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What will make this Red Sox season a success?
A season ago, the Red Sox finished third in the American League East, winning 89 games. This season, depending on the result of a final game at Tropicana Field against the Chicago Cubs (a real sentence), the team will win 87 or 88 games. Last year, Boston was the 5-seed playing at the New York […]
Red Sox News & Links: Sox-Yankees playoff series set… but arm injury will keep Mickey Gasper out of it
As sleuthed out by our own Jacob Roy prior to last night’s game, the Red Sox-Cubs series has officially been moved to Tampa. Despite the fact that the teams flew out last night, though, the final game of the season won’t take place until Sunday at 3 PM, maintaining MLB’s recent practice of all 30 […]
Pitching reigns as Sox sweep rainy doubleheader vs. Cubs
Brayan Bello gave Boston four innings and handed it to rookie Jedixson Páez, who turned around and gave them five more. Combined: nine innings, seven hits, zero Cubs runs—nine innings they were lucky to get in, with the rain circling Fenway all afternoon. David Peterson matched Bello through five for Chicago. Neither team did much […]
A Bello Game Two, don’t mind if we do!
INSERT SOMETHING RE FIRST GAME HERE Now we get starter Bello back on the mound! He looked incredible in Tampa and hopes to keep that momentum going for his final regular season start. ⚾️ First Pitch: 5:35 PM EDT – Fenway Park, Boston, MA 📺 TV: NESN 📻 Radio: WEEI
Roman Anthony rakes as Red Sox take Game 1 vs. Cubs
Alec Gamboa is not a starter. At least not at the Major League level caliber. But when the Red Sox needed someone to open a doubleheader on the last Friday of the regular season, they handed it to him anyway—and the Cubs made him pay for it quickly. Tyrone Taylor doubled in the first inning […]
It’s Game One of a double header Fenway Friday!
It wouldn’t be the 2026 Red Sox season if their final series could possibly be a show and go, right? The nor’easter impending arrival in New England is going to rock the region with snow and rain, which forced MLB’s hand into preempting the weather with a double header! The problem is there’s still one […]
Red Sox and Cubs probably play three games to conclude season; unclear how many will be at Fenway Park
Another series, another run of silent bats. But Ceddanne Rafaela returned and played in two-of-three against the Cleveland Guardians. The Cubs did clinch their playoff berth Thursday. So they are looking for seeding. Likewise, while the Red Sox are probably the second Wild Card, though there is a scenario where they fall to the third […]
Red Sox News & Links: Willson Contreras may miss start of playoffs
The Red Sox begin the postseason on Tuesday and have scored just 5 runs over the last 5 games. In other words, now would be a great time for the team’s best offensive contributor to return to a lineup that desperately needs a spark. But unless a miracle happens over the weekend, things aren’t looking […]
Chad Tracy made history with the Red Sox… and followed in his father’s footsteps
The Red Sox are officially playoff bound thanks to a historic turnaround from a slow start to the season and a redirection under interim and now full-time manager Chad Tracy. The fact that Tracy made history – and even more impressively family history – is still pretty mind-boggling, even though I wrote about it on […]
Bats go quiet as Red Sox drop penultimate series to Guardians
The Red Sox and Guardians flipped 1-0 finals over the last two days with Cleveland taking the win Thursday night to clinch an American League playoff spot. Boston’s bats had next to nothing going offensively again, an ongoing issue this month that’s sparked varying levels of concern heading into postseason play next week. Here’s three […]
Ranger Suárez makes final regular season start with series win on the line
TV: NESN First Pitch: 6:45 p.m. ET The Red Sox would love to have some more momentum prior to the playoffs as they wrap up the penultimate regular season. Ranger Suárez would love to continue his own momentum with a 0.92 ERA in September. The left-hander is historically dependable in the playoffs and he can […]
Red Sox News & Links: Ceddanne Rafaela dodges injury scare, returns to lineup tonight
Keep those fingers crossed, but it looks like we may have dodged the worst case scenario in the Ceddanne Rafaela injury department. Ceddy spoke after the game last night and downplayed the severity of the incident, saying the he only experienced a little cramping, possibly due to dehydration. “Every time I get pulled out of […]
The looming nor’easter may still disrupt the Red Sox-Cubs doubleheader on Friday
The plan as of right now is for the Red Sox and Cubs to play a double header on Friday with start times of 1:05pm and 6:05 pm in an effort to get as much baseball in as possible before the onset of this weekend’s nor’easter. This is going to be a highly interesting scenario […]
Would you rather the Red Sox fall to the 6th seed and face the Rangers/Astros?
Good morning! As Matt lays out today, there is a very slight possibility that the Red Sox fall to the third Wild Card slot, thus avoiding the first round Yankees matchup that has seemed all but inevitable for weeks now. Instead of Yankee Stadium, the Sox would head out west to face either the Rangers […]
There’s still a slight chance the Red Sox don’t play the Yankees in the Wild Card round
We’ve spent much of the last week discussing how the Red Sox won’t be playing much baseball in Boston this weekend thanks to an impending nor’easter. But what if I were to tell you it’s also still possible (however unlikely) that they might not be playing much baseball in New York next week either? Don’t […]
Ceddanne Rafaela injured as Red Sox beat Guardians 1-0
You’re so goddamn cruel, baseball. Here’s how tonight’s game began: Yup, that’s our old friend Ceddanne Rafaela — who has been MIA over the last three weeks with a quadriceps injury — announcing his return with authority. It took him precisely three pitches to find himself back exactly where he belongs: lying face down on […]
Ceddanne/Superman return in Guardians vs Red Sox
The Red Sox and Guardians may not have as flashy of a pitching showdown as Payton Tolle vs. Payton Messick on Tuesday night, but Sonny Gray, who leads the team – nay, the American League – in wins, with 17, and strikeout threat Foster Griffin face off. As the Red Sox bought at the deadline, […]
Erik Miller’s control issues are resurfacing at the wrong time for the Red Sox
When I look back on the 2004 ALCS, the most visceral moments — and by “visceral” I’m talking about the moments I felt in my bones, the ones that changed my body chemistry as I was watching — had nothing to do with David Ortiz. They had nothing to do with Curt Schilling, either, or […]
Red Sox News & Links: Sox and Cubs to play doubleheader Friday in face of nor’easter uncertainty
On Monday, OTM weather guru Matt Gross warned us all about the scheduling chaos that could be headed our way if Boston gets hit by a nasty ol’ nor’easter this weekend. As Matt’s piece flew around the internet, it immediately led to speculation that MLB might move the games in an attempt to avoid what […]
How much does this week matter for the Red Sox?
Happy Wednesday, OTM readers! For the Red Sox, this week’s games are largely meaningless. They’re all but locked into the fifth seed, with a trip to the Bronx waiting for them in the Wild Card round. So, are you watching the games this week? Last night, for the first time in a long time, I […]
Is Red Sox pitcher Ranger Suarez postseason ready?
If you sign a pitcher to a $130 million contract, you’re an MLB decision-maker (Hello! Hire me! I have good ideas and work fairly hard!) If you’re not an MLB decision-maker and have the capacity to read my first sentence without taking it literally, you’ll want that $130 million pitcher to pitch in big games. […]
Red Sox fall 3-2 to the Guardians in a game full of ominous signs
The result of tonight’s game doesn’t matter for the Red Sox. They’re locked into the postseason, they’re going on the road in the Wild Card series, and they can’t move up in the standings. However, there’s plenty of things that happened within this game I really, really didn’t like. Chief among them were: I want […]
Payton Tolle makes his final start before the postseason
Chad Tracy told us not to look very much into the order of the rotation this week, but it’s hard not to note that Payton Tolle is starting tonight exactly one week before the Wild Card series begins, and Sonny Gray and Ranger Suarez are set to go tomorrow and Thursday. That feels like a […]
Red Sox prepare for Wild Card; Cleveland Guardians arrive for penultimate series of 2026
We’re down to the last week of the regular season. The final few games are thankfully at Fenway Park after the Sox completed their final road trip of the year last week. First up are the Cleveland Guardians. The Red Sox last saw them in May, when Boston took two of three while scoring 9 […]
Red Sox News & Links: Chad Tracy named manager, Craig Breslow extended
Is this remotely surprising? Chad Tracy and the Red Sox have agreed to a three-year deal that will make him the team’s 49th full-time manager, hopefully at least through the 2029 season. At the same time, Red Sox ownership has exercised the 2029 and 2030 options it held on Craig Breslow’s contract, giving him the […]
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