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Sidelines: Red Sox rainout means answers to questions will have to wait The Opening Day postponement extends winter by one more day, Travis Lazarczyk writes. Share Members of the Boston Red Sox walk on the field before a March 1 spring training game against the Braves in Fort Myers, Fla. AP photo Postponed. This was going to be a column dissecting the Boston Red Sox effort on Opening Day. How did starting pitcher Nate Eovaldi do? Did Bobby Dalbec strike out three times or did he hit one into the sun? Instead, around 9 a.m. Thursday morning, the Red Sox leadership peeked at the sky and pulled the chute. Opening Day was postponed. In a year in which families across the world have delayed holidays and celebrations, here’s one more. Even though this was weather-related, not pandemic-related, it’s still a disappointment. Now, we wait until Friday to see how the Red Sox fare against the Baltimore Orioles.
January 15, 2021 The Giants continued to remake their starting rotation this week, signing former Dodgers swingman Alex Wood to a one-year, $3 million contract. Wood’s low salary reflects the fact that he’s struggled over the last two seasons, accumulating -0.2 WAR in 48 1/3 innings, courtesy of a bleak 6.02 FIP. The catch is that he was not truly healthy in either campaign, missing much of 2019 with back issues and a chunk of ’20 with shoulder inflammation. While he’s never been the picture of perfect health — he hasn’t qualified for an ERA title since 2015 — he was a key contributor to the Braves and the Dodgers, and before his disappointing 2019, his worst FIP over a season was 3.69 in ’15, a number many pitchers would be delighted to hit.
1989 Cubs Historical Heroes and Goats: Part 8 Share this story Getty Images Welcome back to our look back at the 1989 Cubs. I’ve told you from the start that the 1989 season was not one that featured a straight line to the top. I’ve prepared you for ups and downs. In part six of our series, the Cubs suffered some injuries and dropped all five games in the week. They righted the ship though and in part seven, we saw that they won the first five games of the week before dropping the sixth to end the week. All of the ups and downs had them yo-yoing between first and fourth place before settling into a tie for second at the end of the week, just half a game out of first. As we turn our attention to week eight of the season, we find the Cubs halfway through a two-city, six-game trip. They started out nicely winning two of three in Cincinnati. This week will start out with those final three games and they’ll be played in Houston. For as long as I can remember, Houston was not a fun place for the Cubs to visit and usually they have gotten much, much more bad than good out of games there. After the trip to Houston, they’ll head home and play three more with the Reds, this time at home.