Meet the Mets According to reports, the Mets are hiring Red Sox director of pitching Justin Willard to become their next pitching coach. Before his current role in Boston, the 35-year-old previously spent a number of years as a minor league coach and coordinator in the Twins organization. The Mets hired Rachel Folden to serve […]
From Amazin' Avenue
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2025 In A Discarded-On-The-Dugout-Floor Nutshell He looked calm, cool, and collected at the Major Leagues level— but he still needs to find a way to stay on the field. The Good I don’t know if this was the supposed Alex Bregman influence or if this is just how Marcelo Mayer is as a player in […]
From Over the Monster
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Embrace it, folks, even if the Sox aren’t playing. This is what it’s all about — all those daydreams, imaginary at-bats, all of it.
From Over the Monster
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Wilyer Abreu churned out another 3 bWAR season in Boston. He might on the trading block. He might win another Gold Glove. He gets big hits. The Good Gold Glove defense. Abreu won the AL right field Gold Glove in 2024 and is a finalist for 2025. Back-to-back Gold Gloves isn’t nothing. It’s in fact […]
From Over the Monster
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Braves Franchise History 1999 – Braves coach Don Baylor is named as the new manager of the Chicago Cubs. MLB History 1894 – Charlie Sweeney, who pitched for the Providence Grays, St. Louis Maroons and Cleveland Blues is convicted of manslaughter in San Francisco, California. 1909 – The Boston Red Sox hire former Senators skipper […]
From Talking Chop
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2025 In A Discarded-On-The-Dugout-Floor Nutshell After spending over a year with a giant up-arrow attached to him, Kristian Campbell encountered numerous challenges at the big league level. A second-half surge in the minor leagues should provide continued hope for his future in Boston. The Good For starters, Campbell made the team out of camp, which […]
From Over the Monster
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2025 In A Discarded-On-The-Dugout-Floor Nutshell In a season that started with infield candidates ranging from Alex Bregman, Trevor Story, Kristian Campbell, Triston Casas, Rafael Devers, and Marcelo Mayer, David Hamilton managed to make it into 91 games. That’s way too many! His large presence in box scores is the byproduct of a tumultuous year in […]
From Over the Monster
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Seven years ago today, the Red Sox’ last World Series championship parade rolled through a Halloween riot of baseball fans. When will the next parade down Boylston be? We’ll have to wait at least a year. But either Dodgers or Blue Jays fans will be luckier than that. Will the Jays drop the curtain on […]
From Over the Monster
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It’s still tough to truly wrap your head around the season that Tyler Stephenson just had for the Cincinnati Reds, as a dive into the numbers sends you the four corners of the planet. His strikeout rate spiked over 11% to a career worst 33.9%, just one year removed from it being a career best […]
From Red Reporter
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In addition to Eduardo Rivera and Reidis Sena, the Red Sox have re-signed left-hander Michael Sansone to a minor league contract, according to Chris Hatfield of SoxProspects.com. Like Rivera and Sena, Sansone was slated to reach free agency next month but is now in line to return to the Red Sox organization in 2026. The … Continue reading "Red Sox re-sign LHP prospect Michael Sansone to minor league contract"
From Blogging the Red Sox
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Every year as a new season dawns, I do my best to come up with spur of the moment, lightly researched predictions for the upcoming season. I am not living completely under a rock, however, so these do tend to be hunches that accumulate over months of casual offseason observance of happenings around the league, […]
From Red Reporter
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2025 In A Discarded-On-The-Dugout-Floor Nutshell After a fantastic and endearing start to his career as starting first baseman of the Red Sox, Triston Casas struggled both offensively and defensively before rupturing his patella a month into the season, and is now a question mark going forward. The Good There is no better example of a […]
From Over the Monster
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2025 In A Discarded-On-The-Dugout-Floor Nutshell Speed demon continues to show smarts—even when his bat goes cold. Did he generate enough value to stay or enough value to be a part of a big trade package? The Good Jarren Duran continues to be an absolute speed demon and make teams pay for it. Not only was […]
From Over the Monster
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About four weeks ago, shortly after the Red Sox were eliminated, I wrote that I was rooting for the Blue Jays to win the World Series in one our Over The Monster group posts. There are several reasons for this, but one of which is I want another big spending team in the division not […]
From Over the Monster
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There’s a reason why it’s so rare that teams win back-to-back World Series. It’s Not Easy! The New York Yankees were the last team to pull off a repeat (actually their most recent was a three-peat) in 1998-2000. The last National League team to do it was the Big Red Machine in 1975-76. Diehard A’s […]
From Athletics Nation
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In addition to left-hander Eduardo Rivera, the Red Sox have re-signed right-hander Reidis Sena to a minor-league contract, according to MassLive.com’s Chris Cotillo. Like Rivera, Sena was slated to become a free agent next month but is now in line to return to the only organization he has ever known in 2026. The 24-year-old Dominican … Continue reading "Red Sox re-sign RHP prospect Reidis Sena to minor league contract"
From Blogging the Red Sox
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Ex-Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov knows what it feels like to arrive with expectation, a reputation, and an immediate demand to deliver. He’s been there twice, in fact. First at Tottenham Hotspur, where he took time to adapt to English football’s pace and intensity, and later at Manchester United, where his languid brilliance sometimes disguised […]
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From Paisley Gates
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2025 In A Discarded-On-The-Dugout-Floor Nutshell I’m not going to put his season in a discarded nutshell, because that’s what his season was itself. You should not care about Jordan Hicks’ results in 2025. Someone reading this, or someone reading the headline and nothing else, is going to see that he finished the season with a […]
From Over the Monster
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Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And […]
From Over the Monster
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Rogers flames out in the middle of the Jays win.
From Pension Plan Puppets
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The Red Sox have re-signed left-hander Eduardo Rivera to a minor league contract, according to Alex Speier of The Boston Globe. Rivera was slated to reach free agency next month, but is now tentatively in line to return to the organization he has spent the better part of the last two seasons with. The 22-year-old … Continue reading "Red Sox re-sign LHP prospect Eduardo Rivera to minor league contract"
From Blogging the Red Sox
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2025 stats w/SFG: 90 G, 395 PA, .236/.347/.460, .224 ISO, 29 K%, 14 BB%, 126 wRC+, 1.3 fWAR Phase 1 of the 9-phase master plan was a dud. Rafael Devers was not the quick download for a desperately needed offensive upgrade. At times, that rotating rainbow wait cursor seemed to spin endlessly next to his […]
From McCovey Chronicles
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Look, I know Shane Bieber is really good. I know that the Blue Jays, in general, are a really good team. They won the American League East! The same division with the Yankees, the Red Sox, and the ever-pesky Rays! And yet, it sort of feels like the series is over. The Dodgers lead 2-1, […]
From Royals Review
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Or maybe this is Game 5, since Game 3 went 18 innings. Shohei Ohtani goes up against Shane Bieber, and both teams are going to be needing their starters to go deep after the Jays pen had to throw 12+ innings yesterday and the Dodgers’ pen 13+ innings yesterday. 7:00 p.m. Central on Fox. Talk […]
From Lone Star Ball
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Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Reds fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. It’s somewhat hard to believe, but the Cincinnati Reds drafted catcher Tyler Stephenson in the 1st […]
From Red Reporter
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