Bartolo Colon signed to a minor-league deal?
Transaction: This is something I didn’t see coming from a mile away. The last I heard Bartolo Colon was going to sign with the Chicago White Sox pending a physical but its been reported tonight that the other color Sox have reached a preliminary agreement with Colon for a minor-league contract.
Three more years! Three more years!
Lets play the numbers game. In 4 years, Tito’s Boston resume looks like this:
2 World Series Championships
3 Playoff Appearances
22 Playoff Wins
.720 Playoff Winning Percentage
375 Regular Season Wins
.579 Regular Season Winning Percentage
1st Sox manager to lead the team to the playoffs 3 times
1st highest playoff winning percentage (all-time) by managers with over 20 games managed
Pretty [...]
Papelbon to be on a starting pitchers throwing program
It was announced today that Jonathan Papelbon is going to go through the first half of spring training by preparing the same way he would as if he was a starter. Normally a closer would spend this time of the year conditioning himself to throw one inning but Paps is preparing himself to pitch [...]
Red Sox plan to visit the White House
The Sox are heading to DC on February 27th to meet with President Bush and celebrate their World Series championship. They will also visit patients and show off the World Series trophy at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in DC later that day before hopping a flight back to Florida Wednesday night.
Manny hires Scot Boras as his agent
Manny arrived to spring training on the day players were supposed to, for the first time in a few years, and has spent every day he has been in Florida talking about how he wants to stay with the Sox. Boston holds an option for the ‘09 and ‘10 seasons at $20 mil a [...]
Spring Training rotation announced
It seems like just yesterday that pitchers and catchers reported but Tito has already announced the pitchers for the first few games of spring training. They are as follows:
Thursday, Feb 28 - 1:05 pm vs. Boston College (Split-Squad)
Starting Pitcher: Josh Beckett
Also scheduled: Kyle Snyder
Thursday, Feb 28 - 6:05 pm vs. Northeastern U. (Split-Squad)
Starting Pitcher: [...]
