Tek-Money Prior to this offseason I pictured Jason Varitek as the sort of player who was always team first. He went behind Scott Boras’s back in the 2004-2005 offseason, when he signed the four-year deal with the Red Sox that recently expired. Not too long after that he was named the captain of the team, [...]
Entries from January 2009
January 29, 2009
A Look at the Red Sox 2009 Offense
Next year, it is pretty clear that the Red Sox will have one of the more dominant pitching staffs in baseball. The only ones that I can think of that compare is the upside of a Sabathia-Burnett-Wang-Chamberlain-Hughes rotation and the Zambrano-Dempster-Harden 1-2-3 punch in Chicago. But what about the offense? Many people discussed the need [...]
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January 28, 2009
Red Sox Offseason Report Card
In an offseason that has seen some mediocre players get horrendously overpaid (I’m talking to you Burnett and Sabathia), and some good players go unsigned (Sheets and, grudgingly, Ramirez) the Red Sox have actually managed to piece together a moderately good offseason without breaking the bank or mortgaging the farm system.
I’ve never been a fan [...]
