You can follow Carpenter on Twitter: @ccarp37 So we finally know who we’ll be getting in exchange for letting Theo head out to Chicago… Chris Carpenter, Cubs pitcher. Our new Chris Carpenter even has the same middle name (John) as the other Chris Carpenter, but ours is ten years younger. Hopefully he can live up to the other Chris Carpenter in time – he seems to have had a promising start. Just twenty-six years old, Carpenter broke into the bigs at the end of last season, and tossed 9.2 innings over ten games, recording a 2.79 ERA, 7 walks, and…

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I think you all know how I feel about Tim Wakefield. He’s been a part of the Red Sox since I was five years old.  I literally cannot remember a Red Sox team without Wake tossing the knuckler. But it was time. Tim had a terrible second half last year, going 2-5 post All Star break, and he only won 4 games in 2010, with 10 losses. However, Wakefield has been well worth the few stinkers over the last few years, as he’s been instrumental for seventeen. Wake has been a starter, a middle-reliever, a mop-up guy, and even a…

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I’ve waited long enough to see if we’ll be getting any new and exciting pitching additions – Spring Training is fast approaching (and Lester is already in camp!), so it’s high time to finish out the 2012 projections. LHP Jon Lester:2011 projection: 14-9, 31 starts, 204 IP, 3.53 ERA, 82 BB, 193 SO2011: 15-9, 31 starts, 191.2 IP, 3.47 ERA, 75 BB, 182 SO2012 projection: 15-9, 31 starts, 192 IP, 3.61 ERA, 74 BB, 180 SOI thought James was being too pessimistic about Lester in his projection for 2011, and he turned out to be pretty much right on the…

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