By Jeff Louderback With an eye on moving hard-throwing 26-year-old left-hander Franklin Morales back into the starting rotation, the Red Sox acquired left-handed reliever Craig Breslow from Arizona this afternoon for right-handed reliever Matt Albers and outfielder Scott Podsednik. The trade was initially reported by FoxSportsArizona.com. The move not only gives the Red Sox an [...]
By Jeff Louderback Mired in a slump and frustrated when Tigers second base robbed him off a base hit in the eighth inning on Monday night, Red Sox outfielder Ryan Sweeney returned to the dugout, punched a door, injured his hand and was replaced by Cody Ross. MRI results on Tuesday indicated that Sweeney broke [...]
By Jeff Louderback For the first time since they accomplished the feat from June 19-21, the Red Sox have won three in a row after a 7-3 victory over Detroit on Monday at Fenway Park. Clay Buchholz, who is emerging as the staff ace, improved to 9-3 and delivered his third impressive outing, limiting the [...]
By Jeff Louderback Even with the Red Sox reportedly shopping Josh Beckett, they are in the market for a starting pitcher. The cost in prospects for Miami’s Josh Johnson appears to be too prohibitive, Zack Greinke has already been traded to the Angels and Matt Garza is nursing an injury. Chances are, the Red Sox [...]
By Jeff Louderback Chris Hernandez gets no respect. Though the 23-year-old left-hander has been productive and steady in all three stops in the Red Sox farm system in just his second year of professional baseball, you will not find him mentioned among Boston’s Top 20 prospects. Yet all the former University of Miami ace does [...]
By Jeff Louderback The legend of Pedro Ciriaco is popular in these parts of Red Sox Nation. It’s a story about an unheralded rookie who opened eyes with an impressive spring training only to be dispatched to Triple-A Pawtucket before leading his team to victory on a Saturday night in early July against the despised [...]
By Jeff Louderback The Red Sox squandered a 2-0 lead, scored what would be the game-winning run in the top of the 10th inning when the Bobby Valentine and Josh Beckett were ejected for arguing with the umpires and saw Alfredo Aceves put the tying run on base when he hit Nick Swisher with two [...]
By Jeff Louderback It is uncertain whether the Red Sox will add a starting pitching before Tuesday’s non-waiver trade deadline, but chances are they will deal from their surplus of outfielders and relievers. Andrew Bailey, the team’s projected closer who underwent thumb surgery after a collision at first base during spring training, is set to [...]
By Jeff Louderback Over the course of a 162-game season, sometimes a team needs a little luck. The Red Sox caught a break in the top of the ninth inning when Curtis Granderson misplayed Pedro Ciriaco’s fly ball that carried deeper than the center fielder expected. The result was an RBI triple that plated Jacoby [...]
By Jeff Louderback Bobby Valentine insists that the Red Sox are “headed in the right direction.” This, he said before Aaron Cook was knocked around and the Sox were embarrassed again on the current road trip, 10-3 in a three-game series opener at Yankee Stadium on Friday night. Boston is now a season-worst 11.5 games [...]
