The Red Sox started Wade Miley and beat the Rays, who started Chris Archer. That’s a very good thing. Top Play (WPA): The top play of the game by WPA actually came in the bottom of the ninth inning when Logan Forsythe singled (.132) to lead off against Koji Uehara in a 1-0 game. This […]
Author: Ben Carsley
Ask BP Bronx's Editor: Initial Thoughts on the Red Sox
Red Sox vs. Yankees. It’s a battle of light vs. darkness. Of good vs. evil. Of life vs. death itself. Except the Yankees aren’t even as evil as the Rays anymore. They’re less of an immediate threat than the O’s or Blue Jays. They don’t give us the same sense of “jilted lover” as the […]
The Rick Porcello Extension: Not a Bargain, Not a Disaster
Rick Porcello is an undervalued asset, and the Red Sox are geniuses for signing him to an extension. This is Moneyball, you think to yourself, as you sing Ben Cherington’s praises on Twitter. Just keep looking at his FIP, you reassure yourself. We needed more starting depth, your brain screams. This is a great deal. […]
Ask BP Boston: What Sea Creature Would Xander Bogaerts Be?
At BP Boston, we’re planning on bringing serious, thoughtful analysis to Red Sox fans each and every day. From advanced stats to scouting reports to thought-provoking opinion pieces, we hope to produce a variety of material that caters to the hardcore fan. We’re also going to do stuff like this. At least once a week, […]
Welcome to BP Boston
If you enjoy the Red Sox, baseball in general and the internet, we hope BP Boston is the site for you. The goal of this project is, on the surface, pretty simple. We want to take the quality analysis, polished tone, unique perspective and all-encompassing approach to baseball writing that our mother site, Baseball Prospectus, […]