Dean Roussel

1 day ago | overthemonster.com | Dean Roussel

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images What an exhilarating win that was last night. After some rocky starts during his rehab stint, Brayan Bello gutted out five emotional innings and the relief did not let up. What can that teach us about how Cooper Criswell gutted out five innings of his own last night? Well... we’ll let you be the judge. Let’s get into it.

3 days ago | overthemonster.com | Dean Roussel

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images The bullpen may have soiled the game for the Red Sox in a pre-Marathon Monday bout, but relief pitching wasn’t very consequential in the farm’s games... especially not for Worcester, where some thunderous bats continued their hot streak, giving possible implications to some perhaps dire replacements... but the question becomes, when, how and, to a lesser degree, why? Let’s get into it.

5 days ago | overthemonster.com | Dean Roussel

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images The Red Sox won in their yellows, and well, you read the headline, so I could say anything in this section: Pluto was named a planet again; I’ve acquired a bridge in Brooklyn and I’m renaming it the Manny Ramirez Bridge; snails breathe through their feet (that one is true...) Have fun discussing if Vaughn Grissom, who’s logged time at first and third base this week, could be useful back in the Major Leagues, or when Marcelo Mayer will make...

1 week ago | overthemonster.com | Dean Roussel

If you take yesterday’s date, 4/16, it reduces to 1/4. As in, one-fourth of the teams we usually cover had a one-day postponement due to, uh, cold weather. Rochester (Nationals AAA) had some wind squalls that may have made baseball unplayable, or at least, unwatchable: 37 degrees at game time with 25 mile-per-hour wind gusts. They play a double-header today: Cooper Criswell gets the ball at 3:35. Onto games that were played...

1 week ago | overthemonster.com | Dean Roussel

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images Are you still pontificating over whether the Red Sox current infield structure is working for them, or whether it’s time to promote the remaining two members of the Big Three Four Three? Well, look no further than these Minor Lines, which saw one of them get on base five times on Tuesday night, and still another well-discussed prospect collect four hits and three RBI.