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Digging through the NESN archives while the Red Sox are on break
Like Elaine Benes trying to become a submarine captain, I spent much of my winter eating a lot of bad sandwiches watching a lot of old NESN footage to uncover some gems from past broadcasts. I wanted the Pokey Leap from 2004, but also found That Catch Coco Made. And that wasn’t all. There were […]
Will the 2026 Red Sox continue to bear a striking resemblance to the 2009 Rockies?
The Red Sox season changed dramatically back on April 25th when the team fired Alex Cora and appointed Chad Tracy as interim manager. However, their initial trajectory did not. Starting seven games under .500 when Tracy took over, the team fell another seven games under .500 over the next eight weeks. (It certainly hasn’t helped […]
Red Sox News & Links: Ceddanne Rafaela challenges Craig Breslow to buy at trade deadline
Ceddanne Rafaela didn’t have a particularly impactful All-Star Game performance. But he did get a chance to reconnect with one of his baseball heroes and mentors. Fellow Curacaoan/defensive genius Andruw Jones was also in Philadelphia, and the two met up and talked for well over an hour. “I like everything I see,” Jones said of […]
Today on OTM: Remember Triston Casas?
With Willson Contreras having emerged to become the face of the franchise, it’s fun to look way back in the archives. Like, remember Triston Casas? Whatever happened to that guy? But seriously, when does Casas ever return to the Sox, even if he somehow miraculously stays healthy? Does he ever?
Red Sox acquire Jahmai Jones in trade with Tigers
Who is he and where did he come from? He’s Jahmai Fitzgerald Jones and he comes from suburban Atlanta, which seemingly produces more baseball talent than just about anywhere else in America right now (though the most notable alumn from his prep school is former Pats center David Andrews). Jones was a second round draft […]
Patrick Sandoval is – suddenly and surprisingly – an important part of the Red Sox rotation
The Boston Red Sox, for lack of a better term, have been pitching their dicks off. You know this is typed and not a live performance, right? Like, you could ask someone for a better term or at least think on it for a little while, Jake. Fine. I lied. It’s not because I lack […]
The problem with, but not the solution for MLB’s All-Star game
If there’s one word I’d use to describe tonight’s All-Star game, it would be forgettable. Eleven different American League pitchers joined forces to shut out the National League without a single one of them recording more than three outs. Combined, the two teams used 20 different pitchers, and 19 of them only allowed one run […]
Willson Contreras, Ceddanne Rafaela & Aroldis Chapman take the field for Red Sox in the All-Star Game
It’s the Midsummer Classic tonight in Philadelphia, just a few weeks after America’s 250th birthday. Is that why it’s in Philadelphia? Who knows? The Red Sox have several representatives this year, which is kind of crazy given how most of this season has gone. Ceddanne Rafaela, Willson Contreras, and Aroldis Chapman are representing the team […]
Top-5 Red Sox All-Star Game moments… post-1999
When your franchise is decades older than the very first iteration of your sport’s all-star event, you’re bound to have some iconic players making some key plays during the league’s premier mid-year showcase. The Boston Red Sox are no exception to that. Over 125 seasons and……….well, a lot of All-Stars later (I ain’t counting all […]
Do we like the new Home Run Derby format?
Hello and happy All-Star Game day, folks. The 96th Midsummer Classic in Philadelphia begins at 8 p.m. EST tonight…or at least that’s what we’re being told. I’m sure it’ll be a much later start time, but I digress. Before the game, we had the Home Run Derby last night! The Red Sox’s own Willson Contreras […]
The Red Sox 9-game winning streak doesn’t make any sense… and that’s why it’s so beautiful
On paper, this cross-country road trip is where even the most optimistic Red Sox fans were supposed to reach a capitulation point. Despite a mostly successful 5-2 homestand to close out June against the Yankees and Nationals, reality and time were growling at the door in the form of an abysmal record and the aggressively […]
The Odyssey of Willson Contreras in a repaired, electric Home Run Derby
The main takeaway of this year’s Home Run Derby: The new format gives plaers 20 swings in the first round and 15 thereafter, unless the final swing results in a homer, in which it can continue to infinite swings. Minus a Stanley Kubrick- or David Fincher-type possessing the skills of Kenny Lofton, this is an […]
Red Sox Minor Lines: Mikey Romero walks it off
Worcester: W, 6-5 (F/10) (BOX SCORE) What’s better than finishing off the pre-All Star break series against Rochester (Nationals AAA) with a walk-off win? Doing so while holding off a late rally on a day where both teams combined for 15 pitchers used. The bullpen held the Red Wings scoreless for six innings, but the […]
What do the Red Sox do with Brayan Bello now?
After not exactly lighting the world on fire in AAA, Brayan Bello nonetheless returned to the big leagues yesterday. And he shoved: 4.1 IP, 5 K, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB. So the obvious question is: what now? The Red Sox do have room in the rotation — at least for now — with […]
Is it time for the Red Sox to go shopping at the trade deadline?
For the next few weeks we’ll be doing some theorizing on optimal returns at the trade deadline as the Red Sox look to do another teardown amidst a hopeless season. Except the season might not be hopeless anymore. The Red Sox swept the Yankees, then dropped two of three at home to the Nationals—nobody is […]
High school power hitter Martin Shelar highlights Red Sox day 2 draft
Those hoping hoping to see the Sox splash the cash on some hard-to-sign candidates on day 2 of the MLB Draft were immediately disappointed, as the Red Sox spent their fifth round pick on Lucas Davenport, a pitcher out of Baylor University who was unranked by both Baseball America and MLB Pipeline heading into the […]
Red Sox Cap Off First-Half Win Streak With Comeback Against Mets
What’s happening? That game didn’t feel real. The Red Sox are on an unbelievable winning streak, but for eight innings today, it felt like a game that happened in April, May, or even June. The team only managed four base runners over the first eight innings, and only one of them advanced past first base. […]
Red Sox Go For Sweep Of Mets In Series, First Half Finale
Happy Sunday, folks. It’s pretty lame that the showrunners decided to take a break in the middle of the season as soon as things got good. The Red Sox have won 13 of their last 15 and are sitting just 0.5 game back of the playoff picture with one game remaining before the All-Star break. […]
Willson Contreras has been exactly what the Red Sox needed
The Heartbeat of Fenway In a grueling 162-game season, conventional wisdom says players should keep an even keel and remember it’s a marathon, not a sprint. Willson Contreras defies that rule every single day, playing at a full, unapologetic boil. Since arriving in Boston via trade from the St. Louis Cardinals, he has been exactly […]
Red Sox Draft Day 2, Franklin Arias in the Futures Game
Day 1 of the MLB Draft is in the books. If you’re internet smart, you know that the Red Sox completely blew it by going way underslot with their first round pick and then failing to use that savings by going overslot on either of their next two picks. If you’re actually smart, you know […]
Red Sox beat Mets 4-0, somehow win 8th in a row
I can’t explain this. Sorry. Look elsewhere. Talk to a priest. Read some tea leaves. Walk the Himalayan foothills and hope the universe reveals its secrets. The Red Sox won their eighth straight game today. They did this behind a minor league reliever making his second big league appearance. They did this with a quad-A […]
Red Sox select Jace Mataczynski with 96th pick in MLB Draft
The Red Sox draft team is done for the day and is now free to enjoy the World Cup. With the 96th overall pick, they selected Jace Mataczynski, a high school shortstop out of Hudson, Wisconsin. With the major caveat that one of them came out of college and the other high school, there are […]
Red Sox select Owen Hull with 67th pick in MLB Draft
After their shock first round pick of Jake Scheffner, an infielder no one projected to go anywhere near as low as #20, the Red Sox went conventional with their second pick. Owen Hull, an outfielder out of North Carolina (Just like Scheffner! Craig Breslow’s pursuing the super friends strategy!) was ranked 67th by MLB Pipeline, […]
Red Sox make shock pick at #20 in the first round of the MLB Draft: Jake Schaffner out of UNC
Jake Schaffner, a speed demon of an infielder out of the University of North Carolina, was ranked just the 98th-best prospect in this draft by Baseball America. MLB Pipeline had him at #75. Keith Law of the The Athletic at #79. Craig Breslow, apparently, thinks he’s a lot better than that, as he made Schaffner […]
Eduardo Rivera – not Brayan Bello – starts as Red Sox go for 8 in a row against Mets
Brayan Bello has not, apparently, fallen back in love with Baseball, as Craig Breslow hoped he would. Or maybe he’s fallen in love with Worcester. Either way, he will not be starting today in place of the injured Ranger Suárez. Instead, the Sox are handing the ball to Eduardo Rivera, who has made one appearance […]
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