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John Lackey is really living up to they hype — he threw 4 scoreless innings against the New York Mets on Wednesday, giving up just 2 hits and no walks with 3 strikeouts.  Talk about tough.  For the spring, he has now made 3 starts, pitching 9 scoreless innings while giving up a total of [...]

Finally – it seems like a long time ago when we 1st discussed whether the Red Sox would try to lock up soon-to-be free agent Josh Beckett this spring.  Well it looks like talks are in the works to keep Beckett in a Red Sox uniform in Boston for the foreseeable future.  This is GREAT [...]

John Lackey tossed 3 scoreless innings in the Red Sox 8-2 win over the New York Mets on Thursday afternoon.  Lackey gave up just 3 hits and no walks and he has not allowed  a run in both spring starts thus far.
Junichi Tazawa also worked 2 scoreless innings allowing just 1 walk while striking out [...]

John Lackey pitched 2 perfect innings in Saturday’s 9-3 over the Minnesota Twins.  It was a solid effort from the former Angels ace who signed a lucrative 5-year, $82.5 million deal with the Red Sox this winter.  Lackey was excited to get the 1st one out of the way — “I felt pretty good.  It’s [...]

Red Sox GM Theo Epstein is looking forward to the start of Spring Training.  Epstein had a busy off-season – signing free agents – pitcher John Lackey, center fielder Mike Cameron, shortstop Marco Scutaro and 3rd baseman Adrian Beltre.  He also traded for outfielder Jeremy Hermida.  He’s had to deal with questions of how the [...]

The latest major league baseball trend – locking up a sensational trio of starters at the top of your rotation.  The Boston Red Sox became one of the leaders of the pack when they signed John Lackey to a 5-year, $82.5 million deal this off-season.  Lackey will complement Josh Beckett and Jon Lester to form [...]

Red Sox starter John Lackey is looking forward to playing in an environment where every game counts.  Let’s just hope he is up to the task after signing the lucrative 5-year, $82.5 million deal in mid-December.
While eating at a solid Italian restaurant in Boston’s famous North End, Lackey got a “taste” of what it’s like [...]

It’s good and bad – what to do with the Red Sox deep and talented starting rotation.  When you have 6 legitimate starters, what do you do?  GM Theo Epstein and Manager Theo Epstein will have to figure this out as Spring Training 2010 progresses next month.
Josh Beckett, Jon Lester and John Lackey are studs.  [...]

The Boston Red Sox need to act soon if they expect to keep Josh Beckett.  The Red Sox have a history of locking up “players they want” before it gets to the tipping point where a player might want to test the free agent market (a la Jason Bay last spring).  The Red Sox clearly [...]

The Boston Red Sox and Manager Terry Francona announced how the outfield will look in 2010.  With the signing of veteran center fielder Mike Cameron a few weeks ago, the Red Sox though it best to keep Cameron in center field once he joins the Red Sox.  Cameron is a 3-time Gold Glove winner in [...]