Kneejerk Reactions: Game 1
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...and failed were Hall of Famers Carl Hubbell (twice), Warren Spahn (twice), Sandy Koufax, Don Sutton, John Smoltz, Greg Maddux, and Curt Schilling. For more ... Check out It's About the Money (Stupid!) and...
Blog | October 28, 2009Will Wakefield be back in 2010?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...add another starter this winter, perhaps one of those low-cost, (potentially) high-reward guys like John Smoltz and Brad Penny. Well, forget the speculating. Of course they'll enter spring training with more...
Blog | October 16, 2009Arroyo blames dirty old cap
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...6-1 Reds win Wednesday night, a Cardinals coach accused the pitcher of cheating. Cardinals starter John Smoltz said he had trouble gripping the ball. He tossed several out of play even before trying...
Blog | October 01, 2009Why do Red Sox want Billy Wagner?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...s there. For the same reasons, basically, that they devoted so much time and energy to John Smoltz. When you're the Red Sox and you can outspend (almost) everyone and out-think...
Blog | August 25, 2009Cardinals add Hall of Famer
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotFrom The Sporting News, a bit of insta-analysis of Cardinals' signing of John Smoltz: Smoltz The 42-year-old righthander is expected to serve as the Cardinals' fifth...
Blog | August 19, 2009Wednesday Wangdoodles
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...bull; Forget the draft. The Twins have opened up the talent pipeline from Germany. • With John Smoltz (by most accounts) about to sign with yet another club, Beyond the Box Score kicks the...
Blog | August 19, 2009Pedro still 'rusty' (at best)
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...reminded that there's a hidden downside of signing a guy like Pedro Martinez or John Smoltz. Both were supposedly signed as sort of insurance policies, but eventually both were given jobs not...
Blog | August 13, 2009Time for Mets' Niese to get his shot
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Freddy Garcia to be that depth. When the Red Sox did so using Brad Penny and John Smoltz, but also Justin Masterson and Clay Buchholz, the results were far different. So, when John Maine...
Blog | July 20, 2009Lowell out, Bailey (and Kotsay) in
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Jason Varitek, C 7. Rocco Baldelli, RF 8. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF 9. Jeff Bailey, 1B SP. John Smoltz, RHP Obviously, Bailey's not good ... but he's probably good enough. Bailey hasn...
Blog | June 30, 2009Friday Filberts
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...want a list of the biggest free-agent busts of 2009? Step right up, folks. • John Smoltz didn't finish with a pretty line in his Red Sox debut Thursday night. But...
Blog | June 26, 2009Boston's SP depth looking good
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...time to panic. And of course there's still Clay Buchholz. Wednesday night in Pawtucket, John Smoltz -- in his "final tune-up" before joining the big club -- started for the PawSox...
Blog | June 20, 2009Red Sox going to six starters?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...career win, and Tim Wakefield combining to go 15-5. And it gets even deeper with John Smoltz, who made his last rehab start, ready to tack onto the conga line. The Red Sox...
Blog | June 18, 2009Decision time for Theo
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...39; rotation since May 1 gives us a pretty good idea exactly who should be replaced when Smoltz returns: • Josh Beckett: 5-1, 2.52 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 50 Ks, 16 BB &bull...
Blog | June 16, 2009Boston's tale of nine SP
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Link-O-Rama about the Red Sox and -- with Brad Penny pitching well last night and John Smoltz supposedly starting next week -- their rotational surplus. What do you do with six starters? Well, you...
Blog | June 12, 2009Podcast: Baseball Today
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotA ton of pitching talk between Eric Karabell and Peter Pascarelli, including John Smoltz rejoining the Red Sox soon, the trade market and what the Mets are going to do...
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