Alex Cora Got Fired So Craig Breslow Didn’t Have To
Craig Breslow is still employed. Sit with that for a second. The Red Sox were 10-17 and dead last in…
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Red Sox Paid Ace Money for Garrett Crochet. A 7.88 ERA Is Not a Plan.
The Red Sox gave Garrett Crochet $170 million over six years — the largest contract ever handed to a pitcher…
The Red Sox Deleted Their Own Statement to Protect Fanatics and Fans Are Rightfully Losing Their Minds
They posted a statement. Then deleted it. Then posted another one. Then posted a third one that was basically a…
Should we hate the Devil Rays more than the Yankees?
Any writer worth their [insert metaphor here: salt, poop, ascot, whatever] writes their introduction after they’re finished with the body…
Cespedes and the Value of Protection
When the Oakland A's traded Yoenis Cespedes to Boston, something weird happened to Brandon Moss. [...]
The most honest Red Sox post you will ever read
There are 74 games left in the baseball season and the Red Sox look pretty [expletive deleted]. If you only…
Brock Holt, baBIP, and Reality
Brock Holt is not as good as you think he is – at the plate, at least. Holt has done a…
The Dead Ball Dead Sox
To say that the Red Sox lineup has appeared morbid is an understatement. What’s most bothersome is how the lineup…
The Game Hidden Between Buchholz’s Pitches
When two teams play baseball, two games are being played simultaneously: the pitching, hitting, and fielding game that fans see, and the hidden (don't call it "cheating") game where players try to get gain a competitive edge on the opposition.
A few Red Sox trouble spots to start the season
It’s easy to be negative in Boston, the town where we still reflexively react to the frustration of waiting 86…