My fifth (and perhaps last) entry in the 2017 BP Boston Roster Recap series went up on the site last week. I reviewed Marco Hernandez’s season. Hernandez is an interesting young player, who does not necessarily stand out in any way but will be a...
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Red Sox Roster Recap - Heath Hembree
I have another entry in the 2017 BP Boston Roster Recap series up on the site. This time around, I recapped run-of-the-mill middle-reliever, Heath Hembree’s season. A few years ago, Hembree, then part of the San Francisco Giants’ system, was projected as a high-level, power...
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Optimizing the Lineup, Setting the Rotation, and Developing Young Talent
I wrote last week’s Read Sox article at BP Boston. In the “Going Deep” section of the article I focused on how the Red Sox should organize their batting order so as to maximize the run scoring potential. In the remainder of the article I...
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Red Sox Roster Recap - Rafael Devers
My third entry to the 2017 BP Boston Roster Recap series went live last Friday. I wrote about recently-crowned Red Sox’s top-prospect, Rafael Devers. He comes to that title largely because other players were promoted to the big leagues or got traded to other organizations,...
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Red Sox Roster Recap - Dustin Pedroia
My second entry to the 2017 BP Boston Roster Recap series went live last week. In this instalment I wrote about Dustin Pedroia. Pedroia has been a reliable and productive part of the Red Sox organization for almost ten years now, however the last two...
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