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Day: April 7, 2015
How Much Will the Red Sox Miss Christian Vazquez's Pitch Framing?
The loss of Christian Vazquez for the season to Tommy John surgery is a big one for the Red Sox. Though some hoped he would develop as a hitter, the Red Sox weren’t expecting much offensive production. Instead, much of his value was to come from his ability to frame pitches. Last season, his total […]
Turning Twosday: Mookie and Clay, Survivors of Game 162
[Editor’s note: Turning Twosday is a weekly column from Bryan Joiner in which Bryan explores two players/events/themes, related or unrelated, within the Red Sox universe. Yes, this site is launching on a Wednesday, but Monday’s game was too damn fun not to have Bryan write about, and so here we are. Enjoy!] It was an inauspicious start […]
Christian Vazquez and the Troubling Track Record of Catchers and Tommy John Surgery
One of the few nice surprises about Boston’s 2014 campaign was Christian Vazquez. Specifically, the young backstop emerged as a viable big-league starter during his age-23 season, proving that if you can frame pitches well, play solid defense, and hit just a little better than Tony Pena did with the Sox, then you can be […]