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Minor League Update: Bogaerts, Bradley Getting Hot

Everything is starting to fall into place in what has been an excellent year down on the farm. The prospects who were supposed to perform entering the season (Xander Bogaerts, Jackie Bradley, Allen Webster,…Read More

Could Sox Land Big Fish in Stanton?

With the colossal trade that brought about the implosion of the 2012 Miami Marlins, it has been no secret that star Giancarlo Stanton has wanted out of town. Trade rumors have swirled throughout the winter,…Read More

“Just Ask Earl” 2nd Edition: Bogaerts to 3B? Hit-and-Run play?

Just Ask Earl any question related to baseball.  Examples:  rating prospects, fantasy trade advice, baseball cards, history, pitching techniques, strategy, rules, Red Sox issues, HOF candidates, MLB…Read More

For “X-Man” Bogaerts, First Base Marks the Spot

 “Jaw-dropping, precocious power…” raves Baseball America about  Xander Bogaerts and the virtual consensus is that his offensive stat line will read like this: .290/35/100,–or better. But…Read More

Free Agent Flea Market–Open for Business: Sox Shop for First basemen

Before they step barefoot into the muddy puddle of the current 1b FA pool, the Sox need to realize that they have no 1 b prospects in their system and the best one is Houston’s Jonathan Singleton,…Read More

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Free Agent Flea Market, Part TWO: Sox Shopping for a SHORTSTOP

Bud’s MLB Free Agent Flea Market opens 12:01 a.m. ET on Saturday, so let’s amble around the folding…Read More

Get Lowrie back from Astros to fill Lucchino Loophole at SS

Since, in his desperation to obtain his former 4-year employee John Farrell from Toronto, Larry Lucchino…Read More

Workman, Bogaerts Headline Boston’s Minor League Awards

Hidden beneath the disappointing way in which the 2012 season is coming to a conclusion for the Boston…Read More

Red Sox future will B better: Bogaerts, Bradley, Barnes, Brentz

Dylan Thomas, the chronically depressed Welsh poet, wrote “Light breaks, where no sun shines.” Satchel…Read More

Shortstop Roulette

For the past 8 years the Red Sox have had well documented problems at shortstop. The list includes Orlando…Read More

Top Prospect Bogaerts Raking In Double-A Portland

The Red Sox have something very special on their hands in Xander Bogaerts. Bogaerts is still just 19…Read More

The Boston Red Sox All-Minor League Team

Ever since I really got into the Red Sox and major league baseball in general, one part of baseball…Read More

Will Sox Pay a King’s Ransom for Felix Hernandez?

  The Red Sox should trade Lester and Ellsbury for “King” Felix Hernandez; so says the Globe’s…Read More

Dempster Diving: How Much is ONE extra WIN worth?

  Rather than obtaining a pitcher with a long-term contract [like John Danks], who could quickly…Read More

Who Is The Shortstop Of The Future?

Entering the 2012 season, there was already uncertainty between whether Jose Iglesias or Xander Bogaerts…Read More

Castro On The Block: Can The Red Sox Get Involved?

The Cubs today make it aware that they are willing to trade anyone on the big league roster besides…Read More

Prospects: cumulative master list of all major experts’ rankings, Hey! Get ‘cha Red Sox, hee-yah!

Wouldn’t it be great of somebody took all the major Prospect lists and created a cumulative list for…Read More

AL bEAST’s 15 prospects on Baseball America’s Top 100; Sox 3: Middlebrooks, “X-man” Bogaerts, Swihart

Baseball America, considered by many Prospect Prospectors to be the “gold standard” for rating future…Read More

Iglesias may be looking over his shoulder with a “Bogey” on his tail

Jose Iglesias may replace the current Red Sox SS [FILL IN NAME HERE], but it looks more and more like…Read More

Red Sox Farm system worst in AL East [ESPN, Keith Law]– WRONG !

By now you may have heard that the Red Sox farm system was rated 18th out of MLB’s 30 teams by ESPN…Read More