Mark D. Melancon

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: March 28, 1985 in Wheat Ridge, CO
High School: Golden HS (Golden, CO)
School: University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 9th round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed August 9, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 2009 (Age 24)   vs. BOS 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER
Teams (by GP): Astros/RedSox/Pirates/Yankees 2009-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$521k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 2.098, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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• 5/24 fantasyteamadvice.com: Updated In Season Fantasy Baseball 2013 Hold rankings – best relievers to own if you have the holds category in your format:   Not much change to the hold rankings this week with the exception of Eric O’Flaherty of the Braves who will be undergoing...
• 5/24 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Top50 thru 5/23: RANK   PITCHERS AGE IP F12 1 Adam Wainwright 31 72.00 32.590 2 Clayton Kershaw* 25 73.33 32.315 3 Matt Harvey 24 70.00 32.009...
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• 5/23 Rum Bunter: Pirates Francisco Liriano Has Become Frank The Tank: Francisco Liriano just keeps rolling for the Pittsburgh Pirates.  The big left-hander struck out nine and walked just one Chicago...
• 5/22 North Side Notch: Francisco Liriano shuts down Cubs in 1-0 win: Final: Pirates 1, Cubs 0 (box) WP: Francisco Liriano (3-0, 1.00 ERA) LP: Jeff Samardzija (2-6, 3.25 ERA) SV: Mark Melancon (1,...
• 5/21 North Side Notch: Travis Snider grand slam powers Pirates over Cubs: Final: Pirates 5, Cubs 4 (box) WP: Wandy Rodriguez (5-2, 3.40 ERA) LP: James Russell (1-1, 1.04 ERA) SV: Jason Grilli (18, 1.31...
• 5/20 Raise the Jolly Roger: Pirates 1, Astros 0: Most disappointing series win ever? Probably. But the Pirates were able to sneak out of the weekend with two wins in three games...
• 5/19 North Side Notch: Jeff Locke and Pedro Alvarez lead Bucs to 1-0 win over Astros: Final: Pirates 1, Astros 0 (box) WP: Jeff Locke (4-1, 2.73 ERA) LP: Lucas Harrell (3-5, 4.63 ERA) SV: Jason Grilli (17, 0.92 ERA)...
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• 5/19 TheLeadoffWalk: Day 48 Observations: Part Two: Rays 10, Orioles 6 Matthew Joyce: Joyce launched a two-run homer in the third inning to begin a rally for Tampa Bay, and...
• 5/19 The Flagrant Fan: MLB Game Picks - Sunday: May 19, 2013: Four games yesterday hung in the balance until the last inning. All four went the wrong way. The Nationals wasted another Jordan...
• 5/19 North Side Notch: Pirates lose to Astros in 11 innings: Final: Astros 4, Pirates 2 (box) WP: Jose Cisnero (1-0, 4.00 ERA) LP: Bryan Morris (1-2, 3.68 ERA) SV: Jose Veras (6, 3.71 ERA)...
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• 5/18 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 43 Recap - Astros 4, Pirates 2 (11 inn.): -The Pirates didn't play a great game. They hung around because the Astros aren't very good and they didn't come though with enough...
• 5/17 Raise the Jolly Roger: Game 41 Preview: Pirates vs. Brewers: Brewers (16-22) at Pirates (23-17) 7:05 PM–PNC Park, Pittsburgh MLB.com Gameday TV: ROOT The Bucs look to take this week’s...
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• 5/16 mlbreports.com : Buyer’s Remorse: The Failed Joel Hanrahan Experiment: Like us on Facebook here  Thursday May.16/2013 By Ryan Dana (MLB Reports Writer and Red Sox Correspondent):  While some people...
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• 5/15 North Side Notch: Wandy Rodriguez, Neil Walker lead Pirates to 3-1 win: Final: Pirates 3, Brewers 1 (box) WP: Wandy Rodriguez (4-2, 3.25 ERA) LP: Yovani Gallardo (3-3, 4.50 ERA) SV: Jason Grilli (16,...
• 5/15 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 40 Recap - Pirates 3, Brewers 1: -The Pirates only had four hits on the night and so far in the series they were dismal with runners in scoring position but all...
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• 5/15 Raise the Jolly Roger: Pirates 4, Brewers 3: A walk off homer by Andrew McCutchen gave the Bucs a thrilling 12-inning win over the Brewers on Tuesday night. Cutch had hit...
• 5/15 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 39 Recap - Pirates 4, Brewers 3 (12 inn.): -It took 12 innings and a lot of bullpen work but the Pirates were able to beat the Brewers. No, for real, they won. Andrew McCutchen...
• 5/13 TheFantasyFix.com: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Peaks and Valleys – Take Risks, See Rewards: Just last week I brought up the topic of taking chances. My team was in need of a fresh take, and I decided to make a couple of...
• 5/12 Rum Bunter: Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching Staff Has Been An Unpredictable Joyride: The Pittsburgh Pirates have won 18 of their last 28 games.  The Bucs offense has started to come to life and are hitting bombs...
• 5/12 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 37 Recap - Pirates 3, Mets 2: -Much like it has gone all season the Pirates drop the first game of a four game series and then go on to win the next three....
• 5/11 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Red Sox Closer To Undergo Season Ending Elbow Surgery: Well, the Joel Hanrahan era in Boston didn't last long, as the Red Sox closer announced that he will undergo season-ending...
• 5/11 MLB Injury News: Red Sox RHP Joel Hanrahan to undergo season-ending surgery: When the Boston Red Sox placed closer Joel Hanrahan on the 60-day disabled list before the results of his visit with Dr. James...
• 5/11 Replacement Level Red Sox Blog: Shocking News: Hanrahan Out for the Year: Per the Globe, Joel Hanrahan is out for the season. This, and other news available in our new RLRS feature: “Stuff that...
• 5/10 Rum Bunter: Who Are These Guys: Pittsburgh Pirates Starting Rotation Doing Unlikely Things: The Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitching is worse than last year and the team has a better record against a tougher schedule. ...
• 5/10 Raise the Jolly Roger: Mets 3, Pirates 2: The Bucs dropped their second-straight one-run decision on Thursday night, as the Mets squeaked out a walk-off win in the ninth...
• 5/9 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Penguins Game 34 Recap - Mets 3, Pirates 2: -This is a game that was very frustrating for those of you that were able to watch it since the game was not on ROOT Sports. Jeff...
• 5/9 fantasyteamadvice.com: Updated MLB Hold Rankings – fantasy baseball 2013: I will release these updated articles throughout the season, as I find there is a shortage of MLB Hold rankings online.  You...
• 5/9 This is Getting Old: Red Sox To Designate Holt For Assignment: Can you literally already close the book on the Joel Hanrahan trade?  Mark Melancon has already been the superior pitcher.  Stolmy...
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• 5/7 Baseball Jerks: Fantasy Baseball Sleeper: Jimmy Paredes: The Houston Astros may be the worst team in the American League but it makes for a great opportunity for a younger player to get...
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• 5/4 Rum Bunter: Pirates Clint Hurdle Doesn’t Fear Losing: The Pittsburgh Pirates are playing some good baseball and are off to a nice start to the 2013 season.  One major weakness of...
• 5/4 Raise the Jolly Roger: Pirates 3, Nationals 1: The Pirates opened this weekend’s series with a very strong performance as their pitching led them past the Nats on Friday...
• 5/4 Call to the Pen: Pirates Pitching Spurs Revival: Friday night was exhibit A why the Pittsburgh Pirates are winning and why they may yet post their first season-long winning record...
• 5/4 District On Deck: It’s the Pitts: Pirates Shut Down Nats in Series Opener: This wasn’t the return Ryan Zimmerman was hoping for. After a stint on the disabled list with a hamstring issue, Zimmerman...
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• 5/2 fantasyteamadvice.com: Updated Fantasy Baseball Hold rankings for May 2013 – Middle reliever and setup men emerging as talented relief: There are a number of arms beginning to establish themselves as the premier middle relievers to own for holds in 2013, and there...
• 5/1 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 28 Recap - Pirates 6, Brewers 4: -This game was a little bit different than most. A little bit different in that both teams combined for less than 25 runs and...

• 4/30 This is Getting Old: Pirates Designate Jonathan Sanchez For Assignment: Another failed Neal Huntington love story.  He likes to go on expensive dates as Jonathan Sanchez will end up costing the Pittsburgh...
• 4/30 Macho-Row.com: Hamels shows up, Phillies offense does not, lose 2-0 to the Buccos.: Full Box Score The Phillies were shut out for the fourth time this year losing Tuesday night to the Pirates 2-0. ...
• 4/29 Crashburn Alley: Phillies Week in Review #4: Record: 4 wins, 3 losses Standing: 12-14, 3rd place in NL East (4.0 GB) Top 3 offensive plays (by Win Probability Added, WPA)...
• 4/28 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals: Bullpen is difference between Cardinals and Pirates right now: The St. Louis Cardinals dropped Sunday afternoon's game at Busch Stadium to the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-0 mostly in part because...
• 4/28 Raise the Jolly Roger: Pirates 5, Cardinals 3: The Pirates worked their late inning magic yet again and delivered another comeback win on Saturday night in St. Louis. A.J. Burnett...
• 4/28 TheLeadoffWalk: Day 27 Observations: Pitchers: Mariners 3,  Angels 2 Felix Hernandez: Thanks to an early solo home run allowed and a sacrifice fly, Hernandez...
• 4/27 El Maquino: WORST BULLPEN BEATS BEST ROTATION YET AGAIN: > Jake Westbrook was so close.  The light at the end of the tunnel was visible. The Pirates had always beaten him up, especially...
• 4/27 Raise the Jolly Roger: Pirates 6, Phillies 4: The Pirates came back to steal another victory from the Phillies on Thursday afternoon, clinching a big series win. The Bucs put...
• 4/25 This is Getting Old: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Philadelphia Phillies – Game 22: Another day, another series not lose.  The boys can win themselves another this afternoon.  Impressive. Mark Melancon is on...
• 4/25 Rum Bunter: The Unbelievable Truth That Is The 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates: The Pittsburgh Pirates have won nine of their past twelve games.  It’s hard to even fathom after the slow start.  It seems...
• 4/24 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 21 Recap - Pirates 5, Phillies 3: -The Pirates got handled pretty well by Roy Halladay to start the game and while they were down 3-1 after six innings of work...
• 4/24 Macho-Row.com: Hamels shows up, Phillies offense does not, lose 2-0 to the Buccos.: Full Box Score The Phillies were shut out for the fourth time this year losing Tuesday night to the Pirates 2-0. ...
• 4/24 Raise the Jolly Roger: Pirates 2, Phillies 0: The Bucco pitching staff turned in an extremely impressive performance on Tuesday night as they shut out the Phillies and evened...
• 4/23 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 20 Recap - Pirates 2, Phillies 0: -This game was largely like the game that took place last night only instead of the Phillies winning it was the Pirates were were...
• 4/23 Raise the Jolly Roger: Pirates 4, Braves 2: What a homestand! The Pirates were somehow able to patch together a victory on Sunday afternoon, wrapping up an excellent series...
• 4/23 Raise the Jolly Roger: Pirates 3, Braves 1: The Pirates are on the good side of .500 for the first time this season thanks to another rock-solid win over the Atlanta Braves....
• 4/23 Baseball News Source: Pirates Pitching Situation is Unstable and Unsustainable: The Pittsburgh Pirates pitching staff, to put it one way, is running on fossil fuels. Before long, the whole party’s going...
• 4/23 fantasyteamadvice.com: Fantasy baseball 2013 – Week 4 updates – Holds rankings – Best middle relievers to own off waivers: The holds rankings remain as volatile as ever entering the 4th week of fantasy baseball 2013.  A number of the hottest teams...
• 4/22 www.drstrangeglove.com: Bucs Enjoy Wild Weekend Against Braves: Well, I think I am going to stop attempting to forecast the short term fortunes of the 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates. I have to believe...
• 4/21 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 18 Recap - Pirates 4, Braves 2: -The Pirates got greedy today and gathered four runs and ten hits and overcame some shaky pitching to take three of four wins...
• 4/20 Rum Bunter: The King Returns: James McDonald Outpitches Paul Maholm, Pirates Win 3-1: Where have you been James McDonald?  The Pittsburgh Pirates enigma struckout nine Atlanta Braves and outdueled Paul Maholm at...
• 4/20 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Top50 thru 4/19: RANK PITCHERS AGE IP F12 1 Wandy Rodriguez* 34 16.00 34.676 2 Yu Darvish 26 26.67 34.667 3 Matt Harvey 24 29.00 34.106 4 Adam...
• 4/20 Raise the Jolly Roger: Pirates 6, Braves 0: The Pirates put together a brilliant effort on Friday night as Wandy Rodriguez made his triumphant return to the mound, and the...
• 4/20 Talkin Sox with Dan: Deep Depth: On Wednesday night, Andrew Bailey ran to the pitcher’s mound from the bullpen at Progressive Field in Cleveland and recorded...
• 4/19 www.drstrangeglove.com: Questionable Decisions Lead to Braves Win Over Bucs: In contrast to the sharply played contest against the Cardinals the night before, last night’s game between the Pirates and...
• 4/19 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 15 Recap - Pirates 6, Braves 0: -Maybe the Pirates best overall game of the season. The offense showed up, the pitching was really good and the defense was good....
• 4/18 www.drstrangeglove.com: A.J. Misses No-No, But Bucs Perfect: A. J. Burnett had by far his best stuff of the short season last night, and flirted with a no-hitter until two outs had been recorded...
• 4/18 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 15 Recap - Braves 6, Pirates 4: -This was a pretty good game to watch all together. While it was a little on the long side (3:30) it gave us nice back and forth...
• 4/16 Replacement Level Red Sox Blog: Don’t Let It Bring You Up: Hey, are you feeling a little too good about the Red Sox and their hot start? Warming up some of the new guys? That Mike Napoli...
• 4/15 Rum Bunter: Jose Contreras Is Coming, Who’s Leaving Pirates Pirates Bullpen: Scrapheap relief-pitcher-career turnarounds are becoming a strength of the Pittsburgh Pirates.  We have documented it recently....
• 4/14 Rum Bunter: Did Pirates Steal Mark Melancon From Boston Red Sox?: The season is young, and the Pittsburgh Pirates have actually been playing decent baseball this past week. Only twelve games are...
• 4/14 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Top50 thru 4-13: (What is F12?) RANK PITCHERS AGE IP F12 1 Clayton Kershaw* 25 23.33 36.567 2 Adam Wainwright 31 22.00 35.409 3 Matt Harvey 24...
• 4/14 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 11 Recap - Pirates 3, Reds 1: -I talked yesterday about the Pirates being able to play with house money on the final two games after getting the win last night...
• 4/13 Raise the Jolly Roger: Pirates 3, Reds 1: This has been a heck of a weekend for the Bucs so far, as they were able to out-pitch the Reds and pick up a second straight win...
• 4/13 Raise the Jolly Roger: Pirates 6, Reds 5: Every win the Bucs manage to get against the Reds this season is going to feel great, and this was certainly a nice way to start....
• 4/12 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 10 Recap - Pirates 6, Reds 5: Today I was on TribLive Radio and host Daniel Dudley asked me what I thought about the Pirates and the series against the Reds....
• 4/12 Rum Bunter: Andrew McCutchen Bomb Lifts Pirates Over Reds 6-5: A.J. Burnett pitched six inning and allowed six hits, three runs, three walks and struckout eight with a plus breaking ball. Unfortunately,...
• 4/12 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Ask Nash: Sleeper Closer CandidatesNash, I play in a 10 team, 5×5 roto points league. NL players only. I opened the season with only More......
• 4/10 Raise the Jolly Roger: J-Mac’s revenge: Pirates 6, D-Backs 5: Two in a row! More offense! A road series win! The Pirates overcame a terrible first inning from James McDonald to defeat Arizona...
• 4/9 Rum Bunter: Zoltan Returns, Wandy Rodriguez Exits: Pirates Drop Diamondbacks 5-3: Andrew McCutchen brought back Zoltan in a 5-3 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks, but the Pittsburgh Pirates lost starting pitcher...
• 4/9 Raise the Jolly Roger: Bucs lose Wandy, bring back Zoltan, and get a win: The Bucs played a solid game and earned a much needed win on Monday night, but they may have suffered a big loss as well. Wandy...
• 4/7 Raise the Jolly Roger: Dodgers 1, Pirates 0: Well, it wasn’t a no-hitter, but that’s where the positives ended for the Pirates’ offense…again. A.J....
• 4/4 Raise the Jolly Roger: Pirates drive fans completely nuts for the first of many times this season: Ugh. Brutal loss for the Bucs today, as they were completely inept on offense for eight innings and then rallied in the ninth,...
• 4/4 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 3 Recap - Cubs 3, Pirates 2: -The Pirates sure do know how to lose baseball games in the most painful way possible. I think people throw around the phrase...
• 4/3 Baseballhotcorner.com: Pittsburgh Pirates: Series 1: The Pittsburgh Pirates kicked off their 2013 regular season yesterday at 1:05PM at PNC Park on a brisk afternoon against division...
• 4/1 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 1 Recap - Cubs 3, Pirates 1: In the scope of 162 games about 152 of those games are unmemorable. Sure, you have those ten or so games that at the end of the...
• 4/1 Raise the Jolly Roger: Opening Day thoughts: Cubs 3, Pirates 1: Much like they did last season against Roy Halladay and the Phillies, the Pirates quickly killed a good amount of optimism and...
• 4/1 North Side Notch: Burnett K’s 10 in Opening Day loss to Cubs: Final: Cubs 3, Pirates 1 (box) WP: Jeff Samardzija (1-0, 0.00 ERA) LP: A.J. Burnett (0-1, 4.76 ERA) SV: Kyuji Fujikawa (1, 0.00...
• 4/1 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates Preview - Pitching: The Pirates rotation is somewhat of a mess. OK, it is more than somewhat of a mess, it is a mess, but it is also just like the...
• 4/1 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Pittsburgh Pirates: The Pirates were far from the most active team in baseball this winter, but they did make a few significant moves. Major League...

• 3/28 What the Heck, Bobby?: Happy Birthday - 3/28: No future Astros, only former Astros with birthdays today ~ 1B Glenn Davis (52) Davis, a first round draft pick (fifth...
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• 3/27 This is Getting Old: Pirates Finalize Roster: Well.  Sort of.  There are 26 players but Brandon Inge is likely to go on the disabled list from the sound of things.  ...
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• 3/22 Fire Brand of the American League: The Curse of Adrian Beltre?A look at how one player's "Curse" has haunted the Red Sox....
• 3/21 MLB Injury News: Astros rumors: Houston willing to listen on all players: The Houston Astros have sold off most of their veteran players over the past year-plus in an effort to acquire talent and build...
• 3/19 Baseball News Source: Houston Astros: Will AL West Teams Have an Unfair Advantage?: Some teams don’t like to admit that they’re re-building. The New York Mets, for instance, dealt R.A. Dickey a month...
• 3/15 Rum Bunter: “This is the (Pirates’) Year”- Mark Melancon: Yesterday, newcomer relief pitcher, Mark Melancon stated that this would be the year that the Pirates would finally break the...
• 3/8 Motor City Bengals: Jason Grilli – Exhibit “A” – Don’t Overpay for a Closer: April 4, 2008 – Coming off a disheartening three-game home sweep at the hands of the lowly Kansas City Royals, the ’08...
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• 3/3 Call to the Pen: Can the Pittsburgh Pirates Avoid the Second Half Gangplank?: On August 6, the Pittsburgh Pirates were 62-46, alive in both the NL Central and wild card races. A 17-37 walk off the gangplank...
• 3/1 Red Sox Life: What can we expect from Joel Hanrahan?: Acquired from the Pirates the day after Christmas, Joel Hanrahan comes to the Red Sox with something to prove. Although Hanrahan...
• 3/1 YankeeAnalysts.com: Cashman: Heathcott A Dark Horse Candidate: Lost in yesterday’s interview with Mike Francesa, Brian Cashman spoke meticulously about the the situation in left field....

• 2/28 Raise the Jolly Roger: Wednesday & Thursday notes: The Pirates lost to the Rays in an ugly game on Wednesday by a score of 8 to 2. They’ll host the Red Sox today at 1:05,...
• 2/27 YankeeAnalysts.com: A Look At Relief Prospect Branden Pinder: Over the last few years, the Yankees organization has emerged as one of the best system for producing relievers. David Robertson,...
• 2/24 Raise the Jolly Roger: Sunday notes: McDonald, Sanchez, Martin: The Pirates defeated the Braves 9-2 on Sunday to improve to 2-0 in Grapefruit League play.  They will take on the Twins at 1:05...
• 2/24 North Side Notch: Clint Barmes Homers in 9-2 Win Over Braves: Final: Pirates 9, Braves 2 (box) WP: Jason Grilli (1-0, 0.00 ERA) LP: Jonny Venters (0-1, 18.00 ERA) James McDonald started and...
• 2/20 Through The Fence Baseball: Are we underestimating the Boston Red Sox chances in 2013?: There is no doubt the last two years have been brutal for the Boston Red Sox and their fans. A horrible collapse in 2011 followed...
• 2/18 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Boston Red Sox 2013 Preview: For all of the anguish and disappointment that Boston Red Sox fans went through during the epic collapse of 2011, nothing...
• 2/16 This is Getting Old: Roster Watch: Kyle McPherson: Do we think Kyle McPherson is going to make the roster out of Spring Training?  I’m not so sure.  I think the likely competition...
• 2/15 Fire Brand of the American League: Grading The Best And Worst Of A Busy Boston WinterThe Red Sox made a lotta moves this offseason. Some good, some just "meh."...
• 2/14 What the Heck, Bobby?: Hey, Don't Forget About Me!: It's easy to forget about players who lose whole chunks of seasons due to injuries or other issues. Lest we all forget, here is...
• 2/11 mlbreports.com : Chris Carter: The Future Star That Will Make Billy Beane Regret His Trade Mistake: Like us on Facebook here Monday February 11th, 2013 Jonathan Hacohen  (Lead Baseball Columnist, Oakland A’s Correspondent...
• 2/10 Rum Bunter: Pittsburgh Pirates Six Fresh Faces With Plenty To Prove: The start of the 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates baseball season is upon us.  The offseason was spent deconstructing the roster and the...
• 2/8 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Jed Lowrie Heads to A's In 5-Player Trade: The Houston Astros finally moved their final piece of trade bait, sending shortstop Jed Lowrie to the Oakland Athletics along...
• 2/6 mlbreports.com : Luhnow Spins His Trade Magic Again For The Astros In: Get Carter: Like us on Facebook here Tuesday Feb.5, 2013 By Richard Perez (Astros Correspondent): As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, the...
• 2/5 MLB Injury News: Oakland Athletics acquire Jed Lowrie from Houston Astros: The Houston Astros have traded shortstop Jed Lowrie to the Oakland Athletics, along with right-handed reliever Fernando Rodriguez,...
• 2/4 Call to the Pen: Jed Lowrie Dealt to Athletics in Five Player Trade: Jed Lowrie has reportedly been a target for the Oakland Athletics dating back as early as September, though there have been no...
• 2/4 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Jed Lowrie Heads to A's In 5-Player Trade: The Houston Astros finally moved their final piece of trade bait, sending shortstop Jed Lowrie to the Oakland Athletics along...

• 1/30 BronxPinstripes.com: The Yankees’ Greatest Hits: 10 Memorable Brawls: I don’t know about you, but I’m waist-deep in the winter doldrums. Opening Day is 67 long days away and it is currently...
• 1/29 BoSox Injection: Is Cherington Being Judged Fairly?: While following various articles and posts covering the Red Sox 2012 offseason, I’ll usually stumble upon a commentary or...
• 1/25 MLB Injury News: Astros Rumors: Athletics, Houston Discussed Jed Lowrie: The Oakland Athletics inquired on Astros shortstop Jed Lowrie earlier this offseason, but the team balked at Houston’s asking...
• 1/24 Fire Brand of the American League: Bold Predictions for 2013, Part 1 — The Pitchers: With 19 days to go before pitchers and catchers officially report, let’s pass some of the long cold winter weeks by making some...
• 1/23 mlbreports.com : Pittsburgh Pirates Roster in 2013: State Of The Union: Like us on Facebook here Wednesday, January 23, 2013 By Brad Cuprik (Pirates Correspondent) Although the Pirates made significant...
• 1/18 BoSox Banter: Red Sox ink Hanrahan to one-year, $7.04 million deal: By Jeff Louderback Boston’s new closer Joel Hanrahan signed a one-year, $7.04 million contract on Friday, avoiding arbitration....
• 1/10 mlbreports.com : The Red Sox Trade for a Closer (Hanrahan) … Again.: Like us on Facebook here Thursday, January.10,  2013 By Nicholas Rossoletti (MLB Reports Trade Correspondent): Back in 2005,...
• 1/10 BoSox Injection: How Much Better Is Boston’s Bullpen?: As with many holes that needed to be filled in the off season, Boston set about making some major changes in their bullpen after...
• 1/8 Baseball Jerks: Pittsburgh Pirates 2013 Preview: The Pirates improved by leaps and bounds in 2012, managing to stay in the Wild Card race for most of the season. It’s far...
• 1/4 Fire Brand of the American League: Fire Brand of the Year: Scott Atchison:   The criteria for the Fire Brand of the American League Award is as follows: “The Fire Brand of the American League...
• 1/3 Fire Brand of the American League: The Highs & Lows of 2012 (Part 1)Taking a look back at the Bottom 5 moments from last year....
• 1/2 Rays Colored Glasses: A Tale Of Two Bullpens: It seems as though every offseason, virtually every team is attempting to upgrade their bullpen. With baseball having evolved...

• 12/31 MLB Dirt: Baseball Notes for December 31, 2012: The holiday season slowed down the hectic MLB offseason, which had operated on full blast for more than a month. Although many...
• 12/31 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Stanton, D'Backs, Upton, Pirates: The Marlins aren't in a rush to trade Giancarlo Stanton, but it remains highly unlikely that he will agree to a long-term contract,...
• 12/30 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 12/23/12 - 12/29/12: Here's a look back at the last (full) week of 2012.. The Pirates sent Joel Hanrahan and infielder Brock Holt to the Red...
• 12/30 Climbing Tal's Hill: Player Card: Jed Lowrie: In his first trade as Astros General Manager, Jeff Luhnow sent reliever Mark Melancon to Boston in exchange for SS Jed Lowrie...
• 12/30 More Than A Fan: With Another Wrong, the Sox Still Aren’t Right: In another time, the Sox acquiring Joel Hanrahan might be a reason to hope for an improved season in the upcoming year.  If they...
• 12/29 The Beanball: Who is Going to Close for the Houston Astros?: The Houston Astros are in complete rebuilding mode, as they should be. Since July 2010, the Astros have traded Roy Oswalt, Lance...
• 12/28 Baseball Analytics: Bucs' Melancon Poised to Bounce Back: Mark Melancon's first and only season in Boston was brutal. The former Astro closer's combination of Ks and grounders...
• 12/28 This is Getting Old: What Is Value?: One of the more perplexing aspects of being a Pirates fan is the term value.  We use the word probably more than any fanbase...
• 12/28 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Hanrahan, Porcello, Morgan: On this date in 1994, the Padres and Astros completed a 12-player trade. Ken Caminiti, Steve Finley, and four others went to...
• 12/28 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Final Hot Stove of 2012: Wow, how the week catches up to you quickly when you are off for five days for Christmas and then set for another four-day...
• 12/28 PaulLebowitz.com: The Red Sox, Hanrahan and “Stuff”: For a team that has historically made clear that they don’t think much of designated closers, the Red Sox acquire an awful lot...
• 12/28 Raise the Jolly Roger: Why I like Mark Melancon: The biggest reason I’m OK with the Joel Hanrahan trade is the inclusion of reliever Mark Melancon. The other three guys...
• 12/27 The Beanball: New Boston Red Sox Closer, Joel Hanrahan, is Not a Closer: At best, Joel Hanrahan is a good reliever. He strikes out a lot of batters (career 9.9 K/9), throws hard (consistent 96 MPH fastball),...
• 12/27 Talkin Sox with Dan: Power Plays: On Wednesday, the Red Sox officially addressed an area of surplus. They have a closer. Andrew Bailey is injury-plagued. There...
• 12/27 Tyler's Think Tank: Red Sox trade for Hanrahan: After completing a flurry of moves earlier in the month, the Boston Red Sox bolstered their bullpen by trading for All-Star...
• 12/27 BoSox Banter: Farrell makes wise move by naming Joel Hanrahan the closer: By Jeff Louderback First-year Red Sox manager John Farrell made a wise move by telling the media that the freshly acquired Joel...
• 12/27 Fire Brand of the American League: Red Sox Finalize Deal for Hanrahan:   In a deal that has been brewing for some time, the Red Sox officially added Joel Hanrahan to the bullpen on Wednesday,...
• 12/27 BoSox Injection: Acquisition Of Brock Holt Further Muddles Utility Role: There was already a debate of whether Pedro Ciriaco or Jose Iglesias should open the season as the backup middle infielder role...
• 12/27 Baseball News Source: After Trading Hanrahan, Pirates Should Now Deal Garrett Jones: Pirates need to make a move on Jones, and soon The Pittsburgh Pirates just completed a 6-player trade with the Red Sox that sent...
• 12/27 BoSox Injection: Done Deal: Pittsburgh Closer Hanrahan Seals Deal With Sox: There was a little flirtation and a Christmas holiday break but in the end Boston and Pittsburgh consummated a deal that moved...
• 12/27 Seedlings to Stars: Sox & Pirates Complete Hanrahan Deal: Rumblings first leaked late last week that the Boston Red Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates were deep into discussions revolving around...
• 12/26 Lasorda's Lair: Ivan De Jesus Jr. Traded Again: It’s pretty slow time right now in Dodger land. So while we’re waiting for the next move from the GBM, we like to catch up...
• 12/26 Baseball News Source: Joel Hanrahan: Named New Red Sox Closer: John Farrell wasted little time in naming his new closer Boston Red Sox manager John Farrell wasted little time in deciding who...
• 12/26 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox Make Hanrahan Trade Official: Uncle Ben Cherington was busy the day after Christmas as he was busy showing off his new toys as the Boston Red Sox made their...
• 12/26 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees news: Catching up after Christmas: I missed a couple of important things over the past few days because of the Christmas break so I wanted to point them out real...
• 12/26 MLBTradeRumors: Hanrahan Trade Reactions: Bailey, Melancon, Grilli: Earlier today, the Red Sox and the Pirates finalized the trade that will send closer Joel Hanrahan to Boston. The swap has Hanrahan...
• 12/26 North Side Notch: Pirates Trade Joel Hanrahan to Red Sox in Six-Player Deal: Today, it was announced that the Pirates and Red Sox had, indeed finalized a deal that sends RHP Joel Hanrahan and 2B Brock Holt...
• 12/26 Raise the Jolly Roger: Hanrahan trade complete: The Pirates and Red Sox didn’t waste any time finishing up the Joel Hanrahan trade once Christmas passed, as the two teams...
• 12/26 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Red Sox and Pirates Complete Hanrahan Trade: Just before Christmas, it was reported that the Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Red Sox had come to an agreement on a trade...
• 12/26 Baseball Musings: Restocking: The Pirates and Red Sox completed the trade for Joel Hanrahan, who takes over as the Boston closer. Christina Kahrl evaluates...
• 12/26 Fire Brand of the American League: Hanrahan trade a question mark for Sox: In a deal that has been brewing for some time, the Red Sox officially added Joel Hanrahan to the bullpen on Wednesday, shipping...
• 12/26 This is Getting Old: Hanrahan Trade Finally Done.: The players going to Boston are Joel Hanrahan and Brock Holt.  Two fan favorites.  In fact it only seems like the Pirates trade...
• 12/26 BoSox Banter: Red Sox, Pirates finalize Joel Hanrahan trade: By Jeff Louderback The trade for right-handed closer Joel Hanrahan is completed, the Red Sox announced on Wednesday. Boston acquired...
• 12/26 My Pinstripes: Pirates-Red Sox Hanrahan Deal Complete: It's taken several days to become official, but the Pirates and Red Sox have completed a six player deal that sends Pirates'...
• 12/26 BoSox Injection: Hanrahan Trade To Be Postponed Until After Christmas: News surfaced yesterday that the Red Sox and Pirates were close to agreement on a trade for Pirates’ closer Joel Hanrahan....
• 12/24 Baseball News Source: Who is Going to Close for the Houston Astros?: Veras appears to be  the favorite for the job heading into spring The Houston Astros are in complete rebuilding mode, as...
• 12/24 Seedlings to Stars: Pirates steal Sands, Pimentel, and two others for Hanrahan: The Pittsburg Pirates have shipped closer Joel Hanrahan to the Boston Red Sox and stockpiled prospects Jerry Sands, Stolmy Pimentel,...
• 12/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Mark Melancon experienced increase in velocity: By the end of the 2012 season, Boston Red Sox RP Mark Melancon was throwing several miles per hour faster than he had at the beginning...[+] of the year. In his final appearance of the year against the New York Yankees Oct. 2, Melancon's fastball averaged 94.3 mph, his cutter averaged 94 mph and his curveball averaged 82.9 mph. In his first game of the season against the Detroit Tigers April 6, his fastball averaged 92.6 mph, while his curveball averaged 82 mph.
• 12/23 Mets Merized: MLB News: Swisher Signs With Tribe, Ibanez To M’s, Bosox Nab Hanrahan From Bucs: Free agent Nick Swisher has agreed to a four-year, $56 million contract with the Cleveland Indians, as first reported by Mark...
• 12/23 This is Getting Old: Is The Hanrahan Trade Ever Getting Done?: Well it’s been almost a day since we found out that Joel Hanrahan has been traded to the Red Sox for at least Jerry Sands...
• 12/23 Fire Brand of the American League: Red Sox to acquire Hanrahan, anotherMelancon, Sands, Pimentel, another player traded to Pittsburgh...
• 12/23 mlbreports.com : Joel Hanrahan Might be Headed to Boston: Sunday, December 23rd,2012 Like us on Facebook here Sam Evans (Baseball Writer):  Rumors began to spread on Saturday that the...
• 12/23 Rum Bunter: Pittsburgh Pirates Rumors: Fire Baller Mark Melancon Included in Joel Hanrahan Trade: The name Mark Melancon was added to the possible return for Pittsburgh Pirates closer Joel Hanrahan.   Melancon throws gas. ...
• 12/22 Baseball Jerks: Boston Red Sox Continue to Deal, Add Closer Joel Hanrahan: The Major League team that has undergone the biggest makeover this offseason may be the Toronto Blue Jays, but one of their division...
• 12/22 SOX & Dawgs: Report: Red Sox Set To Acquire Joel Hanrahan From Pirates: Apparently the Boston Red Sox are not happy with Andrew Bailey as their closer. It's the only logical explanation...
• 12/22 MetsToday.com: Red Sox Acquire Hanrahan, Ibanez Signs with Seattle: More sizzle on the Hot Stove this weekend … First off, the Pirates have traded closer Joel Hanrahan to the Red Sox. The...
• 12/22 BoSox Banter: Red Sox acquire Hanrahan from Pirates for Sands, Pimentel: By Jeff Louderback Earlier in December, the Boston Red Sox bolstered their bullpen by signing veteran right-hander Koji Uehara...
• 12/22 BoSox Banter: Red Sox reportedly close to acquiring Joel Hanrahan: By Jeff Louderback Apparently not confident that Andrew Bailey will rebound from his injury-plagued 2012 campaign, the Boston...
• 12/21 BoSox Injection: Red Sox Interested In Pirates’ Closer Joel Hanrahan: Even with a seemingly stuffed bullpen, the Red Sox are still interested in more relief pitchers. Several sources have reported...
• 12/19 Talkin Sox with Dan: Red Sox Quick Hits: Youkilis, Uehara, Drew: Kevin Youkilis inked a one-year pact with the New York Yankees for the upcoming season. Tom Brady’s brother-in-law will...
• 12/6 SOX & Dawgs: Report: Red Sox Sign Koji Uehara To One-Year Deal: There's an old saying in baseball. You can never have enough pitching. And while the Boston Red Sox still need...
• 12/6 BoSox Banter: Red Sox sign Uehara to bolster an already deep bullpen: By Jeff Louderback The Red Sox bolstered their bullpen in late-inning situations today by signing right-hander Koji Uehara to...
• 12/6 Baseball News Source: Koji Uehara agrees with the Red Sox on one-year deal: Uehara brings a career 2.89 ERA to the Boston bullpen The Red Sox reached an agreement on a one-year deal with veteran reliever...
• 12/4 MLBTradeRumors: Rockies Acquire Wilton Lopez: The Rockies added a late-inning reliever today, acquiring Wilton Lopez and a player to be named later or cash from the Astros...
• 12/3 Climbing Tal's Hill: Astros Ready for Winter Meetings: Astros GM, Jeff Luhnow is likely already in Nashville, TN, site of this years MLB Winter Meetings. If you’ll remember correctly,...
• 12/2 BoSox Injection: How Should The Red Sox Play The Back End Of The Bullpen?: Entering the 2012 season, the Red Sox appeared to have excellent depth in the back end of their bullpen. Despite losing Jonathan...

• 11/14 MLB Injury News: Astros Rumors: Jed Lowrie Drawing Interest: Houston Astros shortstop Jed Lowrie has drawn interest from several teams this offseason, reports Buster Olney of ESPN, who...
• 11/2 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees reassign MiLB pitching coordinator Contreras, hire Patterson: The Yankees seem to be in the middle of an overhaul among the coaches they’ve chosen to produce their minor league...

• 10/16 Fire Brand of the American League: Playing the GM Part 2: The PitchersChip examines the pitching staff, and tries to determine what Ben Cherington will do with them this offseason....
• 10/6 BoSox Injection: A Contending Team In 2013, Part 2: The Pitching Staff: It’s doesn’t take a tremendous amount of searching to see that the Red Sox pitching staff was miserable in 2012. As...
• 10/5 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Chipper, Indians, Haren: The Braves, Cardinals, Orioles, and Rangers will make baseball history later today, when they parti**** in the first ever Wild...
• 10/4 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Eligibles: Houston Astros: The Astros kick off our 2013 Arbitration Eligibles series.  Matt Swartz's salary projections are below. First time: Bud...
• 10/4 Fire Brand of the American League: Looking at the 2013 bullpenA strong bullpen looks like it will be a strength of the 2013 Red Sox squad. Who could be part of it?...
• 10/3 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 10/3: The Boston Red Sox had the perfect chance to make things interesting in the AL East last night. A 3-1 lead over the New York...
• 10/3 Climbing Tal's Hill: Reviewing the Mark Melancon Trade: On December 14, 2011, in his first trade as General Manger of the Astros, Jeff Luhnow traded 2011 closer, Mark Melancon to the...
• 10/3 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 10/3: The Boston Red Sox had the perfect chance to make things interesting in the AL East last night. A 3-1 lead over the New York...
• 10/2 Baseball Musings: Blasting Bailey: James Loney hit a solo home run in the top of the ninth inning to give the Red Sox a 3-1 lead over the Yankees. Curtis Granderson...

• 9/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Mark Melancon having great month: Entering play Sunday, Sept. 30, Boston Red Sox RP Mark Melancon had allowed one run on four hits through seven appearances this...[+] month, with one walk and 12 strikeouts. Manager Bobby Valentine credits his recent success to an improved curveball. 'We're getting swings and misses on it and we're getting called strikes,' Valentine said. 'The righthanded hitters are buckled a little. I believe that pitch has improved with arm speed and deception.' Melancon has also displayed an improved fastball to both sides of the plate in recent outings, reaching speeds of 97 mph.
• 9/22 SOX & Dawgs: Saturday Red Sox Travesty - 9/22: I think we all thought that when the Baltimore Orioles got off to their hot start to the 2012 MLB season, we all thought they'd...
• 9/22 SOX & Dawgs: Saturday Red Sox Travesty - 9/22: I think we all thought that when the Baltimore Orioles got off to their hot start to the 2012 MLB season, we all thought they'd...
• 9/19 BoSox Injection: Could Felix Doubront Be Best Suited As A Reliever?: This season was really looked on as Felix Doubront‘s last shot to be a successful major league pitcher, at least with the...
• 9/10 MLBTradeRumors: MLB Investigating Red Sox Waiver Leaks: MLB is investigating the unusually high number of waiver wire reports related to the Red Sox, Rob Bradford of WEEI.com...
• 9/9 BoSox Injection: Dice-K Rocked As Sox Fall 9-2 On Rainy Night: Last night’s game against the Blue Jays continued to break Red Sox fans’ hearts as they’ve now continued their...
• 9/7 MLBTradeRumors: Bard, Melancon, Mortensen On Waivers: The Red Sox have placed Daniel Bard, Mark Melancon and Clayton Mortensen on revocable waivers, Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe...
• 9/3 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Red Sox @ A’s Game 133: A’s sweep the Red Sox and extend their win streak to nine and also meaning that on September 2nd, yes September 2nd the...
• 9/3 SOX & Dawgs: Monday Red Sox Mediocrity - 9/3: At this point, there's not much we can say about the 2012 Boston Red Sox. Right now they stink worse than when your dog farts...
• 9/2 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Red Sox @ A’s Game 131: The A’s won 20-2. That is a big win. To put it into perspective the Pythagorean winning percentage for Oakland entering...
• 9/1 BoSox Injection: Sox Score Safety But Give Up Nearly Three Touchdowns. Oakland Blows Out Boston 20-2.: How can this be put delicately? Oh, that’s right. It can’t. Oakland’s 20-2 *** kicking of the Red Sox Friday...

• 8/26 mlbreports.com : ATR: Ask the Reports Answers Your Baseball Questions: WBC Qualifiers, Suspending Aceves, Blowing Up the Red Sox and More: Sunday August 26th, 2012 Jonathan Hacohen:  Posted every Weekend: Your top baseball questions from the past week are answered....
• 8/26 BoSox Injection: Red Sox Blow Six Run Lead, Fall 10-9 In Extras: This was a major roller-coaster game for the Red Sox as the Royals took a three run lead, the Red Sox came back and grabbed a...
• 8/25 SOX & Dawgs: A Look Back At the 2012 Boston Red Sox Opening Day Roster: With the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers completing their big megadeal on Saturday afternoon, we need to look back at the...
• 8/25 SOX & Dawgs: A Look Back At the 2012 Boston Red Sox Opening Day Roster: With the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers completing their big megadeal on Saturday afternoon, we need to look back at the...
• 8/24 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 8/24: As I was gathering my thoughts to write about last night's Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim game, I didn't really...
• 8/24 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 8/24: As I was gathering my thoughts to write about last night's Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim game, I didn't really...
• 8/22 Call to the Pen: Firing of Bob McClure Only the Start For Red Sox: With the canning of pitching coach Bob McClure, the assessment of blame for a dismal Boston Red Sox 2012 season has begun. Since...
• 8/21 Tyler's Think Tank: Supporting Crawford's Call: Little more than a month after it began, Carl Crawford's season has ended Carl Crawford's season is over. Boston's...
• 8/19 Baseball News Source: MLB – 7 Best Free Agent Bargains in Baseball: In spring training, the Red Sox envisioned an outfield patrolled by Carl Crawford in left, Jacoby Ellsbury in center and a platoon...
• 8/19 Call to the Pen: Bobby Valentine Doomed In Boston: Word leaked out of Boston recently of a Red Sox player rebellion against Bobby Valentine’s managerial authority. In the...
• 8/19 mlbreports.com : ATR: Ask the Reports Answers Your Baseball Questions: Special Edition – Fixing the Boston Red Sox: Sunday August 19th, 2012 Jonathan Hacohen:  Posted every Weekend: Your top baseball questions from the past week are answered....
• 8/17 Tyler's Think Tank: Sox-Yanks Preview: The Red Sox wrap up their ten game road trip with a weekend series at The Stadium.  Boston took two out of three last time...
• 8/15 BoSox Injection: Once Doormats Are Now Door Knockers: Birds Spank Sox 7-1: 2012 will be marked as the season the tables turned for both the Red Sox and Orioles franchises. What Sox fan could have possibly...
• 8/13 Baseball News Source: Red Sox to Activate Andrew Bailey: It is human nature to swiftly judge a Major League Baseball trade based on the first season’s results. Those who follow...
• 8/11 BoSox Injection: Have We Been Too Hard On John Lackey?: Most Red Sox fans are sure to grimace when they hear the name John Lackey and mutter a cold, degrading remark under their breath...
• 8/10 Call to the Pen: Can The Red Sox Rebuild Daniel Bard: “In hindsight, I slid into arrogance based upon past success.” - Reed Hastings, Netflix CEO Perhaps the Red Sox are...
• 8/9 The Baseball Page: GM Scores: Jeff Luhnow: Here is the first full GM score table; this will be the new format (at...
• 8/8 Baseball News Source: Red Sox Vicente Padilla Placed on DL: The Red Sox placed RHP Vicente Padilla on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to August 6, with a right biceps strain and recalled...

• 7/29 BoSox Injection: Builders Not Sellers: Oh, my God, we’re having a fire! Sale. As Tobias Funke famously suggested, maybe it’s time for a fire sale. Now before...
• 7/28 Yanks Go Yard: Yankees enjoy return home, blast Red Sox 10-3: After suffering through a long road trip, winning only two of seven games, the New York Yankees were happy to be back in the Bronx...
• 7/28 BoSox Injection: Red Sox Woes Continue in the Bronx, Crushed by Yankees: The game started out the right way, Dustin Pedroia belting a solo shot in the top half of the first to put the Red Sox on the...
• 7/27 It's About the Money (Stupid): Yankees pound Red Sox in series opening win: Phil Hughes gave up three home runs in the game's first four innings, but the Yankees matched the Red Sox and then some every...
• 7/24 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 7/24: With the Roy Oswalt battling a back injury, the Texas Rangers threw out Scott Feldman to make the spot start against the Boston...
• 7/24 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 7/24: With the Roy Oswalt battling a back injury, the Texas Rangers threw out Scott Feldman to make the spot start against the Boston...
• 7/23 Talkin Sox with Dan: Red Sox Trade Talk: In a three team deal made last season, the Red Sox acquired Erik Bedard from the Seattle Mariners. The Sox shipped Tim Federowicz,...
• 7/23 High Heat Stats: Sunday game notes: Belated additions above the line: Dodgers 8, @Mets 3 (12): “LITROD” — Luck is the residue of design. Ramon...
• 7/23 Roto Think Tank: A.L. FAAB Log: July 23, 2012: Brett Myers $15. Other bids: $9, $4, $3, $3, $1, $1.The nine-dollar bid was from Addison Reed's owner, so that makes some...
• 7/19 High Heat Stats: Wednesday game notes & gnawings: Giants 9, @Braves 4 (11): Mere box-score trolling could never capture the extra-inning loop-de-loops of this wild ride. Instead,...
• 7/17 Climbing Tal's Hill: Injuries Mounting Up For Astros: For a team coming off a 2011 season that saw the franchise’s worst record in their 50 years of existence, this year hasn’t...
• 7/17 Red Sox Life: It's Time to Jump Back on the Bandwagon: Last September was one of the toughest months to watch for a Red Sox fan, and the beginning of this season was not much easier....
• 7/15 BoSox Injection: Red Sox Move Within A Game Of Third With 7-3 Win Over Rays:   In stark contrast to the previous two games of the series against the Rays, the Red Sox did not score three runs today....
• 7/15 BoSox Injection: Red Sox Interested In Rockies’ Betancourt: The Red Sox have been involved in plenty of rumors this season as both buyers and sellers. One of the more recent and intriguing...
• 7/15 Climbing Tal's Hill: Astros Trade Options Dwindling: When the season began, fans and sports writers knew that the Astros would be sellers come the trade deadline this year. They finished...
• 7/14 BoSox Injection: You’re Ben Cherington, the season is in your hands… and the little voice says: “some situations require a change…”: You’re Ben Cherington and you’ve got the ball.  You always wanted to be the guy on the mound with the entire season on...
• 7/13 BoSox Injection: Red Sox Report Card. Second Half Homework Not Optional.: It’s inevitable that the All-Star break ushers in a mid-season gut check. The pause inevitably causes both a simultaneous...
• 7/11 Climbing Tal's Hill: Should the Astros Trade Jose Altuve?: Let me start this by saying two things. First, I do not believe Jose Altuve will be traded. Second, I do not think Jose Altuve...
• 7/10 High Heat Stats: Random notes for an off day: (Wait … you mean there’s pro baseball going on right now?) Since I’ve been getting most of my baseball news...
• 7/9 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHAT I MIGHT DO AS THE YANKEES GM: On June 25th the Yankees defeated the Indians 7-1, Hiroki Kuroda got an impressive win throwing 7+ innings of 1 run ball...
• 7/2 Climbing Tal's Hill: State of the Astros time!: We come to July and we find the Astros leaking oil badly. The team has a ton of issues but lets all remember, its about the future...

• 6/29 Call to the Pen: Slow Starting Red Sox Have Hope: The Red Sox scored 10 runs Wednesday night. It seems as if all of the war clubs are in working order despite the never-ending...
• 6/25 The Baseball Page: Boston Red Sox show more suspect management with Kevin Youkilis trade:   Months ago I talked about the possibility of Kevin Youkilis being traded. It was a move that the team should have made...
• 6/25 The Baseball Page: Boston Red Sox show more suspect management with Kevin Youkilis trade:   Months ago I talked about the possibility of Kevin Youkilis...
• 6/22 BoSox Injection: Bard Back to the Pen: Today Daniel Bard announced that he’s decided that he should go back to the bullpen and the team agrees. Despite Bard blowing...
• 6/22 High Heat Stats: Thursday recap: I haven’t kept up with the recaps due to a busy week — haven’t seen a single pitch since Dickey’s last....
• 6/21 BoSox Injection: Sox Offense Pounds, Doubront Controls Mound. Boston Beats Miami 15-5.: After 67 games of powerful struggling it was about as satisfying as it gets to watch the Red Sox get out the ugly stick and beat...
• 6/19 Mastersball.com: Tout Wars FAAB Report: Week of June 18: Each week, your friends at Mastersball will post the results of the weekly Tout Wars FAAB run, featuring the winning bid as...
• 6/13 Fire Brand of the American League: The Impending Roster CrunchThe Red Sox may not look like they have a lot of surplus, but plenty of talent is on the way. ...
• 6/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Mark Melancon solid in return: Boston Red Sox RP Mark Melancon worked a 1-2-3 eighth inning Monday, June 11, against the Miami Marlins. He had been in Triple-A...[+] since April 18, and he still sports a 33.00 ERA.
• 6/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Manager willing to use Mark Melancon in any situation: Boston Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine said he will not hesitate using RP Mark Melancon in a pressure situation even though he...[+] struggled early in the season. 'As good as he's throwing, I'd like to put him in situations that will help us win a game if that's what's needed,' Valentine said.
• 6/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Mark Melancon recalled: The Boston Red Sox have recalled RP Mark Melancon from Triple-A Pawtucket. In 21 games for Pawtucket, he allowed two earned runs...[+] and collected 11 saves, while walking three and striking out 27 over 21 1/3 innings.
• 6/8 Fire Brand of the American League: Cafardo Mail Bag: The Cafardo Gets Sassy EditionOh, no he didn't! Nick gets a little sassy, and fights the reader snapback!...
• 6/3 FanSided: Old Faces, New Places: An Update On 2011 Red Sox Alumni[caption id="attachment_14941" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption=" Mandatory Credit: Howard Smith-US PRESSWIRE"]...
• 6/3 MLBTradeRumors: Cafardo On Red Sox, Morneau, Broxton, Lee: The Red Sox could be in the enviable position of being both buyers and sellers at the deadline, writes Nick Cafardo of the Boston...
• 6/1 Fire Brand of the American League: Cafardo MailBag: Searching for Bobby Jenks Edition: In this week's Cafardo mailbag, Chip examines Crawford's prognosis, A-Gon's production, and potential trading partners for Youk....

• 5/21 FanSided: Astros annihilate the Cubs 8-4: The Astros showed fans what a perfect night looks like, for 8 innings at least, with their destruction of the Cubs Monday 8-4....
• 5/17 Philly Phanatics: Phillies notebook: Circus comes to town: The Phillies, riding a 5-game win streak and sitting above .500 for the first time since Opening Day, come home to face a circus...
• 5/16 Fire Brand of the American League: News and Notes: Beckett’s Payback, Youk’s FutureChip discusses Beckett's level of motivation, Lester's last start, and the Youk/Middlebrooks dilemma....
• 5/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Mark Melancon filthy on the farm: Boston Red Sox RP Mark Melancon has allowed no runs, nine hits and no walks while fanning 18 in 10 innings at Triple-A Pawtucket....[+]
• 5/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Mark Melancon pitching well in minors: Boston Red Sox RP Mark Melancon has tossed 7 2/3 scoreless innings in seven outings in the minors and has 12 strikeouts and no...[+] walks.
• 5/7 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Gonzalez, Mota, Red Sox: Brewers shortstop Alex Gonzalez has torn his right ACL and is expected to miss the rest of the season, Tom Haudricourt of the...
• 5/7 Fragile Freddy's: What To Do: OK, I got my little hissy fit out of the way last night, let’s think instead about what the Sox can do to right the ship here.#1...
• 5/4 FanSided: Are The Red Sox a Playoff Team?
• 5/4 Fragile Freddy's: Minor League Update: With the Sox off on Thursday night  but starting a stretch of 20 games in 20 days Friday I figure this is a good time to...
• 5/2 Fire Brand of the American League: Aaron Cook to join Red Sox… eventuallyAaron Cook will join Boston... but not yet. In the meantime, expect lots of roster shuffling through the weekend....

• 4/30 Fire Brand of the American League: 2 Live ArmsDavid Schubert drops by Fire Brand again to share his thoughts (and amusing Photoshops) on the Red Sox bullpen....
• 4/30 Fire Brand of the American League: Minor League Roundup 4/29In summary: Will Middlebrooks is good. ...
• 4/28 Talkin Sox with Dan: Implications of a Friday Night in Chicago: The Red Sox won their fifth straight game last night as they downed the White Sox 10-3 for the second night in a row on their...
• 4/26 Talkin Sox with Dan: Sacrifice Leads to Success: It was Game 3 of the 2004 American League Championship Series. October 16, 2004. The Red Sox were down two games to none to the...
• 4/25 Fire Brand of the American League: Cafardo Mail Bag: The Blame Game Edition: Chip recaps another crazy edition of the Cafardo mailbag. This week, Red Sox Nation puts aside their desire to trade Youk to point...
• 4/23 Fire Brand of the American League: Examining Saturday’s Disaster: I haven’t been this angry with a game in nearly two-and-a-half years. I’m serious. Not even during last September’s...
• 4/22 Talkin Sox with Dan: Back Peddling Into Monday: Yeah, that makes me feel better too. When times aren’t going well, whether it is in life or the state of my favorite sports...
• 4/21 My Pinstripes: Down 9, Swish & Tex Deep Six Red Sox: When Bobby Valentine was introduced as Boston's new manager in December there was skepticism, but overall Red Sox (third...
• 4/20 FanSided: Three Realistic Bullpen Options The Red Sox Should Acquire
• 4/20 YankeeAnalysts.com: Special Series Preview: 5 Questions with Chip Buck: Today at 3 PM the Yankees and Red Sox renew their rivalry, both donning the same outfits they wore 100 years ago when Fenway Park...
• 4/19 Baseball Analytics: Melancon Down the Middle: Ever wonder what it would be like if Charlie Brown got called up to the majors? Mark Melancon's first two weeks with the...
• 4/19 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Phillies, Red Sox, Rangers, Vazquez: The latest links from around MLB... Placido Polanco, John Mayberry Jr. and Jim Thome aren't hitting, and David Murphy...
• 4/19 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 4/18: Things started off looking good for the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night. Jon Lester got himself out of a mini-jam in the 1st...
• 4/19 Bronx Baseball Daily: The Yankee beat: Bobby-V, Melancon, and the DH: The Yankees have now dropped two out of three to the Twins and with Phil Hughes pitching on Thursday it could end up being...
• 4/18 The Baseball Page: Melancon’s ERA & Tulowitzki’s Errors:   Boston Red Sox reliever Mark Melancon currently has a 49.50 ERA. In 4 appearances, he’s pitched 2 innings allowing...
• 4/18 FanSided: Red Sox Demote Melancon, Tazawa Gets The Call: [caption id="attachment_14347" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Feb 25, 2012; Fort Myers FL, USA; Boston Red Sox relief...
• 4/18 Climbing Tal's Hill: Mark Melancon sent to minors: Jeff Luhnow’s first trade as Astros G.M. is starting to look a bit lopsided. Luhnow sent Mark Melancon to Boston in exchange...
• 4/18 The Captain's Blog: Melancon Has Nightmarish Outing, but Yanks’ Kammeyer Still Owns Inning of Greatest Infamy: Before the Red Sox acquired A’s reliever Andrew Bailey, and after his subsequent injury, Mark Melancon was considered to be...
• 4/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Mark Melancon sent down: The Boston Red Sox have sent RP Mark Melancon to Triple-A Pawtucket. In a corresponding move, the team recalled RP Junichi Tazawa...[+] from Pawtucket.
• 4/18 High Heat Stats: Mark Melancon joins the club: 3 homers allowed without recording an out: Rk Player Date Tm Opp Rslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR 1 Mark Melancon 2012-04-17 BOS TEX L 3-18 8-7 0.0 4 6 6 2 0 3 2 Pedro Viola...
• 4/18 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 4/18: Things started off looking good for the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night. Jon Lester got himself out of a mini-jam in the 1st...
• 4/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Mark Melancon could be sent down: Boston Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine hinted the team was considering demoting RP Mark Melancon to Triple-A due to his early...[+] season struggles.
• 4/18 Baseball Musings: Poor Marks: More Hardball notes Mark Melancon‘s ERA stands at 49.50 after last night’s home run barrage by the Texas Rangers....
• 4/18 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Houston Astros: The Astros welcomed a new owner, hired a new GM and agreed to switch leagues this past offseason. Major League Signings Chris...
• 4/17 Fragile Freddy's: Game Eleven Recap: TEX – 043 001 062 – 18 – 21 – 0BOS – 200 000 010 – 3 – 9 – 0 OK, so the good news here is that run differential...
• 4/16 Fragile Freddy's: Weekend Recap: The Sox came home this weekend and settled the nervous Nellies of the world (like me to be honest) with three impressive victories...
• 4/13 Yankees Fans Unite: Cash & Girardi know how to build a strong bullpen: Both Joe Girardi and Brian Cashman have  gotten their share of criticism for different things throughout their tenure.  However,...
• 4/13 Tyler's Think Tank: Sox Rock Rays in Fenway Opener: After a rough road trip to open their 2012 season, it looks like Boston just needed an off day and a little home cooking...
• 4/13 Through The Fence Baseball: Friday fantasy roundup: Jeremy Hellickson, Yoenis Cespedes, Yu Darvish: What a first full week of baseball! So many interesting story lines. The biggest had to be Ozzie Guillen getting suspended because...
• 4/12 Call to the Pen: Mark Melancon and the Closing Conundrum: On the B.S. Report, Bill Simmons told friend and diehard New York Yankees fan Jack-O that somebody close to the Boston Red Sox...
• 4/12 Climbing Tal's Hill: Jed Lowrie Debuts Friday: The Astros announced earlier today that after a few minor league rehab assignments in AAA, Oklhoma City, Jed Lowrie will make...
• 4/12 Fragile Freddy's: Feelings...Nothing More Than Feelings: Let’s face facts, it is not easy to stay positive right now as a Red Sox fan.  I will freely admit that I am much more...
• 4/11 Fire Brand of the American League: The Good, the Meh, and the Oh Dear God!: Following last night’s 7-3 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays, our beloved Red Sox have fallen to 1-4 on the season.  After...
• 4/11 PaulLebowitz.com: Bard’s Start Complicates Matters: Daniel Bard made his first major league start against the Blue Jays last night and the line was ugly: 5 innings; 8 hits; 5 earned...
• 4/9 Talkin Sox with Dan: Trying to Keep a Level Head: Disinfectant It took awhile, but all of the puke is cleaned up. No, I’m not talking about the vomit that derived from the...
• 4/9 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 4/9: It's hard for some people not to panic over the 2012 Boston Red Sox when you look at the start they had last year going 0-6...
• 4/9 Call to the Pen: Stuff To Ponder While Chewing Tobacco: Given that Boston Red Sox baseball fans have the patience of five-year-olds in kindergarten, panic is probably setting in about...
• 4/9 Through The Fence Baseball: An early-season snapshot of the Boston Red Sox: Although the Boston Red Sox lost game one of the 2012 season in heartbreaking fashion, fans had to love the heart the Red Sox...
• 4/9 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 4/9: It's hard for some people not to panic over the 2012 Boston Red Sox when you look at the start they had last year going 0-6...
• 4/8 FanSided: Your New Look Cardiac Cats: So the Tigers opened up the 2012 regular season in style: 3 games, 3 wins. No one will ever complain about that. [caption id="attach......
• 4/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Mark Melancon saddled with relief loss: Boston Red Sox RP Mark Melancon allowed three earned runs and three hits while retiring just two batters in a blown save and relief...[+] loss Sunday, April 8, against the Detroit Tigers.
• 4/8 Fragile Freddy's: Weekend Recap: As Sunday dawned I knew there would be one of two predictable lines in place to start the piece.  The one I wanted to use...
• 4/7 Through The Fence Baseball: Friday fantasy roundup: Strasburg, Longoria, A-Rod: It seems like only yesterday that we were discussing the 2011 events; however, 2012 has come upon us like a wild puma. Get ready...
• 4/6 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 4/6: The 2012 season started it off the way it ended in 2011 for the Boston Red Sox; with a walkoff loss. This time around it was...
• 4/6 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 4/6: The 2012 season started it off the way it ended in 2011 for the Boston Red Sox; with a walkoff loss. This time around it was...
• 4/6 Fragile Freddy's: The Bullpen Pecking Order: No one asked, but if they did I'd tellthem Michael Bowden was my choiceas Red Sox closer.So I suppose the official topic du jour...
• 4/6 PaulLebowitz.com: The Negative Validation of Bobby V: In his first opportunity to show that he’s learned from his mistakes, all Bobby Valentine proved was that he hasn’t changed....
• 4/5 Tyler's Think Tank: Red Sox fall to Tigers on Opening Day: In the baseball version of the Cuban Missile Crisis (I'm exaggerating, but bear with me), a pair of superpowers (John Lester...
• 4/5 Fragile Freddy's: Game One Recap: BOS – 000 000 002 – 2 – 5 – 0 DET – 000 000 111 – 3 – 10 – 1 Day one of the Bobby Valentine era went not so great...
• 4/5 Baseball Musings: Tigers Win: Jose Valverde gets the win after a blown save, which is a lot better than getting the loss. With one out in the ninth, singles...
• 4/5 Call to the Pen: Alfredo Aceves Named Boston Red Sox Closer: The Boston Red Sox have announced their closer for the start of the 2012 season, and it’s not the player many expected.  Rather...
• 4/5 SOX & Dawgs: Meet Your 2012 Red Sox Closer, Alfredo Aceves: With Andrew Bailey being out until at least sometime in July, new Boston Red Sox skipper Bobby Valentine had a little bit of...
• 4/5 MLBTradeRumors: Projected Super Two Cutoff For 2012: The cutoff for super two players after the 2012 season will be two years and 134 days of service time, according to preliminary...
• 4/5 MLBTradeRumors: Red Sox Notes: Bard, Lester, Padilla: The last time the Red Sox played a regular season game, they lost to the Orioles and the 2011 season ended in heart-breaking fashion....
• 4/4 Blogging From The Bleachers: Season Preview: American League East: With Opening Day quickly approaching and 25-man rosters starting to take shape, it seems as good a time as any to start to preview...
• 4/4 Fire Brand of the American League: How Does Bailey’s Injury Affect the Bullpen?: By now you’ve probably heard the news about our new closer.  If not, here’s the scoop from the Boston Globe’s ...
• 4/4 Through The Fence Baseball: Why the Red Sox should sign Roy Oswalt: The Red Sox need help. Their bullpen is suddenly a shambles, and the person key to fixing it, Daniel Bard, finds himself penciled...
• 4/4 SOX & Dawgs: Meet Your 2012 Red Sox Closer, Alfredo Aceves: With Andrew Bailey being out until at least sometime in July, new Boston Red Sox skipper Bobby Valentine had a little bit of...
• 4/4 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 4/4: The 2012 season hasn't even started yet and it's already gotten off on the wrong thumb for the Boston Red Sox. With rosters...
• 4/4 PaulLebowitz.com: With Bailey Out, Bard May Wind Up Closing: Red Sox intended closer Andrew Bailey’s thumb surgery is set to cost him a large chunk of the season. The Red Sox didn’t...
• 4/4 Baseball Musings: Closer to You: Alfredo Aceves goes from fifth starter to closer in a matter of days: Manager Bobby Valentine made that official Wednesday, according...
• 4/3 FantasySportsKings.com: 10 Middle Relievers for 2012: Middle reliever is the most unheralded position in baseball. In real life, middle relievers are usually the weakest links of......
• 4/3 Blogging From The Bleachers: Season Preview: National League Central: With Opening Day in just a few days and 25-man rosters starting to take shape, it seems as good a time as any to start to preview...
• 4/3 Fragile Freddy's: Thoughts on the Pitching: After all the hubbub the Sox formally announced the first version of the starting rotation on Sunday.  Somewhat predictably...
• 4/3 Through The Fence Baseball: Who fills in for the Red Sox with the loss of Andrew Bailey?: Reports coming out of Red Sox camp are that Andrew Bailey will need surgery to repair his injured thumb. Bailey will be back,...
• 4/3 SOX & Dawgs: Beckett May Miss First Start With Thumb Injury: Hold up folks. Things are becoming more and more interesting for the Boston Red Sox and the season hasn't even started yet. One...
• 4/3 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox Spring Training Delight - 4/2: The biggest news of the day for the Boston Red Sox on Sunday was supposed to be the announcement of Felix Doubront and Daniel...
• 4/3 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox Spring Training Delight - 4/1: We are getting closer and closer to the season and finally the 2012 roster for the Boston Red Sox is starting to take shape. Earlier...

• 3/31 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox Spring Training Delight - 3/31: It's the last day in March and with Opening Day 2012 around the corner, we still only know 3/5 of the Boston Red Sox rotation. The...
• 3/30 Yankees Fans Unite: Cashman built pitching depth by learning from past: Brian Cashman has been GM of the Yankees since 1998 and we have seen him grow and evolve in the job over the years.  Like all...
• 3/30 Fragile Freddy's: Spring Update: The Sox picked up a solid victory in Clearwater, FL yesterday behind the strong pitching of Jon Lester.  With Lester scheduled...
• 3/30 Through The Fence Baseball: Aceves struggles; Red Sox yet to solidify rotation: The Boston Red Sox entered this spring with two rotation vacancies. Alfredo Aceves and Daniel Bard were the favorites going into...
• 3/30 PaulLebowitz.com: Boston Red Sox—Book Excerpt: Boston Red Sox 2011 Record: 90-72; 3rd place, American League East 2011 Recap: Before the season, absurd projections were made...
• 3/22 FanSided: Mike Gonzalez Rumors: Red Sox Monitoring Lefty MarketNick Carfado of the Boston Globe tweeted this morning that,......
• 3/22 Roto Think Tank: 2012 CBS A.L.-Only Results: Relievers: Tonight marks the final post in my position-by-position analysis of last month's CBS Analyst A.L.-only auction. As I've done in...
• 3/20 The Daily Catch: Tuesday Red Sox Notes: Settling The Rotation, Bobby Valentine, Jarrod Saltalamacchia: This article is courtesy of our friends at Over The Monster Written by: Marc Normandin The Red Sox have three starters lined up...
• 3/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Mark Melancon working on secondary pitches: Boston Red Sox RP Mark Melancon is working on his secondary pitches after a rough spring outing Monday, March 19, when he allowed...[+] three runs and three hits. 'It had felt really good until yesterday (Monday) and then I hit a bump in the road,' Melancon said. 'I was working on different stuff - mostly the changeup. My curveball is gonna come. Not quite there yet. The consistency of everything is not there as a whole as I want it to be. I'm not necessarily worried about it.'
• 3/20 Talkin Sox with Dan: Always Fun to Forecast: We are now firmly entrenched in the latter half of March. Eight days from today the Athletics and the Mariners will square off...
• 3/20 Fragile Freddy's: State of the Staff: Jon Lester will deliver the first pitchof the Boston Red Sox 2012 season.The Sox pitching staff to start the season seems to be...
• 3/19 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox Spring Training Delight - 3/19: As we move closer to the start of the 2012 MLB season, pitchers are throwing more pitches in games as they build up their arm...
• 3/19 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox Spring Training Delight - 3/19: As we move closer to the start of the 2012 MLB season, pitchers are throwing more pitches in games as they build up their arm...
• 3/18 Justin Jabs: Position Prerankings: Third Base: Note: In the mini-series “Position Prerankings,” I’ll go position-by-position for each team in the NL Central...
• 3/16 Fragile Freddy's: Freddy 30 to 1: Number 6 - Boston Red Sox: For this year’s forecast I will look at each team on a daily basis.  I think you will find the format pretty self-explanatory.Note...
• 3/15 Talkin Sox with Dan: Remaking an Identity: Whether it was used in the context of consolation or with connotations of projected failure, one point has remained consistent...
• 3/15 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Blue Jays, Red Sox, Orioles: The AL East figures to be one of the game's most competitive divisions in 2012. Here are the latest links from Florida, where...
• 3/14 MLBTradeRumors: First-Time Arbitration Eligible For 2013: Some pre-arbitration eligible players have already signed million dollar extensions, but arbitration eligibility represents the...
• 3/13 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Focus: American League closers: Closers are always the riskiest position when it comes to fantasy baseball. While there are the elite closers who produce year...
• 3/12 Yankees Fans Unite: Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes – The 2012 Red Sox: It’s been nearly six months since the Red Sox walked off the field for the final time in 2011. The super team in baseball saw...
• 3/12 Fire Brand of the American League: Analyzing the Red Sox Bullpen Situation: With all of the talk about the gaping holes at the back of the Red Sox rotation, it seems that people have forgotten about the...
• 3/9 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox Agree To Terms With 16 on 2012 Contracts: Here's the release from the Boston Red Sox announcing they've come to terms with 16 players on their 2012 contracts: The Boston...
• 3/9 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox Agree To Terms With 16 on 2012 Contracts: Here's the release from the Boston Red Sox announcing they've come to terms with 16 players on their 2012 contracts: The Boston...
• 3/9 MLBTradeRumors: Red Sox Notes: Rotation, Tazawa, Melancon: The latest on the Red Sox, via Alex Speier of WEEI.com... The Red Sox are currently evaluating five starters for the final...
• 3/6 The Baseball Page: Houston Astros: 3 Up and 3 Down: The 2011 version of the Houston Astros finished dead last. Not just in the NL Central, but in all of baseball. Their 56-106 record...
• 3/6 Fragile Freddy's: Spring Game One!: Your man Freddy will be heading to the first official Grapefruit League game at JetBlue Park on Sunday to watch the Red Sox do...
• 3/1 Fragile Freddy's: Looking Ahead at Opening Day II: Tuesday I offered up some general thoughts on the various position players likely to be part of the Opening Day set up. ...

• 2/29 The Daily Catch: Brett Myers Closing Isn’t Such A Bad Thing: This article is courtesy of our friends at The Crawfish Boxes Written by: Timothy De Block   I read reaction all day Tuesday...
• 2/28 MLBTradeRumors: Astros Name Myers Closer; Rework Vesting Option: The Astros named Brett Myers their closer, manager Brad Mills told reporters this morning.  According to Alyson Footer, GM...
• 2/21 Fragile Freddy's: Freddy 30 to 1: Number 30 - Houston Astros: I am going at my pre-season predictions a bit differently this year.  For timing reasons each day will feature a new team...
• 2/19 Fire Brand of the American League: Oh Yeah, There’s Still This Bobby Jenks Fella: For the second straight offseason, the Red Sox underwent some bullpen remodeling in hopes of strengthening their overall pitching...
• 2/17 Yankees Fans Unite: Ranking AL East Bullpens and Benches: Our week long series continues with ranking the AL East Bullpens and Benches. Bullpens 1. Yankees 2. Blue Jays 3. Red Sox 4. Rays...
• 2/17 Yankees Fans Unite: Ranking AL East Bullpens and Benches: Our week long series continues with ranking the AL East Bullpens and Benches. Bullpens 1. Yankees 2. Blue Jays 3. Red Sox 4. Rays...
• 2/17 MLBTradeRumors: Red Sox Notes: Varitek, Pitching, Trainers, Melancon: It was on this day in 1971 that the Red Sox signed Carl Yastrzemski to a three-year, $500K deal that was (at the time) the richest...
• 2/15 Fragile Freddy's: Key Players - American League: Today I want to look at a different group of players.  These are players who are perhaps “X” factors, players who can...
• 2/13 Through The Fence Baseball: Who will emerge as Boston’s primary shortstop in 2012?: After coming to terms with a new skipper in Bobby Valentine, the big challenges facing Ben Cherington and the Boston Red Sox this...
• 2/13 MLBTradeRumors: Potential Fits For Mike Gonzalez: 33-year-old southpaw Mike Gonzalez may be the best available reliever, and he's got the Boras Corporation on his side.  However,...
• 2/10 Fire Brand of the American League: Great Moments in Intellectual Dishonesty: As most of you probably know by now, I love to read baseball articles, pick them apart, and respond in kind.  Typically, when...
• 2/10 Through The Fence Baseball: Who will emerge as Boston’s primary shortstop in 2012?: After coming to terms with a new skipper in Bobby Valentine, the big challenges facing Ben Cherington and the Boston Red Sox this...
• 2/8 Baseball Musings: Changes, Boston Red Sox: The health of Clay Buchholz could be the key to Boston's season. Photo: Tony Ding/Icon SMI The Boston Red Sox finished third...
• 2/8 MLBTradeRumors: Astros, Lowrie Avoid Arbitration: The Astros announced that they avoided arbitration with infielder Jed Lowrie, signing him to a one-year contract for 2012. CAA...
• 2/7 SOX & Dawgs: Video: Mark Melancon Swims With the Fishies: If you wanted to know what type of mentality newcomer Mark Melancon brings to the Boston Red Sox bullpen, you don't have to look...
• 2/1 YankeeAnalysts.com: Five Questions with the Enemy: An Interview with Chip Buck: Good morning, everyone. Today, I’ve got something a little special for you. Over the weekend, I exchanged emails with...

• 1/30 Fire Brand of the American League: An Early Look at the 2012 Bullpen: One of the biggest difference we’ll see between the 2011 and 2012 versions of the Boston Red Sox is their revamped bullpen....
• 1/23 MLBTradeRumors: Angels, Jays, Orioles, Phillies Are Pursuing Cordero: 6:21pm: The Angels, Blue Jays, Orioles and Phillies are all pursuing Cordero, reports Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times...
• 1/23 Through The Fence Baseball: Cherington a grandmaster in offseason chess match: There is a hesitance for Boston Red Sox fans to quickly accept Ben Cherington as the successor to front-office guru Theo Epstein....
• 1/22 Talkin Sox with Dan: Catching up with the Red Sox on a Patriots Sunday: It’s been a quietly busy offseason for GM Ben Cherington and the Red Sox. Boston won the Hot Stove League last year with...
• 1/22 Call to the Pen: Boston Red Sox trade Marco Scutaro to Colorado Rockies: The Boston Red Sox and Colorado Rockies have been discussing a trade that would send shortstop Marco Scutaro to Denver, and the...
• 1/21 MLBTradeRumors: Rockies Acquire Marco Scutaro: The Rockies have acquired Marco Scutaro from the Red Sox in exchange for Clayton Mortensen, the teams announced. Scutaro is...
• 1/20 Fire Brand of the American League: Revisiting the 2012 Luxury Tax Situation: In a two part series written last month, I discussed in detail the Red Sox’s current luxury tax situation for 2012, 2013...
• 1/12 MLBTradeRumors: Epstein On Cubs, Ramirez, Papelbon, Crawford: Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein joined WEEI's Dennis & Callahan show this morning and discussed a number...
• 1/11 SOX & Dawgs: Could Hiroki Kuroda Be Coming To Beantown?: While the Boston Red Sox have been adding some low cost pitching depth over the past few days, is it possible that former Los...
• 1/10 SOX & Dawgs: Could Hiroki Kuroda Be Coming To Beantown?: While the Boston Red Sox have been adding some low cost pitching depth over the past few days, is it possible that former Los...
• 1/10 Yankees Fans Unite: Previewing the 2012 Red Sox | Interview Series: Over the course of the next month or two, we will be previewing the Yankees’ competition in the American League. To do this,...
• 1/9 Yankees Fans Unite: Previewing the 2012 Red Sox | Interview Series: Over the course of the next month or two, we will be previewing the Yankees’ competition in the American League. To do this,...
• 1/9 BoSox Injection: Free-agent Ryan Madson may still be of interest to Red Sox: The Red Sox have their closer in Andrew Bailey.  They also appear to have their setup man in Mark Melancon.  Depending on whether...
• 1/7 The Daily Catch: What’s Realistic for the 2012 Houston Astros: This article is courtesy of our friends at Crawfish Boxes Written By: native_astro It’s been a while since I last put out...
• 1/6 Fire Brand of the American League: True Grit: Most days, I really love to roll up my sleeves, do some research, and provide some deep, thoughtful analysis on the Red Sox. ...
• 1/6 YankeeAnalysts.com: Getting To Know Your Bullpen Candidates: Watching the new prospects is my favorite part of spring training. Unless you’re a Trenton or Scranton local, very few of us...
• 1/4 Roto Think Tank: 2011 N.L. Relievers: As I watched the N.L. Tout Wars auction unfold last March my perception was that the closer prices were higher than normal. But...
• 1/4 Fire Brand of the American League: Miles Head, Raul Alcantara, and Why The Andrew Bailey Trade May Not Be As One-Sided As We Thought:   The Red Sox needed a closer. Even after acquiring the talented Mark Melancon from the Houston Astros just two weeks ago,...
• 1/4 The Daily Catch: What Should The Cubs Ask For In Return For Matt Garza?: This article is courtesy of our friends at Cubs Billy Goat Blog Despite Theo Epstein’s comments that Matt Garza is “exactly...
• 1/2 MLBTradeRumors: The 6 Most Surprising Trades Of The Offseason: Every offseason has a few trades most people didn't see coming.  Here are my picks so far: Reds acquire Mat Latos from...
• 1/2 BoSox Injection: Red Sox Could Return to Dormant Mode:   After a busy few weeks in December that saw Ben Cherington bolster his bullpen with the likes of Mark Melancon and Andrew...

• 12/30 Cubs Billy Goat Blog : What should the Cubs ask for in return for Matt Garza?: Despite Theo Epstein's comments that Matt Garza is "exactly (the) type of pitcher we want to build around", it appears that,...
• 12/30 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Join Pursuit Of Matt Garza: The Tigers have emerged as a suitor for Cubs starter Matt Garza, according to Jon Paul Morosi and Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com. ...
• 12/30 Tyler's Think Tank: Sox Acquire Andrew Bailey: A few weeks ago Boston's front office announced that the team intended to convert Daniel Bard, Jonathan Papelbon's...
• 12/29 The Daily Catch: Red Sox Swap Red**** for Bailey and Sweeney: This article is courtesy of our friends at RantSports. Written by Matt Sullivan In the continuing process of rebuilding their...
• 12/29 Fragile Freddy's: The Plan In Review: With Wednesday’s trade it is likely that the Sox are close to done with their off-season maneuverings.  Another pitcher...
• 12/29 PaulLebowitz.com: Analyzing the Red Sox-A’s Trade: Athletics trade RHP Andrew Bailey and OF Ryan Sweeney to the Red Sox for OF Josh Red**** minor league 1B Miles Head and minor...
• 12/29 Call to the Pen: Boston Red Sox acquire Andrew Bailey: After acquiring Mark Melancon earlier in the offseason after watching closer Jonathan Papelbon leave, the Boston Red Sox have...
• 12/29 Call to the Pen: 2011 MLB Trade Rumors: Red Sox Still Seeking Starting Pitching: Yesterday the Boston Red Sox acquired closer Andrew Bailey from the Oakland Athletics.  After revamping his bullpen with the...
• 12/29 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox Acquire Andrew Bailey, Ryan Sweeney From Athletics: If you thought that Daniel Bard still might be the closer or in the bullpen when the Boston Red Sox acquired Mark Melancon,...
• 12/28 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox Acquire Andrew Bailey, Ryan Sweeney From Athletics: If you thought that Daniel Bard still might be the closer or in the bullpen when the Boston Red Sox acquired Mark Melancon,...
• 12/28 MLB Dirt: Reaction to Andrew Bailey Trade: Finally! After months of relative dormancy, it appears that GM Ben Cherington and the Red Sox have made a transaction of some...
• 12/28 Fragile Freddy's: Sox Acquire Andrew Bailey for Josh Red****: According to Buster Olney (via Twitter and MLB Trade Rumors) the Red Sox have acquired reliever Andrew Bailey and outfielder...
• 12/28 Through The Fence Baseball: Closing time: Red Sox acquire Andrew Bailey: Boston GM Ben Cherington has landed closer Andrew Bailey from the Oakland A’s today. The deal centers on OF Josh Red**** Also...
• 12/28 MLBTradeRumors: Latest On Andrew Bailey: Athletics closer Andrew Bailey likely will be traded to the Red Sox or Rangers, tweets ESPN's Buster Olney, who notes that both...
• 12/28 Fire Brand of the American League: The Cafardo Mailbag: Holiday Hangover Edition: On December 3rd, the day after I posted my last Cafardo mailbag, I entered into rehab with the intent of never stealing Nick’s...
• 12/27 Climbing Tal's Hill: Player Profile – Jimmy Paredes: Jimmy Paredes is a switch hitting third baseman who was acquired by the Astros, along with closer, Mark Melancon, from the Yankees...
• 12/21 MLBTradeRumors: Rangers Still Eyeing Andrew Bailey: With the clock ticking on their 30-day negotiating window with Yu Darvish, the Rangers aren't done searching for pitching upgrades....
• 12/19 Bleeding Yankee Blue: REPORT: MELANCON TRADED TO THE RED SOX: Remember Mark Melancon? He was with the Yankees before he went to the Astros in exchange for Lance Berkman in 2010. He **** about...
• 12/19 MLBTradeRumors: Sitting Out Free Agency: Four teams have yet to sign a free agent to a Major League deal, according to our free agent tracker: the Braves, Astros, Athletics,...
• 12/19 BoSox Injection: Trading for a closer may not be the answer for the Red Sox: As patient Red Sox Nation members, we have sat and watched as numerous top quality closers sign on with other teams, leaving us...
• 12/18 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 12/11/11 - 12/17/11: Plenty of news to recap from this past week.. The Reds weren't afraid to part with a great deal of talent in order to get...
• 12/18 Through The Fence Baseball: Melancon, Punto and Shoppach are headed to Fenway: Ben Cherington was busy last week. The new Boston GM made his first series of moves in an effort to put his stamp on the Red Sox...
• 12/17 Climbing Tal's Hill: Do the Astros have untouchables?: Jeff Luhnow’s first week was quite the interesting one. We saw his first major trade fill the vacant shortstop position...
• 12/16 Climbing Tal's Hill: Player Profile: Wilton Lopez: With Mark Melancon out of the picture Wilton Lopez might be the favorite to take over as the Astros closer in 2012. But with plenty...
• 12/16 YankeeAnalysts.com: Put up or shut up time for Betances: Dellin Betances won’t be 24 until March, and yet it feels like he has been in the system forever.  Part of the loaded 2006...
• 12/16 MLBTradeRumors: Cherington On Madson, Saunders, Melancon, Darvish: Red Sox GM Ben Cherington appeared on MLB Network Radio's "Inside Pitch" with Jim Bowden this afternoon to speak about the club's...
• 12/16 BoSox Injection: Possible No. 5 Starters for the Red Sox in 2012: Who could be joining Daniel Bard in the 2012 Red Sox' starting rotation? The Red Sox made a move this week in trading for...
• 12/16 PaulLebowitz.com: The Red Sox Vault Is Closed: After they spent big last winter to try and win in 2011, the Red Sox were seen to have filled all of their holes; built a run-scoring...
• 12/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Mark Melancon to set up: Updating previous reports, the Boston Red Sox are believed to be shopping for a closer and plan to have RP Mark Melancon as their...[+] setup man.
• 12/15 Climbing Tal's Hill: Who closes for the Astros now?: So Jeff Luhnow made his first trade as GM of the Astros and it certainly was a bold one. Whether you think it was a good move...
• 12/15 Boston Globe: The Red Sox have choices for a closer: By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff If you read Ben Cherington's comments from earlier today, obviously he's comfortable with the idea...
• 12/15 Call to the Pen: 2011 MLB Trade Rumors: Red Sox Still Targeting Relievers: Yesterday the Red Sox acquired reliever Mark Melancon from the Houston Astros.  Though Melancon gained closer’s experience...
• 12/15 BoSox Injection: MELANCON FOR LOWRIE, WEILAND-GOOD DEAL?: After weeks of immobility and thunderous silence from the summit of Mt. Olympus, yesterday the gods stirred. While no lightning...
• 12/15 BoSox Injection: Red Sox Free-Agent Roundup:   The Red Sox hot stove is still producing some heat albeit with a low flame.  Recent transactions such as the Lowrie deal...
• 12/15 Fragile Freddy's: Red Sox Roster - Construction Zone, Hard Hat Required: I wrote yesterday of the Sox trade for Mark Melancon.  While this was the big news the Sox have made a couple of relatively...
• 12/15 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox Sign Nick Punto To Two-Year Deal: It's been a busy day for Boston Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington his staff on Yawkey Way in Boston. Shortly after acquiring...
• 12/15 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox Acquire Mark Melancon From Astros For Lowrie, Weiland: About a week or so ago, Boston Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington told Daniel Bard to prepare as a starter for spring training....
• 12/15 Bronx Baseball Daily: Rumor: Yankees considering a sign-and-trade with Nakajima: The Yankees won the negotiating rights to Japanese infielder Hiroyuki Nakajima last week, but there has been a question of...
• 12/15 MLBTradeRumors: Red Sox Continue Pursuing Bailey, Others: The Red Sox strengthened their bullpen yesterday and they aren’t done yet. Boston continues pursuing relievers, including A’s...
• 12/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | GM cryptic about Mark Melancon: Boston Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington said RP Mark Melancon is capable of closing, but noted the team isn't done with...[+] offseason additions.
• 12/14 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox Sign Nick Punto To Two-Year Deal: It's been a busy day for Boston Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington his staff on Yawkey Way in Boston. Shortly after acquiring...
• 12/14 WasWatching: What, No Mariano?: Here’s a list of righty RP since 1988 to have one or more seasons with 20+ saves, an ERA+ of 130 or better and a K/BB ratio...
• 12/14 MLBTradeRumors: Astros Notes: Myers, Rodriguez, Sanchez: Today Jeff Luhnow made his first significant player move since becoming the Astros’ GM last week. Jed Lowrie and Kyle Weiland...
• 12/14 Fire Brand of the American League: Turning Two: Sox Sign Punto: In a move that takes some time to absorb, the Red Sox came to terms with Nick Punto on a two year deal worth $3.5M. I will be...
• 12/14 MLBTradeRumors: Red Sox Notes: Varitek, Oswalt, Saunders: The Red Sox sent Jed Lowrie and Kyle Weiland to Houston for Mark Melancon today before agreeing to terms with Nick Punto on...
• 12/14 Call to the Pen: Boston Red Sox trade Jed Lowrie to Houston Astros: The Boston Red Sox needed to acquire a solid relief pitcher, and they did so by obtaining Mark Melancon from the Houston Astros...
• 12/14 Call to the Pen: Red Sox Trade Jed Lowrie, Kyle Weiland to Astros for Mark Melancon: The Boston Red Sox have traded shortstop Jed Lowrie and pitcher Kyle Weiland to the Houston Astros for reliever Mark Melancon....
• 12/14 MLB Dirt: Astros Get Lowrie and Weiland for Melancon: The Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox have reportedly agreed to a deal that will send relief pitcher Mark Melancon to the Red...
• 12/14 Climbing Tal's Hill: Astros acquire Lowrie and Weiland for Melancon: When Jeff Luhnow was hired as GM of the Astros, it was clear a new approach to baseball would be implemented. Today it was reaffirmed as...
• 12/14 Bronx Baseball Daily: Red Sox land former Yankees reliever Mark Melancon: Everybody thought that once Jonathan Papelbon left the Red Sox Daniel Bard would just slide into his place as the team’s...
• 12/14 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox Acquire Mark Melancon From Astros For Lowrie, Weiland: About a week or so ago, Boston Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington told Daniel Bard to prepare as a starter for spring training....
• 12/14 MLBTradeRumors: Red Sox To Sign Nick Punto : It sure didn't take long for Ben Cherington to replace Jed Lowrie. Hours after sending Lowrie and Kyle Weiland to Houston for...
• 12/14 MLBTradeRumors: Red Sox Notes: Melancon, Lowrie, Closer Search: Earlier today, the Red Sox shipped shortstop Jed Lowrie and starter Kyle Weiland to Houston for reliever Mark Melancon.  Here's...
• 12/14 Boston Globe: Report: Sox acquire Mark Melancon from Astros: By Chad Finn, Globe Staff The Red Sox may have traded for their replacement for departed closer Jonathan Papelbon. Fox Sports'...
• 12/14 Fragile Freddy's: Red Sox Acquire Melancon for Lowrie/Weiland: It may not send the sports pages a-buzzin’ but the Boston Red Sox made a fairly meaningful move today.  According to ESPN’s...
• 12/14 Fire Brand of the American League: Sox Trade Lowrie, Weiland for Bullpen Help in Melancon: The Red Sox have acquired bullpen help, but at the cost of two players. Mark Melancon is headed to Beantown to help sure up a...
• 12/14 Baseball Musings: Shortstop To the Astros: The Astros pick up shortstop Jed Lowrie from the Red Sox and a prospect for reliever Mark Melancon. Injuries and prolonged slumps...
• 12/14 MLBTradeRumors: Red Sox Acquire Melancon For Lowrie, Weiland: The Red Sox acquired reliever Mark Melancon from the Astros for shortstop Jed Lowrie and starter Kyle Weiland, tweets Ken Rosenthal...
• 12/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Mark Melancon acquiredThe Boston Red Sox acquired RP Mark Melancon from the Houston Astros in exchange for SS Jed Lowrie and P Kyle Weiland....[+] The Boston Red Sox acquired RP Mark Melancon from the Houston Astros in exchange for SS Jed Lowrie and P Kyle Weiland.
• 12/3 Yankees Fans Unite: Hot Stove Targeting: Wandy Rodriguez: Wandy Rodriguez is a name that’s been linked to the Yankees on and off over the last year and a half.  he was once a very...

• 11/16 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal/Morosi On Dodgers, Astros, Blue Jays: The latest from Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports... The Dodgers' payroll will be well under $100MM in 2012,...
• 11/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Astros | Sticking with Mark MelanconHouston Astros general manager Ed Wade said the team is sticking with RP Mark Melancon as their closer in 2012....[+] Houston Astros general manager Ed Wade said the team is sticking with RP Mark Melancon as their closer in 2012.
• 11/9 Fragile Freddy's: Freddy's Two-a-Days: Houston Astros: 56-106, 6th place, 40 GBFragile Freddy’s “Two A Days” series starts today with the Houston Astros.  Each day (except...
• 11/6 Operation Shutdown: Recap: Nightmare of the Bottom: Pirates lose 2-0WP: J.A. Happ (5-15)LP: James McDonald (8-7)S: Mark MelanconYes, the title is a Carter IV reference. But it...
• 11/6 Operation Shutdown: Recap: Happy One-Year Anniversary to Matt Diaz: Pirates lose 7-4 WP: Wandy Rodriguez (10-9) LP: Jason Grilli (1-1) S: Mark Melancon (15) I would like to congratulate Matt...

• 10/18 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY CURTIS GRANDERSON CONTINUES TO IMPRESS: Just when you thought Curtis Granderson couldn’t be any cooler, he does something else to impress. Now comes word from Mark...
• 10/3 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Houston Astros: Expect a quiet offseason for the Astros, who conducted their fire sale in July.  Intrigue may come from possible ownership, GM,...

• 9/27 C70 At The Bat: A Crushing Blow: The Atlanta Braves keep trying to give the wild card away.  The St. Louis Cardinals just won't take it.Knowing that Philadelphia...
• 9/18 Climbing Tal's Hill: Star Performer of the Week Sept. 12 – 18:   The Astros scored three runs in the first inning today and held on for a 3-2 win over the Cubs. The Astros finally got...
• 9/18 YankeeAnalysts.com: Keeping up with the ex-Yanks: 2nd half Javy: Second to last edition for 2011, so lets get right to it. On Friday night Javier Vazquez pitched a complete game shutout against...
• 9/12 The Golden Sombrero: Golden Sombrero: Jayson Werth (No. 3): Bottom 2: Jayson Werth singled to shortstop against Henry Sosa Bottom 3: struck out swinging against Sosa Bottom 5: struck out...
• 9/5 Operation Shutdown: Recap: Nightmare of the Bottom: Pirates lose 2-0WP: J.A. Happ (5-15)LP: James McDonald (8-7)S: Mark MelanconYes, the title is a Carter IV reference. But it...
• 9/5 Operation Shutdown: Recap: Happy One-Year Anniversary to Matt Diaz: Pirates lose 7-4 WP: Wandy Rodriguez (10-9) LP: Jason Grilli (1-1) S: Mark Melancon (15) I would like to congratulate Matt...

• 8/31 Future Closers: Potential Future Closers: NL Central: In the second part of my 6 part series, I will look at NL Central pitchers who could be potential closers in the future. ...
• 8/31 MLBTradeRumors: The Closer Carousel: Teams pay a premium for saves; it's how Rafael Soriano was able to get a three-year, $35MM contract last offseason.  Impending...
• 8/26 Climbing Tal's Hill: Happ recalled to face Giants: Last night Henry Sosa got his first big league win. It had to be especially satisfying for Sosa, who was pitching on only three...
• 8/23 22gigantes.com: Game recap: SF 6, HOU 4 (11): Brandon Belt had his coming out party (again) and Pablo Sandoval smashed a two-run homer in the 11th inning to help the Giants...
• 8/21 Giants Nirvana: Game Recap: Giants 6, Astros 4: In his first career major-league start, Dan Runzler did disappoint, lasting just 1.2 innings as he dealt with the same issues...
• 8/11 Future Closers: Where did the NL closers come from?: Hi and welcome to Future Closers, a site dedicated to finding the closers of tomorrow, today. To identify future closers,...

• 7/30 YankeeAnalysts.com: Keeping up with the Ex-Yanks-Welcome Back Wang:                   I didn’t want to let the month of July expire without getting...
• 7/26 MLBTradeRumors: Buyers Protective Of Top Prospects: I'm often asked in weekly chats on the site to name the best prospects who will be traded this month.  I'll toss out a few...
• 7/19 Climbing Tal's Hill: Happ gets his fourth win as Astros top Nats 7-6: J.A. Happ won for the first time since May 14th and ended a personal seven game losing streak. It was not pretty by any means...
• 7/18 The Golden Sombrero: Golden Sombrero: Chase d’Arnaud: Top 1: Chase d’Arnaud struck out swinging against Wandy Rodriguez Top 3: d’Arnaud called out on strikes...
• 7/17 Baseball Musings: Extra Pirates: The Pirates take advantage of three Astros miscues in the eleventh inning to break a 4-4 tie and win the game 7-5. Mark Melancon...
• 7/14 MLBTradeRumors: Astros Notes: Keppinger, Myers, Mills: "We're going to be viewed as a land of opportunity for teams to try to improve the teams that are in contention," Astros GM Ed...
• 7/5 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 7/4: Before he took to the mound on Sunday afternoon in front of his family and friends, Josh Beckett found out that he was one...
• 7/4 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 7/4: Before he took to the mound on Sunday afternoon in front of his family and friends, Josh Beckett found out that he was one...
• 7/4 B-R Blog: Monday mentions: Notes and rants on games of July 3: [Happy Independence Day! Be careful when you light those bottle rockets, and remember that even sparklers get hotter than Ty Cobb...
• 7/1 Fragile Freddy's: Series Preview - Houston Astros: Pitchers:Tonight – Tim Wakefield (4-3, 4.54) vs. Bud Norris (4-6, 3.36)Saturday – Andrew Miller (1-0, 3.09) vs.J.A. Happ (3-9,...

• 6/28 B-R Blog: Active hitting leaders: Here are active hitting leaders for most plate appearances ... without a home run: Player PA HR From To Age G AB R H 2B 3B RBI...
• 6/20 NY Baseball Digest: If Hughes Healthy, Do You Acquire a Starter?: With the July trade deadline only six weeks away, we have begun our yearly rumor mill of what pitcher the Yankees will acquire....
• 6/19 YankeeAnalysts.com: Keeping up with the ex-Yanks: Go Johnny go!: Time to wheel this baby out for another look at how some former players have been doing since leaving the pinstripes. First,...
• 6/15 MLBTradeRumors: If The Nationals Become Sellers: Nationals GM Mike Rizzo made one significant trade last July, sending closer Matt Capps to the Twins for catcher Wilson Ramos. ...
• 6/15 PaulLebowitz.com: The Johnny Sain Travel Guide: Here’s a quote from Ball Four by Jim Bouton: Every once in a while there’s a guy that doesn’t fit into the coaching...
• 6/14 Roto Think Tank: Brandon Lyon and Saves from the Astros Bullpen: I received an e-mail from Steve earlier this week entitled “As a fellow Brandon Lyon owner”:What are you planning to do with...
• 6/13 Puckett's Pond: Star Perfomer of the Week June 6-12: photo by Gary Glass It was a brutal week for the Astros, winning only once in six home games. That made this week’s award...
• 6/9 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Theriot’s chase of Rajah, The Man and The Machine ends: The 20-game hitting streak of St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Ryan Theriot ended on Wednesday night, short of past team greats....
• 6/9 B-R Blog: Games of Wed., June 8: A.J.’s Crash’n'Burn; Bautista’s Slump; More Extra-Base Hits than Runs?: [We're going with a player focus in this edition. You know where to get game scores.] If he bleeds, he leads: Counting tonight,...
• 6/8 MLBTradeRumors: New York Notes: Posada, Reyes, Citi Field: As Paul McCartney gets ready to make his debut at the new Yankee Stadium, here's the latest news from the Big Apple... The...
• 6/3 COSFBA: Waiver Saviors: Small Sample Size: When looking for players available on your league's waiver wire, what sorting options do you prefer to use? Last seven days? Fourteen...
• 6/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Astros | Mark Melancon could sit today: Houston Astros CL Mark Melancon has pitched three days in a row and could receive the day off Thursday, June 2. RP Wilton Lopez...[+] could see a save opportunity in his place.
• 6/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Astros | Mark Melancon nails down save: Houston Astros RP Mark Melancon allowed a walk before nailing down his fourth save in six chances against the Chicago Cubs Wednesday,...[+] June 1. He struck out two in the 15-pitch outing.

• 5/30 Obstructed View: Series Preview: Houston Astros (19-34) vs Iowa Cubs (23-28): Stoppable force meets movable object in this series between the Cubs and Astros. Both teams are throwing two starters in this...
• 5/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Astros | Mark Melancon wins: Houston Astros RP Mark Melancon (4-1) was credited with the win against the Los Angeles Dodgers Wednesday, May 25, by pitching...[+] a perfect ninth inning and striking out two.
• 5/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Astros | Mark Melancon picks up save: Houston Astros RP Mark Melancon pitched a scoreless 1 2/3 innings against the Toronto Blue Jays Sunday, May 22, to pick up his...[+] third save of the season.
• 5/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Astros | Mark Melancon nails down second save: Houston Astros RP Mark Melancon allowed a hit in a scoreless ninth inning Sunday, May 20, against the Toronto Blue Jays for his...[+] second save.
• 5/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Astros | Mark Melancon blows save: Houston Astros RP Mark Melancon blew the save against the Atlanta Braves Tuesday, May 17, by allowing a solo home run in the ninth...[+] inning. The team has converted just five of their 16 save chances this year.
• 5/14 NY Baseball Digest: Trade Thought: Beltran for Swisher: With Carlos Beltran surprising everyone with his performance to date (.294, 8, 24) it’s no surprise talks of trading him began...
• 5/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Astros | Mark Melancon earns relief victory: Houston Astros RP Mark Melancon worked a perfect ninth inning Wednesday, May 11, against the Cincinnati Reds. The offense won...[+] it in the bottom of the frame, providing him with his third relief victory of the season. He lowered his ERA to 1.45 in the process.
• 5/11 PaulLebowitz.com: Sherman World: It takes a special kind of audacity to retrospectively wonder what would’ve happened had the Yankees exercised Lance Berkman‘s...
• 5/10 NY Baseball Digest: Further Look at Posada and Montero: Last week, I wrote that the Yankees should sit Jorge Posada and bring up uber-prospect Jesus Montero to take over the full-time...
• 5/7 MLB Fantasy Recon: Notes From Friday's Action - Be On Deck: Not much of that going onJust a quick look at the big news from Friday night from Be On Deck - Curtis Granderson hit 2 more home...
• 5/7 MLB Fantasy Recon: Closer Update - Mark Melancon in Houston: He's not LyonWe all knew Brandon Lyon wasn't going to last in Houston.  There just didn't appear to be anyone better. ...
• 5/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Astros | Mark Melancon cruises to first save: Houston Astros RP Mark Melancon worked a perfect and tidy eight-pitch ninth inning for his first save Friday, May 6, against the...[+] Pittsburgh Pirates. Melancon moved into the closer's role when RP Brandon Lyon (shoulder, biceps) hit the 15-day disabled list.
• 5/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Astros | Mark Melancon to closeHouston Astros manager Bradley Mills said RP Mark Melancon will fill in at closer while RP Brandon Lyon (shoulder) is out....[+] Houston Astros manager Bradley Mills said RP Mark Melancon will fill in at closer while RP Brandon Lyon (shoulder) is out.
• 5/4 Roto Think Tank: Mid-Week National League Review: Ty Wigginton/Ian Stewart. We knew it was merely a matter of time until Stewart came back to the major leagues (hitting .361...

• 4/18 The Captain's Blog: Tabata Trade Comes Back to Haunt Yanks, but Offers Lesson Regarding Montero: (In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeAnalysts.) One of the most...
• 4/17 The Friarhood: Good, Bad, and Ugly 4/17 vs. HOU: Padres rally from behind to earn a split in Houston.  Winning Sunday 8-6 WP: Ernesto Frieri (1-1) LP: Mark Melancon (1-1) Save:...
• 4/17 Chicken Friars: Padres escape Houston with a series split: San Diego Padres 8 – Houston Astros 6 W: Ernesto Frieri (1-1) L: Mark Melancon (1-1) S: Heath Bell (4) For a change, the...
• 4/17 The Friarhood: Good, Bad, and Ugly 4/16 vs. HOU: Padres score early, but cannot hold the lead late losing 5-3 WP: Mark Melancon (1-0) LP: Mat Latos (0-2) Save: Brandon Lyon...
• 4/17 Chicken Friars: Another tough loss for Latos and the boys: San Diego Padres 3 – Houston Astros 5 W: Mark Melancon (1-0) L: Mat Latos (0-2) S: Brandon Lyon (3) The Padres are one of...

• 3/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Astros | Mark Melancon strong bet to make team: Houston Astros RP Mark Melancon appears to have a good shot at making the Opening Day roster, according to Brian McTaggart of...[+] MLB.com. Melancon has allowed one earned run and three walks in six innings, including a scoreless inning against the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday, March 19.
• 3/2 The Golden Sombrero: Some Outlandish Predictions for 2011: Mark Twain is responsible for po**** the Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke quote, “There are three kinds of lies:...

• 2/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Astros | Tommy Manzella and Mark Melancon agree to terms: The Houston Astros have agreed to terms on one-year contracts with SS Tommy Manzella and RP Mark Melancon, according to The Cypress...[+] Times. Manzella's deal is worth $424,000, while Melancon will make $421,000.
• 2/16 Call to the Pen: The Houston Astros System: The Astros are in a bad place right now; neither their current talent nor their farm system is considered to be in good shape....

• 12/5 Bronx Baseball Daily: Lance Berkman Signs with the Cardinals: The Yankees acquired Lance Berkman, who had a no trade clause, at the trade deadline last season and part...

• 10/31 The Captain's Blog: Yanks Don Costumes, Not Uniforms This Halloween: For only the third time, Halloween will play host to the World Series. On the two previous occasions, the Yankees were victorious,...

• 9/25 My Pinstripes: Ugly, Uglier, Ugliest: The last 3 games could be described in the title above, pretty much in any order you choose. Just as things were looking back...
• 9/25 YankeeAnalysts.com: Despite season-high six home runs, late Yankee rally falls short in 10-8 loss to Boston: It only took until the 154th game of the season for Alex Rodriguez and Mark Teixeira to finally go deep in the same game for...
• 9/9 YankeeAnalysts.com: Elvis ain't dead: The last couple of seasons have certainly tested Lance Berkman's resiliency. The 34-year-old produced career low batting and slugging...

• 8/22 NY Baseball Digest: Yanks Display Unprecedented Pitching Depth in System: As noted before, the Yankees made a major decision to re-emphasize player development prior to the 2005 season. The first facet...
• 8/19 NY Baseball Digest: Melancon Rips Yankee Stadium Crowd: Apparently Mark Melancon doesn’t think the Yankee Stadium crowd was very supportive during his short stint. Melancon told...
• 8/10 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees Notes: Jeter, Burnett, Teixeira, Aceves, Melancon: The Yankees offense didn’t show up yesterday as they lost 2-1 to the Boston Red Sox thus splitting the four-game weekend...
• 8/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Astros | Mark Melancon recalled: The Houston Astros recalled RP Mark Melancon from Triple-A Round Rock Monday, Aug. 9, according to the Houston Chronicle's Zachary...[+] Levine.
• 8/6 Jason's Baseball Blog: Trade Deadline Review: Well, we are now officially one day past the non-waiver trade deadline, and there have been quite a few different trades made....
• 8/3 Bronx Baseball Daily: Recapping Friday’s Trades and Who Else Is Bronx Bound?: The Yankees had a busy day Friday, acquiring Lance Berkman from the Astros and Austin Kearns from the Indians, and it...
• 8/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Astros | Mark Melancon optionedThe Houston Astros optioned RP Mark Melancon to the minors Saturday, July 31, according to CBSSports.com. ...[+] The Houston Astros optioned RP Mark Melancon to the minors Saturday, July 31, according to CBSSports.com.

• 7/31 NY Baseball Digest: A Low Risk/High Reward Deadline For Yanks: Although the Yankees didn’t get Cliff Lee, Dan Haren, or Joakim Soria they still addressed their needs with the acquisitions...
• 7/31 MLBTradeRumors: 2010 Trade Deadline Recap: There was certainly no shortage of moves not just today, but in the several days leading up to this afternoon's non-waiver trade...
• 7/31 MLBguru: Yankees get stronger-add DH Lance Berkman: The deal has been completed, and the New York Yankees have completed a deal trading RHP Mark Melancon and IF Jimmy Paredes to...
• 7/31 PaulLebowitz.com: For The Condemned And The Saved: Your creepy trade deadline special----my way: The trade deadline is 4:00 PM Eastern Standard and teams are scouring, wheeling,...
• 7/31 NY Baseball Digest: Why Berkman Agreed to the Yanks Trade: Hearing a couple of things about why Lance Berkman agreed to the Yankees trade. - Andy Pettitte is a good friend and helped convince...
• 7/31 YankeeAnalysts.com: A look at the newest Yankees: Lance "Big Puma" Berkman and Austin Kearns: Sometime this afternoon the Yankees will officially announce that they have acquired Lance Berkman from the Astros for Mark ...
• 7/31 Call to the Pen: Astros/Yankees Trade Analysis: Lance Berkman for Two Prospects: Yet another big name was on the move late Friday, as Houston first baseman Lance Berkman was shipped to the Yankees for pitcher...
• 7/31 Baseball Press: Trading Places: Lance Berkman joins the Yankees: Berkman joins the Yanks and their march to the playoffs. (AP) After shipping long-time ace Roy Oswalt off to Philadelphia...
• 7/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Yankees | Will send two minor leaguers for Lance Berkman: The New York Yankees will send RP Mark Melancon and IF Jimmy Paredes to the Houston Astros in exchange for 1B Lance Berkman, reports...[+] Joel Sherman, of the New York Post. The deal can officially be announced at about 1:30 p.m. ET Saturday, July 31.
• 7/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Astros | Will receive two minor leaguers for Lance Berkman: Updating an ongoing story, the Houston Astros will send 1B Lance Berkman to the New York Yankees in exchange for P Mark Melancon...[+] and IF Jimmy Paredes, reports Joel Sherman, of the New York Post. The deal can officially be announced at about 1:30 p.m. ET Saturday, July 31.
• 7/30 MLBTradeRumors: Yankees Close To Acquiring Lance Berkman: 4:20pm: The deal is "imminent," according to Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News (on Twitter).4:19pm: Berkman is considering...
• 7/23 NY Baseball Digest: Why Not Offer “Cliff Lee Type Deal” to Arizona?: After sitting through that excruciating eighth inning last night I am convinced the Yankees need to do one of two things: - Acquire...
• 7/15 YankeeAnalysts.com: Addressing the Yankees' areas of weakness: The Bullpen: We last looked at the Yankee bullpen almost two months ago, at which point we concluded that the team could benefit from giving...
• 7/13 NY Baseball Digest: Joba Still the Best Option for Eighth: Joba Chamberlain’s performance as the Yankees’ primary eighth-inning reliever has been unacceptable. Look, I know the man...
• 7/11 NY Baseball Digest: Yanks Better Realize Joba Will Do Them In: I almost feel bad publishing this column on Joba Chamberlain. I have been critical of Joba for two years, to the point that some...
• 7/4 NY Baseball Digest: How Long Before Albaladejo Is Given a Chance?: One man that is forgotten in the effort to figure out how to improve the Yankees bullpen is Jonathan Albaladejo. Last night Albaladejo...
• 7/3 NY Baseball Digest: Idea to Help Yanks Bullpen: Trade for Joakim Soria: I thought the Yankees bullpen was going to be one of the best in baseball going into the season. You had Mariano Rivera to close...

• 6/29 NY Baseball Digest: The 2006 Yankees Draft All Over Current Roster: I was talking with baseball writer Joe Delgrippo yesterday about the Yankees. A point he has made on the show in the past was...

• 5/25 YankeeAnalysts.com: Rays beat Yanks 10-6: I'm out of creative headlines for this one. The Rays beat the Yanks 10-6, as Tampa Bay's Wade Davis lulled the Yankees to sleep,...
• 5/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Yankees | Mark Melancon optioned: The New York Yankees optioned RP Mark Melancon to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Thursday, May 20, according to The Sports Network....[+]
• 5/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Yankees | Mark Melancon recalledThe New York Yankees recalled RP Mark Melancon from the minors Tuesday, May 18, according to CBSSports.com. ...[+] The New York Yankees recalled RP Mark Melancon from the minors Tuesday, May 18, according to CBSSports.com.
• 5/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Yankees | Mark Melancon optioned: The New York Yankees optioned RP Mark Melancon to the minors Tuesday, May 4, according to ESPNNewYork.com's Andrew Marchand. ...[+]
• 5/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Yankees | Mark Melancon recalledNew York Yankees RP Mark Melancon was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes Barre, according to The Associated Press. ...[+] New York Yankees RP Mark Melancon was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes Barre, according to The Associated Press.
• 5/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Yankees | Mark Melancon to be recalled: Updating a previous report, the New York Yankees will recall RP Mark Melancon from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, reports Tim...[+] Britton, of MLB.com.
• 5/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Yankees | Mark Melancon or Jonathan Albaladejo could be recalled: The New York Yankees could recall RP Mark Melancon or RP Jonathan Albaladejo from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre if they place...[+] OF Curtis Granderson (groin) on the 15-day disabled list because manager Joe Girardi emphasized the team's need for another reliever, according to MLB.com's Tim Britton.