I would make a sizeable bet that he does turn into a pumpkin. This is a guy who hit his first mlb home run last night, and has shown no signs in his career of this kind of success. Enjoy the ride and the hot bat, but his career will not be a fraction of the success as Drew's.
7 in a row from the Red Sox against two playoff teams from last year. I can't tell if this team is the real deal, or not. Getting rid of Buchholz and Doubront has seemed to improve the team significantly.
This seems like a silly question, but why is Mujica in a 4 run game? I get it that Taz and Koji can't pitch every game, but Capuano, Badenhop, Miller, Breslow, Wilson, Drake Britton, Mujica's grandmother, or Mike Carp are better options here.
I noticed three Rays batter tonight strike out on a dropped ball, and not run to first base. Isn't that one of those things that scrappy young teams do?
Cafardo posted an article yesterday saying the Red Sox might be best positioned to trade with the Cubs for Samardzija, and followed it up by saying that it would probably take either Owens or two of the other top pitching prospects.
I am baffled by this guy. He's a 30 year old 4.00 pitcher in the NL Central hitting free agency next year. Sure, he's having a good year, but he is a #4 pitcher and the Cubs are asking for #1 value.
Stephen Drew had a 3.4 WAR over 124 games last year -- over 150 games, that's a 4 WAR player. By letting Drew take SS, you may be losing offense at SS, but you're significantly improving the defense at SS, significantly improving the offense at 3B, and potentially significantly improving the defense at 3B. This team won a World Series with Drew at SS and Xander at 3B. Don't forget that.
Also keep in mind that all of the best shortstops in the MLB are injury prone -- Reyes, Tulo, even Drew. The position is very stressful on health. Why risk Xander's health when his future is better off at third?
What is it going to take to get Price out of the game? Two hit batters and a shot way inside on Holt, a downpour, high pitch count in the 5th, and he's still out at 7th.