Posted in Baseball, Bullpen, Discussion, tagged Eric Gagne on October 5, 2007 | No Comments »
Mike Fast has authored a neat post on Eric Gagne using Gameday data. He shows how Gagne uses his pitches, where he’s been successful, and where he’s been shelled. I’ll leave you to read the results for yourself. Wouldn’t want to ruin the suspense, ya know?
Posted in Baseball, Bullpen, Discussion, Injuries, Lineup, News, Playoffs, Red Sox, Rotation, Yankees, tagged Coco Crisp, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, Doug Mirabelli, Hideki Okajima, Jason Varitek, Jonathan Papelbon, Kevin Cash, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Ramirez on September 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
A very strong performance by Daisuke Matsuzaka (15-12) last night, coupled with a power explosion from David Ortiz led to a 5-2 victory over the Twins last night. Put that together that with an extra-inning win by Baltimore over the Yankees, and we are the new AL East Champions! It’s the first time the Yankees [...]
Posted in Baseball, Lineup, MLB, News, Red Sox, Rotation, Trades on August 23, 2007 | 4 Comments »
While Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched great tonight against Tampa Bay and took another hard luck loss, 2-1, former Red Sox Kason Gabbard was the recipient of some serious run support. His record went to 6-1 on the season as the Texas Rangers scored 30 runs tonight on Baltimore, en route to a 30-3 victory. It’s the [...]
Posted in Baseball, Red Sox, Rotation, Stats on August 16, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Daisuke Matsuzaka gave up six runs yesterday, according to the box score. You might think that means he just had a poor outing, but you’d be wrong. One bad inning and a couple of defensive miscues really made that outing look far worse than it actually was. Unfortunately for Dice-K’s ERA, that is not reflected [...]
Posted in Baseball, Lineup, Outfield, Playoffs, Predictions, Red Sox, Roster, Rotation, Rumors, Trades on July 20, 2007 | No Comments »
The way this team is going right now, we will probably still win the division, but I don’t think our chances are very good in the postseason. After a great start, we are playing .500 ball, and you don’t want to get to the playoffs doing that. The offense is floundering, we need a fourth [...]
Posted in Baseball, Free Agents, Lineup, MLB, News, Red Sox, Rumors, Yankees on July 16, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Alex Rodriguez is having a monster season, and he has an opt out in his contract after this season. He is also represented by Scott Boras, so he will opt out and become a free agent. Rodriguez is not especially happy in New York, has openly feuded with team captain Derek Jeter and there are [...]
Posted in Baseball, MLB, Rumors, Trades on July 12, 2007 | No Comments »
Not getting enough trade rumors? Here are some sites which will entertain you for at least a couple of hours, if you get into them.
The Rumor Mill over at MLBlogs.com
Baseball’s Rumor Mill at MSNBC.com
MLB Rumors at Pro Sports Daily.com
Trade Rumors at The Baseball Files
Posted in Baseball, Bullpen, Lineup, MLB, Playoffs, Predictions, Red Sox, Rotation on July 11, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Despite Derek Jeter’s comments, most simulations and predictions at this point show that the Red Sox have a 90% or greater chance of making the playoffs. So with the trading deadline coming up, it might be time to see how we match up against other contenders, and how we might improve our team.
By all rights, [...]
Posted in Baseball, Lineup, MLB, Outfield, Red Sox, Trades on July 9, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I think most people will agree, Wily Mo Pena is physically gifted and can hit a baseball a mile. He’s a pretty good teammate, and has a good attitude. He provides right-handed power off the bench. But I think we can also agree that he is no longer a good fit for our club. Pena’s [...]
Posted in Baseball, Bullpen, Lineup, MLB, Red Sox, Rotation, Trades on July 9, 2007 | No Comments »
All-Star break comes, and the Red Sox are atop the AL East with a record of 53-34. We’ve been here before. Actually, it was last year. Our record was 53-33 then, and we were the team to beat in the East.
Look, I know it’s hard for Red Sox fans to look on the bright side. [...]
