Like all minor league systems, Boston’s has positions of strength and weakness. Based on the focus of recent drafts, there are plenty of young Red Sox pitchers and a burgeoning crop of outfielders. Two years ago, the Sox were full of outfielders.
Catcher George Kottaras was brought in as a big chip in the David [...]
Don’t look now, but the “closer of the future” may be close to becoming a “setup man of the future”.
Craig Hansen is finally looking comfortable in a Sox uniform … in Pawtucket.
With Jonathan Papelbon inked in to the closer role for the Red Sox for years to come, closer prospects past like Craig Hansen [...]
Just when you thought the Red Sox’ minor league system’s well had run dry of top pitching prospects, you turn around and notice Justin Masterson blazing his own trail.
Justin Masterson may be the next big Sox pitcher to make waves.
Like Jonathan Papelbon, Manny Delcarmen and, most recently, Clay Buchholz before him, Masterson is turning [...]
Welcome down to the farm, pardner! We’ll be checking in on the Red Sox minor league system every week, finding the stars of tomorrow and tracking them today. It’s a little like trading hog futures except, well, these stocks have got some guns.
Clay Buchholz is on his way to the PawSox.
In fact, no stock [...]
