FanShot Quotes

There are no can’t-miss, once-in-a-decade talents on this Top 10 list, but there are a number of players who have the opportunity to really explode in 2010. You also have to love the fact that all 10 players on the list were drafted or originally signed by the Red Sox organization. You can’t fake good scouting and development.

Fangraphs' Marc Hulet on the Red Sox Top 10 prospects

about 1 month ago radiohix 16 comments 0 recs

Breaking News: The Red Sox could be in on Adrian Beltre

In a stunning turn of events, the Red Sox may or may not be in on Adrian Beltre, depending on who you ask. What a huge development!

UPDATE: I'm going to make this the Beltre news post until something more concrete shows up. As is, Beltre is very close to choosing a team, per Tim Brown. The word is that he's got an option on each coast. The A's had been in on Beltre for a while, making them the popular choice for the west coast team. In the east, there's not a ton of options other than the Sox. In the NL, the Braves, Phillies, Mets, and Nationals are all set at 3rd while the Marlins aren't going to be spending that much. In the AL, the Yanks and Rays are set at 3rd, the Jays haven't ever been linked to Beltre, and the O's just acquired Garret Atkins last month.

If the A's are in on it, then presumably the price has dropped below the 10+ million that Beltre was seeking earlier, as it becomes clear there's just not a huge market out there.

Update [5:25 EST]: Gordon Edes thinks we offered him a 2-year backloaded contract, but his reasoning is based on what looks to be an incorrect understanding of how the CBT is calculated, so take that as you will. One thing to note is that he mentions a "likely drop in Beltre's market", which was estimated at about $10 million before.

2 months ago Ben Buchanan 12 comments 0 recs

Casey Kelly tells Theo he will pitch full time in 2010. Decision made after meeting in Ft. Myers last week. Kelly will get invite to big-league camp, and could force his way on major league radar screen "in next year or two." Epstein suggested that Kelly could pitch in high minors in 2010

From Gordon Edes at the MLB Winter Meetings

3 months ago amkcaps 3 comments 0 recs

1. Matt Holliday, Cardinals

- As much as the Mets want Matt Holliday, the stadium dimensions on top of playing in New York have basically wiped them out of contention. The Red Sox appear to be having a tough time signing Jason Bay, or perhaps they are waiting to see how the Matt Holliday sweepstakes plays out before they get serious.

Prediction: Red Sox

2010 Top 50 MLB Free Agents: 1-10 - MLB Daily Dish

4 months ago Randy Booth 0 comments 0 recs

Admiral Ackbar yelled "It's a Trap!"
As the Empire tried to strike back
Erick Aybar tonight
laid a trap out alright
And Ellsbury fell for it flat

Halos Heaven

5 months ago Rev Halofan 0 comments 5 recs

There once was a pitcher named Lackey
Who would soon be free agent packing
He didn't pitch sloppy
as he struck out Big Papi
Seeking Steinbrenner's offseason backing

Halos Heaven

Get used to seeing this, folks. You'll find Mr. Rev's limerick stylings after each game in the series.

5 months ago Rev Halofan 3 comments 2 recs

The Red Sox have not yet made a formal announcement, but Josh Reddick is on his way back to the minor leagues with lefthander Bill Traber poised to take his spot on the 25-man roster for tonight's game with Tampa Bay.

Reddick out, Traber in?

7 months ago Ben Buchanan 7 comments 1 recs

Eight different players reached double figures in hits for the Red Sox, although no one was as productive as Martinez.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=290802101

Apparently, it was a much bigger offensive explosion than we thought, though I have to say I'm disappointed the Sox were only able to score 18 runs on their 80+ hits.

7 months ago RSNexile 7 comments 0 recs

For the Pirates, who are trying to get to the 87-win level, any improvement helps. Every
week Fox e-mails a baserunning report to Pirates third base coach Tony Beasley. "At first I was skeptical," says Beasley. "Now I think [Fox is] a genius. The numbers reveal things you don’t really see with your eyes.
You see that last year [first baseman] Adam LaRoche didn’t go from first to third a lot and didn’t take a lot of chances in general. Now he’s being more aggressive and is one of our best base runners. These numbers give the players something of substance to work for. Players want to hear the truth as long as you can back it up. And now we have numbers to back up everything."

SI story from this week's issue, about Carl Crawford and the technologically advancing art of baserunning.

8 months ago bs.uf15bosox9bears23 2 comments 0 recs

pgammo Dustin Pedroia cares about is that his wife Kelli and their baby is healthy. He;s probably going to skip StL Pray. Great humans
about 3 hours ago from web

Peter Gammons's Twitter

8 months ago bs.uf15bosox9bears23 0 comments 0 recs