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(GPP stats collected up to 9/15/21) On to the hurlers! The 2021 Boston Red Sox staff as a whole was up and down throughout the season. The starting staff went most of the way without ace Chris Sale. In Sale’s absence, Nathan Eovaldi took the mantle and proved to be a worthy placeholder atop the […] READ MORE
The most historic rivalry in sports resumes tonight in the American League Wild Card game. With the New York Yankees visiting Fenway Park to play the Boston Red Sox, this is a matchup between two titans of the sport. New York went 9-10 against Boston this year, losing their first seven meetings before winning 9 […] READ MORE
GPH is a baseball term like no other. The game of baseball isn’t what our parents and grandparents were used to. Back in the day when you turned over a baseball card your eyes immediately went to see how many home runs that player smashed, you looked for their batting average and how many they […] READ MORE
I’m going to take you back to a happier time, a much simpler time. Flashback to July 1. Matt Andriese pitches from the stretch and delivers an 87-mile per-hour changeup in the dirt that strikes out Kansas City Royals catcher Sebastian Rivero. That pitch capped off a 15-3 thrashing sending the Fenway faithful home happy. […] READ MORE
The 2020 offseason wasn’t the most spectacular for Chaim Bloom and the Boston Red Sox. There were no huge names who put ink to paper. Some may say it was quite uneventful. For a lot of Red Sox fans, it was nothing more than the front office signing a few mid-level veteran talents to one-year […] READ MORE
The Boston Red Sox pitching staff leads the American League in FIP (3.42). One of the individuals leading the charge is Nick Pivetta, who has won eight of his nine decisions as a Red Sox starter. Since making his Sox debut last September Pivetta has put up a 3.49 ERA, a 3.26 FIP, and a […] READ MORE
J.D. Martinez is back. Through the first two weeks, Martinez is performing at a record-breaking level. According to Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora “He’s on a mission to prove people wrong,” You’d be hard-pressed to find a player who had a more frustrating season than J.D. Martinez in 2020. The shortened 60-game season had […] READ MORE
Eduardo Rodriguez’s Boston Red Sox return was made on Thursday. It had been over a year since the lefty ace took the mound. Rodriguez earned his first win since September 24, 2019, in a 7-3 win against the Baltimore Orioles. In an encouraging start, Rodriguez pitched five innings, giving up four hits, allowing three runs, […] READ MORE