Spotlight on Michael Bowden
Michael Bowden was #3 on my pre-season list of Red Sox pitching prospects (link) and number 94 on Baseball America’s ‘Top 100 MLB Prospects’ list for 2008 (link). So far this season he’s done nothing but put together a good case to increase his ranking on both lists.
Bowden started out his season [...]
Two PawSox players selected for Home Run Derby
Six players have been selected to participate in the International League’s home run derby next Monday. Among them are Pawtucket’s own Jeff Bailey and Jonathan Van Every. Both of them have had very minor stints with Boston but are crushing the ball in Triple-A. Bailey is leading the PawSox with 23 HR [...]
Justin Masterson to be converted to a reliever
Terry Francona announced today that there would be a bit of a change in the Red Sox pitching staff. Justin Masterson, who has spent his season as a starting pitcher, will be converted to a reliever. The reasoning is most likely to keep his inning total low for the rest of the season [...]
Can Jon Lester keep this up all season?
There is no doubt about it, Jon Lester has been the ace of the Red Sox staff thus far. He has already thrown 2 complete game shut-outs (1 of them being a no-hitter). Of his 18 starts this season, 11 of them have been quality starts. That means 61% of the time [...]
Pawtucket will be representing in Louisville
The first-place Pawtucket Red Sox will be sending five players to this year’s International League All-Star Game. The game will take place on July 16th in Louisville, KY and this is the first time ever that the Triple-A PawSox have had more than three All-Stars in a season. Impressive.
The cast will consist of:
2B [...]
Who is Chris Smith?
I can make a safe assumption that nobody else in the history of baseball has had their career start off like Chris Smith. He has spent six years in the minors while undergoing two arm surgeries and fighting through another barrage of injuries thanks to an ATV accident.
He finally got called up to Boston [...]
