Examining the adjustments Mookie Betts needs to make and what we can learn from Xander Bogaerts’ 2014 slump.
Tag: Xander Bogaerts
Read Sox: Xander’s Defense, Mookie’s Past and JBJ’s Return
Looking at Mookie’s path to success, Bogaerts’ renewed commitment and Bradley Jr.’s rebirth.
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Lasting Importance of Xander Bogaerts
Just a year ago, Xander Bogaerts was the next great Red Sox star simply awaiting his coronation. A furious rise through the minors had given way to an impressive 12-game stint during Boston’s run to the World Series in 2013, and an offseason of gushing praise over the young shortstop’s sky-high potential soon followed from […]
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 […]
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, […]