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 […]
Tag: Mookie Betts
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Game 7 Recap: Red Sox 9, Nationals 4
Editor’s note: Welcome to BP Boston’s Game Recap series. After each (well … most) games, we’ll bring you a brief breakdown of the best and worst plays of that contest, according to Win Probability Added (WPA), as well as key moments, trends to watch and a brief look ahead. This is in no way meant […]
Read Sox: Buchholz Balls, Ramirez Rakes and Shanf Starts
Welcome to Read Sox, a weekly column in which the BP Boston staff will aim to highlight some of the best Red Sox-related writing from around the web. From game stories to podcasts to player profiles to odds-and-ends pieces and more, any piece of Red Sox content that caught our eyes or ears, made us laugh […]
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 […]