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Dave Cameron compares Albert Pujols, Prince Fielder, Jose Reyes, Jimmy Rollins and David Ortiz to similar players throughout history to see whether their teams should re-sign them.

Story | Conversation | June 10, 2011

Rumblings and Grumblings examines five players heading toward free agency as the faces of their franchise.

David Ortiz still remembers a few months back people saying he was finished. His triumph at the Home Run Derby was just the latest reminder Big Papi isn't ready to leave the stage.

A realignment plan that would split up the Yankees and Red Sox -- sounds crazy, right? It sure does, and it also screams of being rather shortsighted.

The Red Sox lost Jason Bay and focused on run prevention in the offseason, but they won't be offensively challenged in 2010.

What do you do with a player whose presence not so long ago was larger than his numbers? Managers Terry Francona and Charlie Manuel are pondering that very question right now.

Unlike the Yankees, the Red Sox didn't have to spend $400 million on free agents to improve. Boston's free-agent signings are high on upside, low on risk.

The Rays and Red Sox have reversed roles in a division that hasn't made much sense all season long, writes Jayson Stark.

The Red Sox have taken the lead in the race to land Johan Santana.

With a convincing victory in Game 3, the Red Sox are closing in on their second World Series title in the past four seasons.

The Red Sox set new standards for postseason hotness with their Game 1 blowout of the Rockies.

Jeter vs. Schilling. Ortiz vs. Rivera. These are the duels that make Yankees-Red Sox the most magnetic rivalry in baseball.

From Most Valuable Players to Cy Youngs to Cy Yuks, it's time for Jayson Stark to start doling out his annual midseason awards.

From Josh Beckett going yard to the White Sox showing off the leather, Jayson Stark runs down some of the more interesting happenings.

The only reason A-Rod won his second MVP trophy is that he plays defense and David Ortiz doesn't.

The Red Sox return to October Madness as the defending champs for the first time since the Woodrow Wilson administration.