Welcome to our second edition of the Weekend Preview. Hopefully you find the sequel just as good as the original. After a home opening series that saw an abundance of runs – and some forgettable pitching – the Red Sox continue their first homestand of the season with four games against the defending AL East […]
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Defining Daniel Nava's Understated Value
One of the two biggest story lines from this past offseason was the overcrowding in Boston’s outfield. While the presumption after Hanley Ramirez signed became that one of the returning veterans would be dealt, it became more and more clear as time went on that the front office, perhaps as a result of the 2014 […]
Projecting Boston’s Back-End Starters: A Sad Exercise
Everything is beautiful. Dustin Pedroia is hitting for power. Hanley Ramirez looks great. There’s real baseball again. Life is good in the Back Bay. If you’d indulge me for a moment, take a walk over to Baseball Prospectus’ Depth Charts, and the associated projections for the Red Sox pitching staff. This is important, so I’ll […]
BP Boston Unfiltered: How Bowling Made Mookie Betts a Ballplayer
Not many people like writing about Mookie Betts, so I am probably the first to tell you that Betts is/was an outstanding bowler, being named the Tennessee boys Bowler of the Year in 2010. Even if you somehow did come across this piece of information, you certainly are unaware of all the ways being an […]
Game 9 Recap: Nationals 10, Red Sox 5
Top Play (WPA): Leading 3-2 with the bases loaded in the top of the third, Wilson Ramos took a 2-2 Wade Miley slider and turned it into a bases-clearing double down the left field line (+.166). Ramos’ hit made the game 6-2 and the Nationals used two more third-inning doubles to extend their lead to […]
Worst-to-First-to-Worst: How the Red Sox's Losing Seasons Position Them for Success
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 […]
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 […]
Boston Red Sox: Top Prospects 11-15
By Chris Mellen and Christopher Crawford Back in December, we released our Red Sox top ten list, a system we rated as the sixth best in all of baseball. With the advent of the new local sites, we’ve decided to extend out some of these lists by a few extra names, giving you a fuller […]