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Casey Kelly is Not the Lone Top Prospect on the Gulf Coast League Roster

Jeff Louderback — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:41:17 +0000

Casey Kelly’s first season as a pitcher in the minor leagues is complete. Now his stint as a shortstop is underway. After emerging as one of the game’s top pitching prospects this year in season that saw him pitch effectively at Single-A Greenville and advanced Single-A Salem and toss a scoreless frame in the Futures Game at [...]

Jason Bay Talks About His Contract

Comcast SportsNet — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:43:02 +0000

Red Sox left fielder and impending free-agent Jason Bay joined "The Baseball Show" crew this past Sunday live from Toronto to discuss his contract talks with the team over the All Star Break among other topics.

Weekend Red Sox Wrap-Up

Mary Paoletti — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:30:05 +0000

Some say that "No good deed goes unpunished." Such cliché-slingers must have spent their weekend watching Boston baseball. The Good Deed: In a plea for amnesty from fans everywhere the Red Sox designated Julio Lugo for assignment on Friday. I feared the backhand of karma for all of two seconds before joining in the general revelry. [...]

A Trip from Toronto to Texas

Justin Masterson — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:27:29 +0000

I thought that after the first game of the second half we were going to be undefeated for the rest of the season, but then we played game two and well, it did not end in victory. Then there was game three and that ended in an unfortunate loss too. So it is probably surprising [...]

Bowden Throws 5 Innings of No-Hit Ball for PawSox

Cameron Martin — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:41:40 +0000

With the trade deadline (July 31) quickly approaching, the Red Sox have the farmhand chips to upgrade their already loaded pitching staff, and one of those up-and-coming prospects, Michael Bowden, heightened his profile with 5 innings of no-hit ball for Pawtucket on Sunday, Fenway West notes. Brad Penny, John Smoltz, Dice-K, Clay Buchholz, or a deal [...]

The Baseball Show: J.P. Ricciardi Interview

Comcast SportsNet — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:25:01 +0000

Toronto Blue Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi joined Lou Merloni, Steve Buckley, Sean McAdam and special guest panelist Dan Shaugnessy on this week’s episode of The Baseball Show to talk candidly about the possible trade of Roy Halladay.,

What Fate Befalls Lugo?

Cameron Martin — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:14:53 +0000

I can’t claim to be a long-time fan of Julio Lugo, whose exasperating play has often elicited the exclamation "!@#$ing Lugo." Since his arrival in 2007, the former Tampa Bay shortstop has done little to fulfill his four-year, $36-million contract, and the Red Sox don’t seem intent on providing him any more chances to disappoint [...]

What I Did on My All-Star Break

Justin Masterson — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:37:36 +0000

I hope that you did not miss us too much while we were gone. Of course, if you watched the all star festivities you got to see a few of the guys having a wonderful time there in St. Louis. But you still are not going to see a game from us until tomorrow when [...]

Will Sox Tab Tazawa with a September Call-Up?

Cameron Martin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:09:32 +0000

When Junichi Tazawa skirted the Japanese Major Leagues altogether, opting to sign with an American team to try his hand at Major League Baseball, Boston handed him a three-year, $3.3 million contract, a down-the-road investment on a 23-year-old who might have been expected to struggle as he acclimated to a new culture, a five-day rotation [...]

Ichiro Says Dice-K Injury Not WBC-related

Cameron Martin — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:57:11 +0000

Ichiro Suzuki apparently thinks very little of Occam’s Razor, which holds that the simplest explanation is usually correct when assessing a problem, because the Seattle All-Star outfielder doesn’t think Dice-K’s shoulder injury can be attributed to the World Baseball Classic. “If you think that’s the reason he’s struggling right now, if people are blaming the WBC, [...]