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Will the Real Rick Porcello Please Stand Up?

Apr 19, 2018

Sometimes I lie awake at night knowing that Rick Porcello somehow won the 2016 American League Cy Young Award, despite Justin Verlander and Corey Kluber -- the two other finalists -- having better numbers in ev...

Power Rankings: Starting Pitchers

Cole Shelton

Jan 4, 2017

Features, Headlines, Opinions & Predictions

Starting pitcher is arguably the most important position in baseball. If your starter has a bad game, chances are your team doesn't win. The 2016 season saw the regulars dominate in Clayton Kershaw and Madison ...

Would Cy Young Win His Own Award?

Jeremy Frank

Nov 11, 2016

Offseason, Statistics

Cy Young. The all-time leader in wins, losses, starts, complete games, innings pitched, and more. If you're a casual baseball fan, you may not know those off the top of your head. But if you clicked on the link...

Red Sox are a David Price Away from Winning the AL East

Evan Marinofsky

Jul 18, 2016

American League East, Boston Red Sox, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

As of July 18, the Boston Red Sox sit two games back of the first-place Baltimore Orioles. If you had told me back in April that at this point in the season the Sox's ace was All-Star Steven Wright, their $217 ...

Rick Porcello’s Rebound Could Provide Hope for Shelby Miller

Evan Marinofsky

May 23, 2016

Arizona Diamondbacks, Boston Red Sox, Features, Opinions & Predictions

The prospect haul that the Arizona Diamondbacks gave up for Shelby Miller was an overpay from the beginning. This past offseason, the Atlanta Braves traded Miller and minor league pitcher Gabe Speier to the ...

Five Stat Friday: Week Four

Matt Wojciak

Apr 29, 2016

Features, Major League Baseball, Media, Minor League Baseball, Video

1. On the first full day of the 2016 Major League Baseball season, the Atlanta Braves took Washington Nationals ace Max Scherzer deep twice in the first four innings, with Freddie Freeman and Adonis Garcia each...

Examining Rick Porcello’s Strong Start

Matt Wojciak

Apr 26, 2016

Boston Red Sox, Features, Major League Baseball, Media, Video

After coming to Boston in the Yoenis Cespedes trade and immediately inking a four-year, $82.5 million extension through the 2019 season, expectations were high for Morristown, New Jersey native Rick Porcello en...

Should the Red Sox Trade Wade Miley or Clay Buchholz?

Liam Skiffington

Dec 2, 2015

American League, American League East, Boston Red Sox, Features, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

The Boston Red Sox have reportedly inked annual Cy Young candidate David Price to a seven-year, $217 million contract. The agreement, which has an opt-out clause after three seasons, is the richest contract eve...

Is Yoenis Cespedes The Most Underrated Player in Baseball?

Jesse Foster

Aug 27, 2015

Features, Major League Baseball, New York Mets

Yoenis Cespedes has been traded three times in a little over a year, spending time with the Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, and New York Mets in that span. You would think that this would sig...

Rick Porcello’s Contract Now an Unrelenting Hindrance for the Red Sox

Austin Burnett

Jul 31, 2015

American League East, Boston Red Sox, Features, Opinions & Predictions

I can't imagine I was the only baseball fan perplexed at the details of the massive four-year contract extension given to Rick Porcello by the Boston Red Sox back on April 6. Boston now owes its top starter -- ...

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