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Red Sox Give Josh Beckett A Four-Year Contract Extension

GameSetMatch — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:54:50 +0000

For most teams, starting pitching is the top item on the shopping list every winter. The Red Sox hope to be stocked for years to come.

“You can’t have an elite organization without starting pitching,” general manager Theo Epstein said after signing Josh Beckett to a four-year, $68 million contract extension Monday. “And for us, there’s the added expectation of having starting pitchers who can succeed in the AL East. It’s hard to acquire. It’s hard to draft and develop.”

Now that Beckett, who turns 30 on May 15, is signed through 2014, the Red Sox have signed or control their top four starting pitchers, including John Lackey, Jon Lester and Clay Buchholz, through 2014.

“I guess I look at things differently that most people,” said Beckett, who made the deal possible by not insisting on a fifth year. “A lot of people look at what they lost, or what they didn’t get. I’m looking at what I gained here — four more years of stability, four more years with an organization that you know is going to put a competitive team on the field. That can’t be underestimated. A season gets long when you’re losing 90 games.”

Click here to read the full article – By DOM AMORE of Hartford Courant

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Sox call out ump

rsanrel — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:48:02 +0000

C.B. Bucknor name mud again

When an umpire becomes a focal point in a postseason game, it’s usually not a good sign. So it was with first base umpire C.B. Bucknor in Game 1 of the ALDS between the Red Sox [team stats] and Angels last night.

Though they didn’t directly impact the Angels’ 5-0 shutout, Bucknor appeared to have gotten two calls wrong. Third baseman Mike Lowell and shortstop Alex Gonzalez were charged with throwing errors on the plays, but replays indicated it was Bucknor who made the miscues.

In the fourth inning, Howie Kendrick hit a grounder that Gonzalez gloved, sprawling to the ground. Gonzalez got to his feet quickly but threw wildly to first base, pulling Kevin Youkilis [stats] to the home-plate side of the bag. Youkilis caught the throw and clearly applied the tag to Kendrick a step before the Angel came down on the bag, but Bucknor ruled him safe.

Sox manager Terry Francona came racing out of the dugout to protest the call, to no avail.

“He said I tagged him,” recounted Youkilis, “but he said (Kendrick) was on the base when I tagged him. I didn’t think that was possible. I guess guys saw the replay, but other than that, I don’t know.”

Two innings later, with Kendrick again the batter, Lowell fielded a sharp grounder and threw to first. Youkilis came off the bag to catch the throw and appeared to have gotten his foot on the bag a split-second before Kendrick reached the base. Once again, Bucknor ruled the runner safe and once again, the Red Sox howled in protest.

Click here to read the full article – By Sean McAdam of BostonHerald.com

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How they match up

rsanrel — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:35:52 +0000

Prediction: Red Sox in five games

The Angels had baseball’s most prolific offense for most of the summer, shooting to the top of the major leagues in runs, hits and average with runners in scoring position, but they cooled considerably in September, batting .263 and averaging 4.3 runs a game. To their usually aggressive baserunning, the Angels have added more patience and power; they rank seventh in the league in walks and third in on-base percentage, categories they have lagged in for years. The Red Sox have a nice balance of power throughout their lineup with the left-handed David Ortiz and J.D. Drew, the switch-hitting Victor Martinez, and the right-handed Kevin Youkilis and Jason Bay, but they can also wreak havoc on the bases with Jacoby Ellsbury, who led the league with 70 stolen bases in 83 attempts, an 84% success rate. Boston is even more patient than the Angels, ranking second in the league in walks and on-base percentage.

Click here to read the full article – By Mike DiGiovanna of LAtimes.com

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Lester, Beckett provide new 1-2 punch

rsanrel — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:22:26 +0000

Throughout much of the season – with the exception of the seven-out start in which he got nailed by a line drive against the Yankees – Jon Lester has been the ace of the Red Sox staff. More than that, Lester has been one of the best pitchers in baseball, author of a brilliant stretch beginning at the end of May that solidified a standing made clear by a dominant 2008.

That position was made official yesterday as the Red Sox announced their postseason rotation for the first three games of the American League Division Series against the Angels.

Lester will start Game 1, ahead of Josh Beckett, in a move that has much to do with his ability to bounce back if needed, but also much to do with the way he is pitching. Clay Buchholz will start Game 3 at Fenway Park.

In a span of 22 starts since May 31, he has a 2.31 ERA with 163 strikeouts in 114 innings, while opponents have .213 against him.

“What it really came down to is the fact that when you look at how our rotation was set up – and Beckett knows we feel this way – because for us to get where we want to go we’re going to have to lean on both of them,’’ manager Terry Francona said after the Sox’ 12-7 win over the Indians in the regular-season finale. “To flip-flop them around would have one guy on normal rest, another guy on [seven days’ rest]. That doesn’t make sense to any of us, including Beckett and Lester.

“As we go forward . . . we think Lester is situated where he can come back on short rest and that would have, say, Beckett if there’s a Game 5 on regular rest. There’s a lot of options that are open to us that we’re interested in exploring.’’

So even though Beckett’s performances and numbers verge on incredible in the postseason (7-2, 2.90 ERA in 87 innings), he will not pick up the ball until Game 2 Friday. Although Beckett has had an up-and-down season, he has a 3.67 ERA since June 10, and has allowed a .243 batting average against.

Click here to read the full article – By Amalie Benjamin of Boston.com

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