Exploring Allen Craig’s demotion, potential rotation shakeups and MLB’s response to Deflategate.
Tag: Joe Kelly
Weekend Preview: Red Sox vs. Blue Jays, Part II
Here we go again. Expect all of the offense and none of the pitching.
Read Sox: Napoli’s Nadir, Swihart’s Start and the Bullpen Blues
Breaking down Mike Napoli’s awful start to the season, Blake Swihart’s early impressions and Pedro’s new book.
Game 25 Recap: Yankees 8, Red Sox 5
Well then. That didn’t go according to plan.
Weekend Preview: Red Sox vs. Yankees, Part 2
A look ahead at the second Yankees/Red Sox series of the 2015 season.
Game 20 Recap: Red Sox 6, Blue Jays 5
Mookie drives home Bogaerts in walk-off victory. Mookie drives home Bogaerts in walk-off victory. Mookie drives home Bogaerts in walk-off victory.
What Do the Red Sox Really Have in Joe Kelly?
The Red Sox began the season with a rotation full of question marks, and no starter looked like less of a sure thing than Joe Kelly. After arriving in Boston prior to last July’s trade deadline, Kelly gave the Red Sox 10 middling starts, showing some intriguing mid-90s velocity but little else. Despite playing a […]
Game 15 Recap: Rays 7 Red Sox 5
Joe Kelly looked amazing, then terrible. The offense did the same thing. Top Play (WPA): Weirdly enough, the Red Sox had the top play even in a loss. With Boston down 1-0 in the third and Mookie Betts on first, Dustin Pedroia took a high fastball and crushed it into the left field bleachers (+.231). It […]
Weekend Preview: Red Sox vs. Orioles
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 […]
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 […]