by josh lacey | Jul 28, 2009 | Clay Buchholz, Game Threads, Oakland Athletics
Let’s hang Rice’s #14 with a W! Congratulations to Jim Rice on a career worthy of this honor!
by josh lacey | Jul 28, 2009 | Daisuke Matsuzaka
Daisuke Matsuzaka may be gone…and to many in 2009 forgotten, but the Red Sox have continued to hold out hope that he’ll be “in the mix” come September and potentially the playoffs should the team make it into October ball. This week, the old...
by evan brunell | Jul 28, 2009 | Brian Anderson, Mark Kotsay, Quick Post
The Red Sox have traded first-baseman/outfielder Mark Kotsay to the Chicago White Sox for centerfielder Brian Anderson. Anderson has roughly 2.5 years of MLB service, so is under Sox (the red kind this time) control through 2013, if my shady calculations are correct....
by daniel rathman | Jul 28, 2009 | Community post
Brian Anderson isn’t much for hitting, but at least he has an acceptable UZR for a 5th outfielder. Let the “zomg we’re trading Ellsbury111” teeth gnashing begin.
by shawn medeiros | Jul 28, 2009 | Dustin Pedroia, Game Recap, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jed Lowrie, Josh Beckett
After a shaky start against the Texas Rangers, Josh Beckett returned to form against Oakland. Beckett pitched seven innings allowing eight hits, three runs, one walk and 10 strikeouts. Boston’s offense continues to swing it as the Red Sox pounded out 14 hits....
by tim daloisio | Jul 28, 2009 | Poll, Quick Post
New Poll Question: With the trade deadline approaching and rumors flying, where should Theo and the front office focus their efforts? Package prospects including Lars Anderson and young pitching to SD for Adrian Gonzalez Buchholz and the farm for Roy Halladay Keep...
by evan brunell | Jul 27, 2009 | Cliff Lee, Quick Post, Takashi Saito, Victor Martinez
Ed Price of AOL Fanhouse tweets that the Red Sox have told people they are trying to pull off a big deal, bigger than Roy Halladay. Price goes on to speculate it may be a Cliff Lee/Victor Martinez package, as reported earlier by Joel Sherman. The Sox also have been...
by josh lacey | Jul 27, 2009 | Game Threads, Josh Beckett, Oakland Athletics, Trevor Cahill
With Beckett pitching as well as he has been, the Red Sox have to come out of his outings with a W.
by evan brunell | Jul 27, 2009 | Adrian Gonzalez, Clay Buchholz, Ian Snell, Jack Wilson, Justin Masterson, Michael Bowden, Quick Post, Roy Halladay, Stolmy Pimentel, Victor Martinez
Tom Werner says that Theo Epstein is “burning the midnight oil” for an impact trade. The article specifically mentions Roy Halladay and Victor Martinez. Is there no middle ground for Victor Martinez? As NESN.com rounds up, the Indians reportedly rejected a...
by shawn medeiros | Jul 27, 2009 | Game Recap, John Smoltz
The John Smoltz experiment is failing, miserably. Smoltz got rocked around for nine hits over five innings pitched allowing six runs, one walk, six strikeouts and one home run given up. Nick Markakis drove in three runs including a solo home run in the fifth and David...
