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Andrew Bailey has filled the closer's role well, but will he stay there?

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Good morning from the Fort, where further proof of Xander Bogaerts's great promise arrived in the mail this week. John Sickels, a Bill James protege who said his talent evaluations are a blend of sabermetrics and traditional sc...

If Bill James knows anything, the Sox might be better than you think.

With Pedroia out, Sox players and their manager are stepping up in creative ways

Playing the over-under game with Bill James' projections for the Sox.

I guess we should throw in the disclaimer that this is not intended to be an exact science. If so, Bill James would not have predicted 13 home runs for Jose Bautista, instead of the 54 he hit. (As James archly notes, no one else saw that coming for B...

Bill James, the legendary statistical analyst and Red Sox consultant (did you see his cameo on "The Simpsons," where he says, "I made baseball as much fun as doing your taxes?"), pretty much hit the mark with David Ortiz last November when he predic...

Here are five things to think about during Tuesday night's game between the Yankees and Red Sox at Fenway Park, all courtesy of Bill James' 2010 Gold Mine: 1.A.J. Burnett, who is starting for the Yankees, threw more curve balls (1,067) in 2009 th...

So how does Bill James, the Red Sox senior advisor for baseball operations and legendary statistical analyst, evaluate the club's emphasis on defense this winter? Is this the new edge, replacing on-base percentage, that the smart teams have learn...

So how does Bill James, the Red Sox senior advisor for baseball operations and legendary statistical analyst, evaluate the club's emphasis on defense this winter? Is this the new edge, replacing on-base percentage, that the smart teams have learned t...