0 Times Crawford has been caught in 17 stolen base attempts this season 9 Steals by Crawford against five Boston pitchers in four-game weekend series ...more

May 4, 2009

This oft-overlooked area was a huge factor in the Rays' leap to prominence in 2008. Though the statistically inclined have made a significant effort in recent years to come up with metrics able to quantify the defensive performance of players and teams, no one system has emerged as the standard. Because of that, judgment of defensive effectiveness remains perhaps the most subjective facet of the game. ...more

April 2, 2009

This oft-overlooked area was a huge factor in the Rays' leap to prominence in 2008. ...more

April 1, 2009

The AL East doesn't have quite the array of star power on the offensive end that it does when it comes to pitching, but there is no shortage of impact hitters among the top three teams. ...more

March 31, 2009

The Red Sox didn't exactly bring their Opening Day lineup north from Fort Myers on Friday, but there were enough legitimate major-leaguers atop the lineup to give Jeff Niemann the taste he wanted. ...more

February 28, 2009

As is usually the case when the Tampa Bay Rays play the Boston Red Sox, even in spring training, there's a lot of red in the stands at Charlotte Sports Park today, and hearty cheers greeted Boston's hitters as they stepped to the plate in the top of the first inning. Red Sox stalwarts Jacoby Ellsbury, Jed Lowrie and Kevin Youkilis each got a nice hand from a good chunk of the assembled masses. But when the fourth man in Boston's lineup, Rocco Baldelli, stepped to the plate, everyone cheered. ...more

February 27, 2009

Rays third baseman Evan Longoria was a unanimous choice today as the American League Rookie of the Year. ...more

November 10, 2008

Around Tampa Bay, Red Sox CF Coco Crisp will forever be known as the fire starter, the man whose actions ignited a bench-clearing brawl with the Rays on June 5. ...more

October 19, 2008

When Mama's happy, everybody's happy, the old saying goes. And so it is with the Red Sox that when David "Big Papi" Ortiz is hitting and driving in runs, good things are happening for Boston. ...more

October 18, 2008

RHP Josh Beckett did not tear his oblique muscle in his final regular-season start as Tom Verducci reported on SI.com on Thursday, Red Sox manager Terry Francona said before Game 5. ...more

October 17, 2008