After a historic 108 win regular season, the Boston Red Sox are in the World Series vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers. Despite many question marks going into the postseason, the Sox answered the call and rolled their way past the New York Yankees and Houston Astros. “The bullpen sucks”. “David Price will never win in […]
The Boston Red Sox are fifty games above .500 on August 12th. They’re currently on pace to win 115 games. Only one team in the history of baseball has won more than that in the regular season…the 2001 Seattle Mariners. The Red Sox also have the #1 and #2 MVP candidates in Mookie Betts and […]
The big story of the day is the David Price and Dennis Eckersley story in the Boston Globe by Dan Shaughnessy. You all know the story by now. Eckersley is more opinionated than most Red Sox analysts. He says it how it is. When Eduardo Rodriguez pitched a dreadful game in a AAA rehab start, […]
After the first week of the season the Red Sox are 3-3. This certainly is not a .500 baseball roster on paper and, after a week, the record is not a big deal. When you consider the players the Red Sox had out over the week, 3-3 is acceptable. With that said, it was a […]
“I do not feel that in-game strategy is the biggest thing as a manager”. – Dave Dombrowski – October 11, 2016. Just one day after the Red Sox were swept out of the playoffs, this quote by Dave Dombrowski struck a nerve with a lot of fans in Red Sox Nation. It took less than […]
The Red Sox continue to spiral downward. After losing seven of their last nine games, questions are starting to be raised about whether or not this team is a true contender. The team continues to lose close games to teams that aren’t even in the mix for the playoff race. In the past nine games […]
It’s time for changes at Fenway. After two very successful months of April and May, the Red Sox are struggling more and more each day in June and they’re watching their odds for the playoffs dwindle. The team is 7 -12 in June and has gone from first place to now being on the brink […]
If you watched Friday Night’s Red Sox vs. Yankees game, you saw an official problem in Major League Baseball. Literally, an official was the problem! The Red Sox and Yankees battled for over three hours with the Yankees leading 3-2 in the 9th inning. The Yankees brought in their lights out closer, Andrew Miller, for […]
In this post, we’ll continue our Red Sox Report Card with Part II of our analysis. If you missed the first part of the Report Card which included all of the position players, the link is below. https://www.firstscoreboston.com/red-sox-report-card/ The Red Sox finished their season today with a loss. Their final record was 78-84. They actually […]
There is currently a misperception of Hanley Ramirez by many Red Sox fans. The Red Sox signed Ramirez this past offseason to a 4 year, $88 million contract. There is also a vesting option for a 5th year at $22 million. The general consensus at the time of the signing was that they overpaid for […]