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Red Sox Rebound After Tough 1st Inning To Defeat Astros

By ⋅ April 27, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

At first glance, the Red Sox didn’t look to be doing well out of the gate, but from the second glance onward, everything was fine, and the Red Sox dispatched the Houston Astros 8-4 to clinch the series and the best record in majors (17-7). After all, when you start off the game by giving [...]

Buchholz, Red Sox Breeze by Astros as Ortiz Hits First HR

By ⋅ April 25, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

On paper, the match up between the American League Cy Young award frontrunner in Clay Buchholz and far from perfect Philip Humber looked like a potential Boston blowout. And at least on this Thursday night at Fenway Park, the reality was close to those expectations. The Boston Red Sox improved to an impressive 15-7 mark [...]

How Many Games Will the 2013 Red Sox Win?

By ⋅ March 16, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

It’s never easy to try and predict how many games any team will win, especially in baseball, and especially entering a year where the Boston Red Sox find themselves in one of the strongest divisions — on paper, that is. It’s unclear as to how things will really play out, especially with all the players who [...]

Boston Red Sox Pitchers Combine to Allow One Run Against Northeastern, Boston College

By ⋅ February 22, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

Spring training is off and rolling and the Boston Red Sox showed some pretty good signs against Northeastern and Boston College on Thursday afternoon. It may have been against college teams, but there was no real sign of any wildness for any of the relievers that were thrown onto the mound in the wins. Against [...]

2013 Red Sox Depth Chart: Bullpen – Joel Hanrahan, Andrew Bailey, Others

By ⋅ February 21, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

The Boston Red Sox had a pretty solid bullpen for most of the 2012 season. There were times when Alfredo Aceves, Andrew Bailey and other relievers had trouble closing out the game, but, overall, the entire bullpen put together one of the better ERAs in the AL. In 2013, the Red Sox have added a [...]

Clay Buchholz’s Hamstring Another Cause for Concern for Red Sox Staff

By ⋅ February 18, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Clay Buchholz suffered a mild hamstring strain last Tuesday during Spring Training fielding drills, and while both the pitcher and team have been optimistic that the injury isn’t a big deal, there is still serious cause for concern. The Red Sox have been plagued over the last few years by [...]

2013 Red Sox Bullpen Breakdown

By ⋅ December 21, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

In 2012, the Red Sox bullpen was a disaster.  After the injury to Andrew Bailey in spring training, Alfredo Aceves became the closer and ended up leading the American League in blown saves.  The team blew 22 saves all together, which was tied for 3rd worst in MLB.  The closer in waiting was supposed to be Daniel Bard, who decided he wanted to be a starter instead.  That did [...]

Blockbuster Complete: Red Sox Trade Gonzalez, Crawford, Beckett to Dodgers

By ⋅ August 25, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Just when you thought this 2012 Red Sox season was getting a little bit boring, Boston rocks the entire sports world. A trade with the Los Angeles Dodgers of epic proportions has been completed on this Saturday morning, sending Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Beckett, Carl Crawford, and Nick Punto to L.A. in order to help Boston [...]

Daniel Bard Making Everything Groovy For Pawtucket

By ⋅ August 17, 2012 ⋅ One comment

Daniel Bard took a definite step back in his three outings this week. Bard allowed eight runs in 2.1 innings and walked eight. August 11th Bard entered the game with in the eighth with the score tied at two. Brian Dinkelman led off with a single and Chris Parmelee walked before Bard struck out Trevor [...]

Pawtucket Red Sox Update, Week 19: Mauro Gomez Keeps PawSox in Contention

By ⋅ August 15, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

It was more mediocre baseball from the Pawtucket Red Sox this week, as the Sox posted a 3-4 record against divisional opponents as the season nears completion. After getting swept in Syracuse, Pawtucket bounced back to split four in Buffalo and now returns to Rhode Island to face the first place Yankees. On Friday, Danny [...]

Daniel Bard Still Allowing Too Many Baserunners at Triple-A

By ⋅ August 3, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Daniel Bard continued along the long and winding road to a sub-6.00 ERA this week, pitching three eighth innings, two of them scoreless. Though he has limited the scoring against him, he has been allowing too many baserunners to have full confidence restored. July 27th Bard started the inning by walking Jeff Clement and Yamaico [...]

Pawtucket Red Sox Update, Week 17: Sox Reclaim First Place Against Yankees

By ⋅ August 1, 2012 ⋅ One comment

Forget the Fenway Failures – if you want well-played Red Sox baseball this summer, it’s going to be 45 miles down I-95 at McCoy Stadium. The Pawtucket Red Sox moved back into first place this week by taking two out of three from the Yankees. Pawtucket has accomplished this despite their last two remaining starters [...]

Daniel Bard Pitching Better for Triple-A Pawtucket

By ⋅ July 27, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Daniel Bard made only two appearances this week for the Pawtucket Red Sox, each of them successful. Let’s get straight to the results: July 22nd Bard entered the game in the eighth with Pawtucket losing 3-2. Corky Miller grounded out to lead off the inning, but Willie Harris and Chris Valaika singled and a sacrifice [...]

Daniel Bard Continues to Struggle in Triple-A Pawtucket Bullpen

By ⋅ July 20, 2012 ⋅ One comment

Friday marks six weeks since Daniel Bard made his first appearance of the season for the Pawtucket Red Sox. Readers of this site were last updated on Bard’s performance after his July 5th meltdown in Rochester, during which he beaned two Red Wings and uncorked two wild pitches. His ERA stood at 8.78 after the [...]

Red Sox in ‘Aggressive’ Pursuit of Ryan Dempster

By ⋅ July 16, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

With the July 31st trade deadline approaching in a few weeks, the rumors of the baseball trade market will rapidly heat up, and the Red Sox will need to define themselves as buyers or sellers towards competing in the 2012 season. According to ESPN’s Buster Olney, the Sox are looking to add Chicago Cubs starter [...]

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