Posts in category Playerz

I don’t care about your stats or facts or “wait till late September” or detailed powerpoints and sabermetric bullshit backing things up. All I know …

Back in the day, whenever Pedro Martinez got lit up, I figured the opposing team was up to some bullshit. Like they stumbled upon his …

A lot has been said over the last few days about a confrontation between David Price and Dennis Eckersley, after Price took exception to some …

In my lifetime, the Red Sox have made some very good signings. Manny Ramirez, Josh Beckett, Pedro Martinez, Chris Sale… all of them paying significant …

You’d be forgiven for mistaking The Red Sox’ AAA team in Pawtucket for the Billionaire’s Club. Over the past 10 to 12 months, the PawSox …

The Red Sox have been struggling scoring runs recently, but the team has been fortunate the New York Yankees have been slumping so they aren’t …

The Red Sox today announced that Pablo Sandoval would be heading to the DL with an inner ear infection. What’s interesting is that this move …

You could be forgiven for forgetting who Carson Smith is. After all, the reliever has been recovering from Tommy John Surgery for several months now. …

I picked up the latest SI, which features the Red Sox’ 2017 starting outfield on the cover. And as I donned the protective suit to …

A buddy of mine who’s down at Red Sox spring training sent me a text a couple days ago that read, “just saw Manny Delcarmen …

The last time David Price pitched a game for the Boston Red Sox was game two of the Cleveland/Boston mash-up in the 2016 ALDS. I …

It’s been a long, strange trip for Clay Buchholz. He was the Next Big Thing when he no-hit the Orioles in just his second major …

Just last year around this time, I was wondering aloud if we’d be better off tying Rick Porcello to the back of a rocket ship …

In a season full of promise and anchored by the David Price signing, in which we expected so much of the Red Sox just to …

Just one year ago, Rick Porcello seemed such a mind-bogglingly bad investment, I wondered aloud if, in fact, his career in Boston was part of …

Many moons ago, a fellow Red Sox blogger took me to task for being unimpressed with Red Sox rookie Abe Alvarez. Honest Abe, as you …

Somewhere in the midst of this late-season push, behind the Mookie MVP talk and Ortiz Farewell Tour and Steven Wright magic and Rick Porcello Resurrection …

With the Red Sox bullpen a model of inconsistency, mowing down opposing batters one night then giving up the farm like it was their job …

In the whirlwind of outrageous contracts and steroids and A-Rod and superstars cutting up throwback jerseys, it’s sometimes easy to forget those moments of pure, …

Magic Boy Andrew Benintendi made his major league debut last night. And while his first game in the bigs was unspectacular — he went 0-for-2 …

The Red Sox have apparently made one move at the trade deadline, getting reliever Fernando Abad for Pat Light. Pat Light was a minor leaguer …

The Red Sox are hoping they can send off the retiring David Ortiz with one final playoff run, in hopes of winning one more ring …

I could be wrong about this, but I don’t think I am. In fact, after Sandy launched a three-run homer off CC Sabathia into the …

I originally planned this to be an extended, 5,000-word treatise on the greatness of Xander Bogaerts. How all of Red Sox Nation was calling for …

Last month, while dragging my drunk ass out of Fenway Park, I noticed a NESN ad on the side of a trash can on Brookline …

Watching Xander Bogaerts tear through opposing pitchers like a knife through rare roast beef, it’s almost improbable to remember that just a couple years ago …

I don’t wanna talk about Craig Kimbrel or any of our relievers. The only takeaways I have interest in are as follows: 1. David Ortiz …

In the wake of Thursday night’s loss, I predicted a phantom DL stint for Clay Buchholz. Turns out, I was wrong. The Sox announced earlier …

Clay Buchholz serving up a grand slam and Roenis Elias coming out for the ninth inning of Saturday’s game notwithstanding, the scariest moment thus far …

One of the coolest new visuals to spring up on the Fenway skyline is a billboard of Xander Bogaerts which portrays X firin’ off a …

Christian Vazquez made his much-reheralded return to the bigs last night, and wasted no time reminding opposing players that there’s a new sheriff in town. …

If the Red Sox have gotten anything out of their $95 million investment in Pablo Sandoval — a baffling move in any realm outside of …

In the afterglow of David Price’s masterful performance on opening day, it was easy to forget that outside of Price and closer Craig Kimbrel, our …

As further proof that I’ve become a grumpy old man, I’ll come right out and say that Spring Training doesn’t really do it for me …

Two of the Red Sox’ most promising young players were among the winners at the 2016 Boston Baseball Writers Awards Dinner. Here’s Jackie Bradley Jr …