lowell is perhaps even more redundant with the acquisition of Hall, who can play third and...
by Troy Patterson | Jan 7, 2010 | Adrian Beltre, Marco Scutaro, Mike Cameron, Theo Epstein
Since Moneyball was published in 2003 there has been a clear misunderstanding of what the book meant. I’m sure much of this is by people who never read the book, but perhaps some who missed the message. The message that is spread and widely understood is that...
by mike silver | Jan 6, 2010 | Adrian Beltre, Boston Red Sox, Mike Lowell
Adrian Beltre, The Player This off-season has had quite an emphasis on trusting higher-order statistical metrics as, surely, both Mike Cameron and Adrian Beltre do not fit the conventional mold for key cogs on championship caliber teams. Two players whose values lie...
by tim daloisio | Jan 5, 2010 | Fireside Chats Podcast
Episode #69 Hosts: Paul Testa, Tim Daloisio Guests: none [podcast]http://redsoxtimes.com/podcast/69_01_05_10_firesidechats.mp3[/podcast] While I’ve been busy adding a daughter to his “bullpen” at home with the birth of my second daughter Julia (Julia...
by Troy Patterson | Jan 5, 2010 | Bill Hall, Casey Kotchman, Quick Post
It’s been spread on Twitter that Casey Kotchman is headed to the Mariners for Bill Hall, a minor league PTBNL and cash considerations. When I first saw this deal I was curious to what this accomplished, but after looking at the numbers this makes a bit more...
