The Major League Baseball Draft is all about value, and the Boston Red Sox know that well. Some of Boston's biggest draft successes came outside the first round.
The Boston Red Sox have had two American League Most Valuable Players since the year 2000, and fans miss both of them desperately. In 2008, it was second baseman Dustin Pedroia, who played the game as hard as anyone in baseball history.
Dustin Pedroia was around Reds camp on Monday and he introduced himself and his kids to Elly De La Cruz. Pedroia played for the Boston Red Sox under Terry Francona from 2006 to 2011 and remains one of Francona’s all-time favorite players.
When Alex Bregman signed his three-year, $120 million deal with the Boston Red Sox, the excitement surrounding his arrival was obvious. But what truly made Bregman’s transition to Boston special was his deep admiration for a former Red Sox great—Dustin Pedroia.
MLB has been holding its annual draft since 1965. Over that period, many of the No. 1 overall selections have gone on to have illustrious careers, while others have been complete busts. How many of them can you name in six minutes?
It's crunch time for fantasy baseball managers as we head into the final two months of the regular season. These 25 players could make all the difference as pickups or acquisitions for fantasy rosters.
When it comes to fantasy baseball, and fantasy sports in general, everyone is always trying to find the next potential star player who nobody else is aware of.
How do the two systems treat these two second basemen differently? I make no bones about the fact that the Hall of Fame Index is not completely revolutionary.
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announced the next class of Hall of Famers on Tuesday and unfortunately former Boston Red Sox star Dustin Pedroia didn't make the cut.
Rookie of the Year, league MVP, two-time World Series Champion, Silver Slugger, and Gold Glover. Major League Baseball careers don’t get much more decorated than that.
Boston Red Sox’s two-time World Series champion second baseman Dustin Pedroia was named to Cooperstown’s Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, but will the four-time All-Star receive enough votes to get in?
There are only 20 second basemen in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and two former Sun Devil infielders now have a chance to join that exclusive group.
The Boston Red Sox never used to have to worry about the second base position. Now, they can't seem to solve it. For about a decade, former American League Most Valuable Player Dustin Pedroia locked down second base in Boston with his trademark dirt dog mentality.
Plus, let the Dustin Pedroia Hall of Fame campaign begin! More bad injury news in a season of bad injury news: Tyler O’Neill has returned to Boston to undergo an MRI on his sore knee.
The Red Sox play the Orioles today, and I have to be honest: whenever the Sox play the Os, I don’t think of Jim Palmer or Old Bay seasoning or the fact that Dwight Evans should have never been an Oriole.
As we sit on our hands (just like the Red Sox) and wait for our favorite baseball team to bring in or develop the the stars of tomorrow (Yoshinobu Yamamoto, anybody?
In total, Pedroia ends his historic career with three World Series titles, four Gold Gloves, four All-Star appearances, one Silver Slugger award, one MVP award and a Wilson Defensive Player of the Year award.
As we come down the stretch of the 2019 season, it's inevitable that some players in MLB are reaching their final days in baseball. These 10 players could be wrapping up their careers this fall.