Red Sox Poll #108 – Mookie Betts

by | May 5, 2014 | Fire Brand Poll

Last week, accompanying pieces by Jack Keller and myself, I asked you how concerned you were with the Red Sox defense. Your answers essentially came out to “kind of?” The majority (43%) of you said you were “Moderately” concerned, while 31%...

Handing out some early season grades for some offseason pickups

by | May 4, 2014 | A.J. Pierzynski, Boston Red Sox, Brock Holt, Burke Badenhop, Chris Capuano, Edward Mujica, Grady Sizemore, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jonathan Herrera, koji uehara

Alright, it’s that time of the year. We’ve just wrapped up the first month of baseball and I thought I might give out some grades to some of Boston’s newest residents. I’m going to look at their performance on the field and any other criteria I...

Roster Power Rankings, April Edition

by | May 3, 2014 | A.J. Pierzynski, Andrew Miller, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, Brock Holt, Burke Badenhop, Chris Capuano, Clay Buchholz, Craig Breslow, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, David Ross, Dustin Pedroia, Edward Mujica, Felix Doubront, Fenway Park, Grady Sizemore, Jackie Bradley, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jake Peavy, John Farrell, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Jonathan Herrera, Jonny Gomes, Junichi Tazawa, Koji Uehara, Mike Carp, Mike Napoli, Mike Trout, Rubby de la Rosa, Shane Victorino, Stephen Drew, Toronto Blue Jays, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts

Thankfully, April is over (although May has been far from kind to us so far). The Red Sox ended the opening month of the 2014 season with a sub .500 record at 13-14. Now, the team that came into this season wanting to “Turn the Page” is heading into a new...

April Prospect Standouts

by | May 2, 2014 | Christian Vazquez, Cody Kukuk, Mookie Betts

Cold weather may have lingered throughout the opening month, but it hasn’t stopped several Red Sox prospects from getting off to hot starts. Here are three who were very strong in the first month of the season. Mookie Betts The biggest question for Mookie Betts coming...