Posted in Red Sox, tagged Al Reyes, Carlos Pena, Craig Hansen, Dan Wheeler, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Gabe Gross, J.D. Drew, Julio Lugo, Mike Lowell, Scott Kazmir, Troy Percival on July 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Yeah, I know finishing out a five-game losing streak by getting swept by 1st place Tampa Bay isn’t exactly encouraging. But my purpose here is to give the Nation some perspective.
Losing is losing, of course, but we’ve lost the last 5 games by a grand total of 7 runs. That’s almost a ridiculous string of [...]
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Posted in 2008, Discussion, Draft, News, Prospects, Red Sox, tagged Bryan Price, Casey Kelly, Derrik Gibson, Kyle Weiland, Pete Hissey, Ryan Lavarnway, Ryan Westmoreland, Stephen Fife on June 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Boston Red Sox completed their first day of picks by bolstering their farm system with - more pitching. But not just pitching. As Theo promised, they went after higher-ceiling guys this time around, with more high school players in the bunch. They’re all athletic guys with mutiple skillsets, very toolsy players who fit the [...]
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Posted in 2008, Discussion, Injuries, Lineup, Red Sox, Roster, Rumors, tagged Adam Dunn, Barry Bonds, Brandon Moss, Carlos Delgado, Chris Carter, David Ortiz, Jed Lowrie, Jermaine Dye, Jim Thome, Juan Rivera, Nomar Garciaparra, Raul Ibanez, Richie Sexson, Sean Casey on June 5, 2008 | No Comments »
Sox slugger David Ortiz has been diagnosed with a partially torn tendon sheath in his left wrist, and placed on the 15-day DL. He is wearing a cast for the next two weeks, at least. Different sources have estimated that he will miss 2-4 weeks. From the beginning, the front office has downplayed the severity [...]
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The Red Sox have signed 16-year old Boss Moanaroa of Australia to a minor league contract. He’s a big left-handed hitter who’s shown some prodigious power. By all accounts, he’s as raw as can be defensively, but he is athletic. Moanaroa almost abandoned baseball for BMX racing a couple of years ago, but he’s glad [...]
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In his first start since going on the DL, Clay Buchholz threw 63 pitches over four-plus innings. After such a minor injury as a broken fingernail, he was able to touch 96 mph on the gun there, though that’s the same gun that clocked Bartolo Colon at 97 mph (in reality, Colon is throwing about [...]
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Posted in 2008, Baserunning, Catching, Defense, Game Summary, News, Prospects, Red Sox, Rotation, tagged Clay Buchholz, Curt Schilling, Dustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Kendall, Jason Varitek, Jed Lowrie, Jon Lester, Jose Guillen, Justin Masterson, Kevin Youkilis, Luke Hochevar, Mark Grudzielanek, Miguel Olivo, Mike Lowell on May 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Clay Buchholz got his last year, and now Jon Lester (3-2) has his. The 24-year old lefty collared the Kansas City Royals for 8 innings, earning the complete game shutout and no-hitter. I think it’s now safe to say that he’s made a full recovery from his lymphoma. He had to use 130 pitches, which [...]
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Driveline Mechanics has a must-read article today on Craig Hansen and his wicked slider. They don’t like his mechanics very much, but then again, they only watched one terrible outing versus Detroit. They do think he’s probably trying too hard to blow people away, which may be an issue.
Unrelated, but interesting: Baseball Think Factory also [...]
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32-year old Japanese pitcher Kenshin Kawakami apparently wants to pitch for the Red Sox, despite being scouted by the Yankees and Mets, according to Rotoworld. Read a take on the free agent-to-be at MLB Trade Rumors.
It seems that the Red Sox have built up a lot of good will overseas, and that may benefit them [...]
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Posted in Red Sox, tagged Adam Everett, Alex Cora, Boof Bonser, Carlos Gomez, Clay Buchholz, Coco Crisp, Craig Hansen, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, Glen Perkins, Hideki Okajima, J.D. Drew, Javier Lopez, Jed Lowrie, Jesse Crain, Joe Nathan, Johan Santana, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Juan Rincon, Julio Lugo, Kevin Cash, Kevin Youkilis, Livan Hernandez, Manny Ramirez, Matt Tolbert, Mike Lamb, Mike Lowell, Mike Timlin, Sean Casey, Tim Wakefield on May 13, 2008 | No Comments »
The Red Sox offense continues to lead the American League in team hitting by a huge margin (.294/.365/.454, compared to second-place Texas at .268/.346/.432), but has struggled to score a lot more runs as a result of stranding runners on base. They stranded 79 baserunners over four games, compared to the Twins’ 47. This is [...]
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Posted in 2008, Bullpen, News, Prospects, Red Sox, Roster, Rumors, tagged Craig Hansen, Julian Tavarez, Justin Masterson, Kyle Snyder, Sean Casey on May 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Julian Tavarez has just been designated for assignment by the Red Sox. They wouldn’t have done this unless they are close to dealing him away; the Rockies have been said to be talking to Epstein about acquiring the 35-year old sinkerballer. I wouldn’t be surprised if the trade was for simply for a marginal prospect [...]
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