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Astros To Be A New Foe In The American League West For the Red Sox

For those of us in the American League who’ve been used to settling into our division rivalries, the attendant smoldering grudges and full on snickering and snorting when something really bad happens…Read More

You’re Josh Beckett, Family Man and You’re Dreaming about a trade to Texas

You’re Josh Beckett and you heart skipped a beat when you read this today: “The Rangers, in search of a high-end pitcher to top their rotation…” in  Danny Knobler’s  Baseball Insider. “Texas,”…Read More

3-team Trade: Send “Beck-Mess” to Texas…prospects to Houston…Get Wandy, Lowrie, Myers

Josh Beckett, metaphorically, has evolved from a hemorrhaging hemorrhoid  to a rectal cancer that will kill any chance the Red Sox will get out of the Recovery Room and be alive for the Playoffs. Smart…Read More

Hamels, Greinke, Garza Sought by Yanks, Rays, Sox

Cole Hamels, Zack Greinke, and Matt Garza are the Big Three starters on the meat market slab and “buying” teams that are desperate to fill a rotation slot, say #3 or #4, include the Red Sox, and their…Read More

Sox need 3-team trade to move Youk for a Starter

With Youk’s value in free fall, only the clinically-diagnosable rabid Red Sox fan calling into sports talk radio still fantasizes about acquiring a #4 slot starter in a one-for-one trade. But, there…Read More

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What On Earth Is Wrong With Mark Melancon?

The Red Sox traded for Mark Melancon this past winter with the possibility of him becoming the closer…Read More

Should the Red Sox Trade For a Starter?

With the Red Sox starting rotation far from set the team is still open to making a deal for a bonified…Read More

You’re Tim Wakefield and Time says “It’s time…”

  You’re Tim Wakefield and you come from a long line of oddballs who threw the knuckleball, which…Read More

New Look Red Sox Bullpen to Deliver Same Old Results

While the Red Sox starting rotation isn’t any closer to being finalized, one thing we do know…Read More

BSI Weekly Recap: a Prince, a Trade and a Hero

Another week has flown by and again there was lots of activity on the Red Sox front.  With more likely…Read More

What is the Red Sox next move? Oswalt, Jackson or a SS?

The day after the Red Sox added some much needed depth to their outfield by signing free-agent Cody Ross,…Read More

Ben: Grab the “Magic Wandy,” Pull the Extra Starter Rabbitt Out of the Hat

  With about $6 million to spend on a starter for the Sox rotation, what is the best deal Ben Cherington…Read More

A Wandy Rodriguez trade could open up more possibilities for Red Sox

  The Red Sox GM, Ben Cherington is far from done his shopping this off season.  After a deal that…Read More

How Texas Rangers could get in trouble with the law, lose Fielder

Until Prince Fielder officially signs with the Rangers after the Darvish Deadline [next Wednesday, January…Read More

How Would You Now Rate the Red Sox Bullpen?

Jonathan who? That’s the mindset for Red Sox fans now that Andrew Bailey will be trading in his…Read More

Free Agent Roy Oswalt: Worth a One-Year Risk?

The time has come for Roy Oswalt to test the free agent waters after politely waiting while Mark Buehrle…Read More

MELANCON FOR LOWRIE, WEILAND-GOOD DEAL?

After weeks of immobility and thunderous silence from the summit of Mt. Olympus, yesterday the gods…Read More

Valentine’s Trip Enough for Red Sox to Bring Back David Ortiz?

When David Ortiz was in the midst of planning his charity golf tournament to help raise money for sick…Read More

Red Sox Shouldn’t Focus on Wandy Rodriguez

Call it kicking the tires, or exhausting every possible option, but the latest starting pitcher to be…Read More

Are More Playoff Spots, More Interleague Play the Answer for MLB?

It was announced late last week that MLB will add one additional Wild Card team in each league and with…Read More