There probably exists no such chapter buried deep inside general manager Ben Cherington’s copy of The Red Sox Way: A Blueprint for Winning in the 21st Century entitled “Finish Last in the Division Every Other Year.” Yet that was Boston’s fate in both 2012 and 2014, two of the three years Cherington’s been at the […]
Day: April 15, 2015
The Incredible Versatility of Brock Holt
I love weird baseball, and that’s part of a reason why I love the Red Sox this season. They’re trying to go from first-to-worst-to-first in three consecutive seasons. They’re running almost like a fantasy team where the owner has decided to punt all pitching categories, and just win on offense. And they’ve got a fundamentally […]
Game 8 Recap: Red Sox 8, Nationals 7
Top Play (WPA): With the Red Sox trailing 7-5 in the seventh, Ryan Hanigan came to the plate with one out and the bases loaded. Hanigan squibbed Nationals reliever Blake Treinen’s pitch right back to him for what should have been an inning-ending 1-2-3 double play. Instead, a comedy of errors ensued. Treinen bobbled the grounder […]
Read Sox: Mookie Mania, Bumpy Bullpens and Workman's Woes
Welcome to this week’s edition of Read Sox! Building on the momentum from last week, we’ll look at Mookie’s amazing home opener, a new way to evaluate everything that moves on a baseball field, and the injury concerns the team now faces. Going Deep Scott Lauber of the Boston Herald takes a look at the […]