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Red Sox Go For Sweep Of Angels Behind All-Star Ranger Suarez
Series almost always end on Sunday, just because that’s how the schedule works. Being the Sunday recap guy, I often have the series-deciding game. After winning the first two games against the Angels, tonight’s game will be the 5th straight weekend series in which the Red Sox are trying to complete the sweep (if you […]
Red Sox News & Links: Suárez, Chapman named All-Stars; Gray, Rafaela, Contreras snubbed
Last place teams don’t really have the right to complain about All-Star snubs. Nevertheless, Willson Contreras, Ceddanne Rafaela, and Sonny Gray are free to feel at least a little aggrieved in being left off the American League All-Star team, the roster of which was revealed last night. Ranger Suárez and Aroldis Chapman — both worthy […]
Sox lead the entire way courtesy of big hits; win 8-1
Recap In the first inning, with two baserunners due to walks, Willson Contreras whaled a no-doubter to left and the Sox never looked back. The Sox had steady traffic on the bases, working some long at-bats and drawing six walks, three of which led to runs. They also benefitted from being hit by pitches (twice […]
Red Sox at Angels; keep it rolling as Gray takes mound
The Red Sox have established a tradition of winning on the Fourth of July. Having Sonny Gray on the mound tonight brings confidence that the Sox can post another W. We will see one or two of the Red Sox three All Stars tonight: Ceddanne Rafaela (reserve) of course starts in center tonight for the […]
Rearranging the Sock Drawer: Do the Red Sox send Sonny Gray elsewhere?
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 tear down amidst a hopeless season. This week, it’s Sonny Gray—and unlike last week’s Chapman conversation, this one comes with a wrinkle. Week two of Sock Drawer. Last week it […]
Bennett and Offense Cruise to 5-2 Win; Chapman breaks MLB strikeout record
Recap On a huge sports day—a near-upset that would have made FIFA history between Argentina and Cape Verde, Novak Djokovic tying a record at Wimbledon, the Cardinals clobbering the rival Cubs 17-1, Tour de France regulations put in place due to extreme heat, Taylor Swift’s wedding—this late-night match-up between the lowly Red Sox and Angels […]
Red Sox at Angels; Contreras to play during appeal
While this is a night-owl game at the start of a holiday weekend, there are reasons to tune in. Can Jake Bennett, who looked great against the Yankees, do it again? Can the Red Sox unleash some emotion on the Angels? This is a good time to get something going, in a season that’s running […]
Red Sox start road trip in Anaheim to face Angels as Contreras suspension looms large
After a feel-good four-game sweep of the Yankees, the Washington Nationals were the next challenge and after winning game one the Sox crashed hard. We don’t need to go into the next two games eccept for the impact on the road trip: No Willson Contreras, essentially. For the most important stretch of the season remaining […]
Red Sox Minor Lines: Hickey’s two big flies power the Woo Sox
Worcester Red Sox 7, Syracuse Mets 5 (BOX) It was bombs away for the Woo Sox on Thursday, hitting four home runs on the day, two of which came off the bat of Nathan Hickey. Hickey’s first home run, as well as Mickey Gasper’s, were off of Mets prospect Jonah Tong. Tong (5.90 ERA) has […]
How many wins will it take to make the AL playoffs?
With the playoffs expanded to six teams, it’s not surprising for the final spot to go to a team near .500. Just last year, the Cincinnati Reds won a tiebreaker over the New York Mets to grab the final spot at 83-79. In the good old days (before 2022), the San Diego Padres would have […]
Ready for Fireworks? Red Sox on schedule for Fourth of July treat
The 2026 season has become all about finding a few reasons to crack a smile during arguably the worst Red Sox campaign of the 21st century. Those would include the remarkable work of the starting rotation as well as the unexpected yet rather pleasant four-game sweep of the New York Yankees at Fenway Park. Boston […]
Red Sox News & Links: The Willson Contreras-Cade Cavelli fallout looms over road trip
Well, we now have (temporary) closure on the Willson Contreras/Cade Cavalli incident. Major League Baseball has suspended both players for seven games, with Contreras’s suspension being specifically linked to behavior “during and following” the episode, meaning, i.e., that he’s being punished both for the helmet throw and for his subsequent social media post. Nate Eaton […]
Fun With Numbers: Counting down to the Red Sox trade deadline
The Red Sox have player 85 games. They have 77 games remaining until the end of the season. But the real end of the season might just be the trade deadline. In that respect, they have just 33 days remaining. That’s only 26 games. Sitting at 37-48, the Red Sox have some work to do […]
Red Sox Minor Lines: Yes, Franklin Arias hit another home run
Worcester: W, 6-5 (BOX SCORE) On Wednesday against the Mets, Brayan Bello had a start. It was… a start. It was fine. He allowed three runs, went five innings, throwing 50 strikes on 81 pitches, struck out six and didn’t walk anyone. The pitching staff as a whole hurled fourteen strikeouts and, aside from Noah […]
The 2026 Red Sox season should become the summer of Venezuela
In the closing innings of Sunday’s exhilarating and chaotic finale against the Yankees, a surreal series of events unfolded that one way or another should come to define the rest of the Red Sox season. It started in the top of the ninth inning when Wilyer Abreu launched this hideous throw to nowhere, directly leading […]
When will the next meaningful Red Sox baseball game occur at Fenway Park?
Yesterday, following a second straight loss to the increasingly unlikeable Washington Nationals, the Red Sox appropriately flew west into the setting sun to begin a nine game road trip. Their season is either on the brink, or already dead (depending on who you talk to), and their future is vastly uncertain. Looking ahead, the trade […]
Red Sox blown out by Nationals, drop final Fenway series before All-Star break
The Red Sox are fully back down to earth after the thrill of sweeping the Yankees. Boston fell to Washington 10-2 on Wednesday and dropped the series to the Nationals. The Red Sox ran out of momentum after they won the series opener. The starter didn’t have it in the finale and the bats resembled […]
Red Sox News & Links: Connelly Early to IL with elbow injury
Oh boy. After leaving last night’s game with elbow discomfort, Connelly Early has officially been placed on the 15-day IL with elbow inflammation. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but the team is downplaying it for now. “I’m personally not too concerned as of right now,” Early said last night, while Chad Tracy […]
Payton Tolle pushes for series win in first-half home finale
TV: NESN First Pitch: 1:35 p.m. ET The Red Sox play their final home game before the All-Star break while still waiting for any potential punishments from Tuesday’s scuffle with the Nationals. Willson Contreras, who was ejected in each of the last two games, is in Boston’s initial lineup in search of a second series […]
Red Sox Minor Lines: Yes, Franklin Arias hit another home run
Worcester: W, 15-5 (BOX SCORE) Those looking at Cade Cavalli shutting down the Red Sox and knowing that a lot of this roster is made up of depth pieces right now, as well as waiting to hear what is happening with Willson Contreras missing games, may get excited looking at the box score from Syracuse […]
Willson Contreras ejected for the second straight game after Cade Cavalli hurls racist remark from the mound
Cade Cavalli pitched brilliantly tonight, striking out 13 Red Sox hitters while only allowing one hit and no walks over seven superb innings. Unfortunately, that’s not what I’ll remember most about his unwanted presence at Fenway. Instead, it will be this comment he shouted at Willson Contreras after striking him out in the bottom of […]
Connelly Early leaves the Red Sox game against the Nationals with left elbow discomfort
The news you never want to hear about a young, blossoming pitcher has struck Connelly Early, who left tonight’s start against the Nationals after four shutout innings. Here’s Chris Cotillo with the post: Good updates almost never follow a pitcher leaving a start with “elbow discomfort,” and given the way Red Sox injury news almost […]
The Red Sox go for their sixth straight win tonight against the Washington Nationals
The Red Sox have a couple of streaks on the line tonight as they’ve won five games in a row and are also riding a string of 12 consecutive quality starts from their starters. Extending each will be tricky business though because the Nationals lead all of baseball in both runs scored and RBI. Even […]
Venezuelan Red Sox showing immense strength in the midst of tragedy following earthquakes
“It’s not easy just to show up and play with everything that’s going on in my country.” Willson Contreras didn’t mince words following the Boston Red Sox’ victory over the Washington Nationals on Tuesday, as shared by Tim Healey of The Boston Globe. It’s immensely difficult to operate under these circumstances, just as it is […]
Red Sox News & Links: Are the Red Sox actually trade deadline buyers now?
Life comes at you fast. The Red Sox, in the midst of a five-game win streak, remain deep under .500. And in a world in which the owners hadn’t spent the last 20 years devaluing the regular season in a blatant attempt to increase postseason revenue and justify slashing payroll, a team in the Red […]
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