With Youkilis Out, Red Sox Sign Delgado To Minor League Deal
Saturday, August 7th, 2010With Kevin Youkilis out for the rest of the season, and in the anticipation 1B Mike Lowell won’t be able to play every day due to the condition of his left hip, the Red Sox have signed 17-year veteran first baseman Carlos Delgado to a minor league contract.
According to Delgado’s agent, David Sloane, he [...]
Youkilis Surgery Goes Well
Saturday, August 7th, 2010Joe Bick, the agent for Kevin Youkilis, confirmed the Red Sox first baseman had successful surgery yesterday afternoon to repair the torn adductor muscle in his right thumb. Bick said the procedure took an hour and twenty minutes.
He said Dr. Thomas Graham told him that everything went “great” and he expects Youkilis to have [...]
Youkilis Will Miss Remainder Of 2010 Season
Thursday, August 5th, 2010The Red Sox have confirmed what was reported here on Tuesday night, 1B Kevin Youkilis will miss the rest of the 2010 season. The Cincinnati native will undergo season-ending thumb surgery tomorrow in Cleveland, OH. Dr. Thomas Graham will perform the surgery.
The thumb will be immobilized for six weeks before being evaluated… he is [...]
Youkilis Could Miss The Rest Of The Year… Lowell Activated
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010The injury bug continues to bite the Red Sox and condemn the 2010 team to the status of also-rans… this time it’s Kevin Youkilis who has been felled and added to the still-sizeable list of injured players. As soon as Victor Martinez came off the DL, Mike Cameron had to go back on. And now, [...]
Francona Says Ellsbury Will Play Tomorrow
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010Red Sox outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury, who has played only nine games this season because of fractured ribs, will be activated from the disabled list tomorrow and is expected to be in the Sox starting lineup for the finale against the Cleveland Indians tomorrow.
After tonight’s game, manager Terry Francona confirmed that Ellsbury, who has been on [...]
FanGraphs: Beltre Should Be Worth 3 Years And $45 MM On The Free Agent Market… So What Do The Sox Do?
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010Dave Cameron, of FanGraphs.com, posted an interesting article this morning projecting the value of Adrian Beltre on the free agent market at 3 years, $45 million.
Agent Scott Boras wanted a multi-year deal for his client last winter… ultimately, he had to settle on a one-year deal with a low-end player option for 2011 (it’s a [...]
Kalish And Santana: These Guys Play The Game The Way It SHOULD Be Played
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010Red Sox OF Ryan Kalish and Indians C Carlos Santana were involved in a collision at home plate in the seventh inning of last night’s game at Fenway Park. While Santana suffered an injury on the play, it was a good hard baseball play… and Santana did not ‘deserve’ what he got despite the assertion [...]
Hermida DFA’d… Kalish Promoted And In Today’s Lineup
Saturday, July 31st, 2010The Red Sox have announced that OF Jeremy Hermida has been designated for assignment… the club has apparently given up on him after obtaining him from the Florida Marlins for two low-level prospects.
Hermida hit just .203, with a .257 OBP, in his brief tenure with the Rec Sox.
In his place the front office has [...]
Coverage From Around The Nation: July 28, 2010
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010Lackey return stellar (In spite of a chilly reception from the Los Angeles fans, John Lackey turned in a red-hot performance for the Red Sox in a 4-2 win late last night… Boston.com article)
John Lackey outduels former understudy Jeff Weaver (Lackey beats his former team in his first start in Los Angeles since leaving the [...]
This Day In Red Sox History: July 28, 1979
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010In Arlington, TX, Dennis Eckersley outdueled Ferguson Jenkins, 1-0… in the game, the Sox pulled off a triple play in the first inning, their third triple play of the season (May 10th, July 23rd).
Material for This Day In Red Sox History is drawn from Bill Nowlin’s “Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox”
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