by evan brunell | Dec 4, 2008 | Clay Buchholz, Justin Masterson
IT’S THE HOLIDAY SEASON! WHY NOT GIVE A ‘DESTROIA’ OR ‘MONSTERSON’ SHIRT AS A GIFT? With the acquisitions of relievers Ramon Ramirez and Wes Littleton, the likelihood that the Red Sox utilize Justin Masterson as a starter is rather high....
by josh lacey | Dec 3, 2008 | Dustin Pedroia, Quick Post
Here’s a recap of Dustin Pedroia’s press conference announcing his new 6 year contract extension with the...
by josh lacey | Dec 3, 2008 | Dustin Pedroia
There’s been a common trend throughout Major League Baseball for teams to lock up their young talent early giving them more front loaded money in longer term deals, while effectively buying potential free agent years at a discount. This strategy allows a team...
by evan brunell | Dec 3, 2008 | Lars Anderson, Quick Post
In my interview with Peter Gammons, he mentioned the possibility of Lars Anderson playing the outfield should the Sox sign Mark Teixeira. But did Lars have outfield experience? I asked him. He says: “I played left for two years in high school but they...
by evan brunell | Dec 3, 2008 | Quick Post
My article on why the Red Sox should not sign Mark Teixeira certainly got a bit of debate going. Paul over at Yanks Fan Sox Fan wrote a nice article rebutting my claims. Check it...
by evan brunell | Dec 1, 2008 | Jason Varitek, Paul Byrd, Quick Post
Jason Varitek and Paul Byrd were offered arbitration in advance of the midnight deadline. Varitek, a Type A free agent, will fetch two draft picks (first round and supplementary first round, unless the first rounder is in the top 15; then it will be the second round...
by evan brunell | Dec 1, 2008 | C.C. Sabathia, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Eric Byrnes, Justin Masterson, Lars Anderson, Mark Teixeira, Miguel Montero, Ramon Ramirez
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Peter Gammons, who may, before all is said and done, be known as the most popular and influential baseball journalist in the history of the sport. Getting his start at the Boston Globe and spawning the Sunday Baseball Notes...
by evan brunell | Nov 29, 2008 | Quick Post
Linked in the menu above, we now have a organizational depth chart available for your perusal. This is not a top prospects chart. Some of our top prospects are further away from the majors than some of the fringe guys. This is in order of people that we could dip into...
by samara pearlstein | Nov 29, 2008 | A.J. Burnett, Community post
Amazed I was, in comparing A.J. Burnett’s 2008 breakout year stats against the rest of the Red Sox rotation, to find that A.J. would probably rank as the #4 starting pitcher at Fenway, while earning 2x – 40x more than the rest. Following are what curiosity...
by evan brunell | Nov 28, 2008 | Texas Rangers, Wes Littleton
In a move that may be the clearest yet that the Red Sox are moving towards having Justin Masterson and Clay Buchholz battle it out for the No. 5 spot in the rotation, the Red Sox have acquired reliever Wes Littleton from the Texas Rangers in exchange for two players...
