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John Lackey summed up his start today succinctly: “I pitched bad.” While his command of the English language is lacking there, it is still miles ahead of his command of the strike zone today: four innings on 97 pitches (56 for strikes), eight runs allowed, 10 hits, one strikeout, three walks, and a homer. This [...]
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Fangraphs rolled out Dan Szymborski’s in-season ZIPS projections this week. In case you think that Carl Crawford‘s -11 OPS+ is likely to hold, consider the following chart. 2011 wOBA wOBA Rest of Year Difference Crawford .162 .365 .203 Pedroia .426 .376 -.050 Gonzalez .333 .409 .076 Youkilis .388 .387 -.001 Ortiz .358 .374 .016 [...]
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Two innings. Just 16 batters faced. Seven runs. 42 pitches. Those short sentences, in a twitch-inducing nutshell, make up Daisuke Matsuzaka‘s start against the Tampa Bay Rays last night. It is painful to go into more detail unless you are a Rays’ fan, but relive the start we must, for how else will we learn? [...]
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It’s the middle of October 1999, we’re 50 days or so into sophomore year in college when my buddy from back home in suburban Boston, a student in Chapel Hill (I was in Philadelphia) calls me and says “we have to go back to Boston this weekend.” And he was right. We did. The Red [...]
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Since the Red Sox find themselves on the outside looking in to the postseason in 2010, we thought we would keep the October spirit alive here at The Beacon with a look back at different playoff moments from over the years. We’ll have our own little playoffs pants party while other fans of other teams, [...]
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The Red Sox played the Yankees this weekend, and it didn’t mean much for either club. The Red Sox, though not mathematically out of contention yet, are finished. The Yankees will qualify for the playoffs either via the Wild Card or AL East division title. I thought it would be fun torturous to have a [...]
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Fresh off a series loss in St. Pete and with their playoff chances inching from slim towards none, there is a new narrative taking hold here in Boston . It’s difficult to follow but the best I can boil it down to is “The Red Sox knew this was a ‘bridge year’ all along and [...]
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Between the injuries and the fact that he has a won-loss record of 11-7, it feels like John Lackey’s disappointing debut season with the Red Sox has been given more slack than it deserves. It’s not that we should be on some kind of Lackey witch hunt with analysis, it’s just that there were far [...]
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