Wouldn’t it be awesome if the Red Sox acquired Jose Reyes? He would be a perfect fit at shortstop, one of the team’s few weaknesses. Reyes has a ridiculous batting average, steals bases, and is arguably having one of the best seasons in baseball. Boston’s already deep lineup would only get deeper. Or what about [...]
That’s eight starts, and the only really good pitching performance wasn’t backed up with offense. This time, Clay Buchholz couldn’t even get out of the 4th inning, and the Yankees crushed their arch rivals 9-4. Once again, they were outclassed, this time by a much better Yankees team, starting pitching aside. Despite Derek Jeter getting [...]
Entering 2005, the Boston Red Sox had Edgar Renteria locked up for four seasons, to go along with prospects Hanley Ramirez and Dustin Pedroia. Shortstop was a crowded place in Boston at one time. Pedroia, drafted from Arizona State, moved to second base to accommodate Ramirez and establish his own path to the major leagues. [...]
This offseason, the Red Sox will be looking under ever rock, around every corner and every winter meeting room in order to find a new shortstop. There are several names being thrown around: Marco Scutaro, Brandon Phillips, Stephen Drew, and all have positives and negatives. The Sox are even discussing moving Dustin Pedroia from second [...]