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Red Sox Prospects Update
August Awards. Sox Prospects did their monthly minor league update of the best and worst performances. The highlights: Get ready for the Xander Bogaerts hype machine this off-season. Moving up to AA...
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Red Sox: Down on the Farm
SoxProspects provided a 2013 outlook for Boston’s top prospects – good stuff as usual. A few takeaways: In terms of prospects that could deliver high impact next season, there doesn’t look to be any...
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Red Sox Prospect Update
One of my favorite Hot Stove reports recently came out – Baseball America’s Red Sox Top 10 Prospects list. There were no surprises on who were the top three players: Xander Bogaerts, SS Jackie Bradley,...
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A Look at Red Sox Off-Season Strategy
The 2013 edition of the Boston Red Sox is taking shape. And it reflects an entirely different strategy than Boston has taken in previous years. While the roster is most likely not finalized, there are...
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A Look at Red Sox Farm System in 2007 – and What It Tells Us about Today’s...
After losing 93 games and a last place finish, the Red Sox are in building mode. This off-season, Boston GM Ben Cherington has taken a creative approach – primarily using free agency to restock the...
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Red Sox Quick Hits
Here are some Red Sox stories and links that caught my eye. Middlebrooks Ready Will Middlebrooks has declared himself healed from the wrist injury that knocked him out last season. Middlebrooks says he...
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Why You Won’t Be Able to Judge Red Sox by Opening Day Roster
In recent years, the Red Sox were built to contend from the get-go. Big Names. Big Contracts. Ready to do battle with the Yankees and all other contenders. Of course, that strategy has not worked so...
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State of the Red Sox Farm System
Prospects are like Spring Training. All’s we see is the upside. Every top prospect will be a star. Fed by the hype of the organization – and the media that’s plays them up (probably more so in Boston...
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Five Things to Watch in Red Sox Spring Training
With the start of Spring Training, expect all kinds of feel good stories coming out of Ft. Myers. Like John Lackey really is a good guy. As much as I look forward to Spring Training, I am not a big...
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May Be Time for Red Sox to Ready Plan B for David Ortiz
The lack of progress in getting David Ortiz on the field this Spring Training has been well chronicled. The Red Sox perspective on Ortiz has evolved from not a concern moving forward last November to...
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Xander Bogaerts in Futures Game Showcase
Is Xander Bogaerts the Manny Machado of 2013? We will get another data point in this weekend’s All-Star Futures Game. Bogaerts is batting #3 in the World team line-up. Bogaerts has boosted his already...
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Five Trading Deadline Considerations for Red Sox
Red Sox GM Ben Cherington kicked off his trading deadline push to improve the team with this week’s acquisition of lefty reliever Matt Thornton from the White Sox. Don’t expect Cherington to stop...
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Five Players for Red Sox Trade Deadline Radar
Here are five players (with a few extras) the Red Sox should kick the tires on as the trade deadline approaches. Glen Perkins. Given his team-attractive contract situation, Perkins would be a tough...
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Red Sox at the All-Star Break
Finally getting around to writing my mid-season thoughts on the Red Sox. Start at the Top Think he has contributed more than he is not Bobby Valentine – manager John Farrell deserves major kudos in the...
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Red Sox Prospect Update
Prospect Options for Red Sox Holes One of the great benefits of building a strong farm system is creating organizational depth that is available to address issues that pop up during the season. John...
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Red Sox Prospects Round-up
Taking Stock of Red Sox Prospects MLB.com updated its list of the Red Sox top 20 prospects. Of course, SS super-prospect Xander Bogaerts heads the list. And the rest of the top five: Jackie Bradley Jr....
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Red Sox Infield Options – Drew, Iglesias, Bogaerts, Middlebrooks
The Red Sox are getting great left-side defense from SS Stephen Drew and 3B Jose Iglesias. But not so much production offensively (Drew’s performance last night aside). This leads to the question:...
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Peavy Boosts Red Sox Rotation
In assessing his role, trade Red Sox deadline pickup Jake Peavy said, “What I can add? I think I can win.” And Peavy delivered as advertised with a win in his Boston pitching debut. The takeaways from...
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Random Thoughts
A few musings on the Boston Red Sox and AL East. If you ask me today, who wins the AL East, I pick the Rays (starting pitching – Alex Cobb comes back Thursday). Tell me Clay Buchholz makes meaningful...
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Buchholz Back
Clay Buchholz returns to the Red Sox starting rotation on Tuesday – good news for the team as it looks to clinch the AL East and get things in order for the playoffs. Felix Doubront will get skipped in...
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