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 he has gone [...]

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 [...]

Portland OF Zach Daeges named EL ‘Player Of The Month’

Sea Dogs’ outfielder Zach Daeges was named the Eastern League ‘Player Of The Month’ for May. If you’ve heard of him, it’s probably because he set the franchise’s 4th longest consecutive streak (at 32 games) for reaching base safely in a game. Youkilis holds the current record at 62 games. Daeges also set the record [...]

Draft day is approaching!

Thursday marks the start of 2008′s ‘First-Year Player Draft.’ This is one of my favorite things in all sports to keep an eye on. Why so much excitement? Well, check out who the Sox have gotten in recent drafts.. 2006: Daniel Bard, Justin Masterson 2005: Jacoby Ellsbury, Craig Hansen, Clay Buchholz, Jed Lowrie, Mike Bowden [...]

Clay Buchholz to stay in Pawtucket for a while longer

Buchholz made his second minor league rehab start yesterday and today he was thanked with the knowledge that he is going to be staying with Triple-A Pawtucket for a little while longer. He struggled big with Boston (49 hits and 20 walks in 42.1 innings, but still striking out an impressive 43 hitters) and the [...]

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