Yankees Vs. Red Sox: Who Is the Team to Beat?

In 2009, the Yankees and Red Sox reached the playoffs for the 9th and 6th time, respectively, since 2000. This year is shaping up to be very similar, leaving the Rays, Blue Jays, and Orioles on the outside looking in. While both teams will likely end up in the playoffs, it still begs the question: [...]

2010 Offseason Review: AL East

AL East
Baltimore Orioles
Key losses- Chris Ray, Danys Baez
Key additions- Kevin Millwood, Garrett Atkins, Mike Gonzalez
Off-season grade- C+
Justification- Kevin Millwood provides some leadership for the Orioles young staff. He’s also very durable and that should keep the young staff from pitching too many innings. Garrett Atkins is a nice low risk/high reward signing. Mike Gonzalez stabilizes [...]

Players on the Market in 2010

The 2009-10 off-season has been a rather dry market. There have been very few heads popping headlines, other than the expected Roy Halladay trade, the re-signing of Matt Holliday and John Lackey joining Red Sox Nation.
So will the 2010-11 off-season give us more stories?
There are a few more bigger names becoming free agents, but how [...]

Boston Red Sox Top Ten Prospects 2010

1) Casey Kelly- SP
Kelly is a heck of an athlete. The former first rounder was so good at playing SS and so good on the mound- Boston decided to let him split time at both until they figured out what they wanted to do with him. This winter, Boston finally decided on Kelly pitching full [...]

Are the Red Sox the new Yankees?

With the recent signings of John Lackey and Mike Cameron, the Red Sox are looking more and more like their division rivals, the Yankees.
With their storied and wildly successful history and their willingness to just throw money at any potential free agents, the Yankees have found their way into one of two categories in baseball [...]

Aroldis Chapmen- Offered Deal by Boston?

Reports are starting to surface that Aroldis Chapmen has been offered a 4 year 18.5 million dollar deal by the busy Boston Red Sox today. In wake of the John Lackey rumors, they haven’t forgotten about the Cuban sensation and are looking to lock him up as well- which would once again signal that they [...]

Lackey signs with Boston!

Reports are saying that John Lackey has indeed taken a physical for the Boston Red Sox and could be nearing a contract worth an estimated 80 million over 5 years. This could be a heck of a sign for Boston as it adds yet another power arm in an already good starting rotation and could [...]

Mike Lowell to Texas: Adrian Gonzalez On His Way to Boston?

Mike Lowell has supposedly been traded to the Texas Rangers for C/1B Max Ramirez late Wednesday night into Thursday morning. The Red Sox are supposedly picking up at least 90% of the salary which means the deal has to be approved by the commish’s office. This to me signals that Theo Epstein has something huge [...]

Waiting in the Wings

Daniel Bard throws the easiest 100 mph fastball I’ve ever seen. If you haven’t seen him throw a fastball, please search for one on Youtube and be astounded by how free and easy it was. Not only does he throw 100, he’s got a real good slider that has some strong curveball-like bite down and [...]

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