March Reflections on the Cleveland Indians
One thing is for sure, the Indians are keeping fans and reporters busy this off season with all of their transactions. Not only has the Tribe done what they usually do, which is bring in some young talent to Spring Training and sign some players past their prime to see if they have one more […]
Red Sox Pitching for 2012: An In-Depth Look
Introduction This article is a follow up to the one published here on Monday, December 12th. In this article I will delve in more detail into the Red Sox current Pitching situation. Here we will break things down by talking about the current list of injured pitchers and the effect that has on the team, […]
30 Teams in 30 Days: 2011 Boston Red Sox Fantasy Baseball Preview
The Boston Red Sox were as busy as any team in baseball this offseason. Although they lost Victor Martinez and Adrian Beltre to free agency, the Red Sox made two shift-of-power acquisitions in Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez. Perhaps the most fantasy-rich team in baseball with six players in our top 100 (see below), the Red Sox […]
Red Sox Reflections After 25 games
After 25 games, the Red Sox found themselves with an 11 game winning streak and neck and neck for first place, with the Blue Jays who have 2 more games in hand than the Sox (both are wins). During the first few weeks of the season, we have seen the injury bug hit SS Jed […]
WBC: To Be or Not To Be?
That is the question! I can understand the financial benefit of MLB’s marketing the WBC to the overseas market. From a marketing standpoint, it’s a brilliant move (especially in Asia), but domestically it has major issues to contend with. Position players aren’t, in my opinion, affected much by the extra work because they’d be playing […]
It’s Just Boras Being Boras
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Although this shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone in the world of baseball, but if this report is true, super agent Scott Boras hasn’t been returning the Red Sox phone calls concerning free agent catcher Jason Varitek per this article from Boston.com over the weekend. It was recently thought […]
Bill & Pete’s AL Cy Young Predictions
Bill’s Excellent Analysis This year’s American League Cy Young Award may be the easiest award of the major season long accomplishment awards to decide. When one pitcher, with little run support, blows everyone else out of the water, the choice is pretty clear. 1. Cliff Lee, Cleveland Indians Winning 22 games is impressive, but doing […]
