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Red Sox News & Links: Garrett Crochet progressing towards return from shoulder injury
Starting pitching has not been the Red Sox problem in 2026. And with Payton Tolle performing well and Brayan Bello possibly bouncing back thanks to the use of an opener, the staff has more than held its own in the absence of Garrett Crochet. But Crochet isn’t taking any chances. Yesterday, he completed his first […]
Red Sox Minor Lines: Brooks Brannon shows up with home run
Worcester: W, 6-2 (BOX SCORE) Although the WooSox again had to go to a bullpen game, nearly everyone pitched well and kept the Bison (Blue Jays AAA) off the board. Worcester then subjected Buffalo to death by a thousand cuts, as all nine of their hits were singles, but a good third inning where they […]
The Red Sox trading for Mike Trout might actually make sense
On Tuesday, radio ratings connoisseur Mike Felger dropped this whopper as it pertains to Mike Trout and the Red Sox: The best part of the clip comes right in the middle, when Felger rattles off the reasons his slippery source believes a blockbuster trade of this magnitude is possible. All are significant enough for a […]
Will The Red Sox and Phillies get rained out?
Below is a loop of this morning’s HRRR weather model simulating conditions over the northeast U.S. between Noon and Midnight: As you can see, there’s going to be a strong southerly fetch of moisture off the Atlantic into eastern New England for several hours during the afternoon and early evening. However, around sunset, the orientation […]
Red Sox 3, Phillies 1: Ceddanne Rafaela is the hero off the bench!
The Red Sox won a baseball game in which they didn’t obtain an early lead!!!! If you want to learn more, continue reading! STUDS Willson Contreras: I’ve always been a fan of dudes who play good defense and hit, which isn’t exactly shocking information but there haven’t been very many of them around these parts […]
Game 42: Phillies at Red Sox; Willson Contreras returns to the lineup
TV: NESN First Pitch: 6:45 p.m. ET The Red Sox and Phillies will tell us a lot about themselves during Wednesday’s matchup at Fenway Park. Boston and Philadelphia both notably fired their managers three weeks ago, with the former treading water (7-7) since dismissing Alex Cora in favor of Chad Tracy, while the latter has […]
Red Sox Bingo is here! Win a prize!
Last year, Dan and I recorded a pre-season podcast where we drafted spots for a Red Sox Bingo card that we never ended up making. I never ended up making. It was me. Despite that, we recorded a pre-season podcast this year where we drafted spots for a Red Sox Bingo card that I never […]
Can the Red Sox make ABS challenges work for them?
Were you excited about the ABS challenge system at the start of the season? Did you think Craig Breslow’s “pitching and defense team” would be taking advantage of a new tool to help them reach the playoffs again? Well, so far challenges aren’t really a Red Sox thing. Whether this was an Alex Cora decision […]
Red Sox Minor Lines: A tough offensive night on the farm
Worcester: L, 2-7 (BOX SCORE) As has often been the case due to the fact that so many of their Opening Day rotation members are now pitching in Boston, the WooSox ran into some early trouble and it didn’t get any better as the night went on. Raymond Burgos gave up three early runs (though […]
What do the Red Sox have in Jake Bennett?
Pitching injuries happen. They have always happened, and they always will happen. That’s why when someone says “there’s no such thing as too much pitching”, they’re correct, regardless of how much pitching that team actually has. You could have a rotation of prime Clayton Kershaw, Justin Verlander, Pedro Martinez, Cy Young, and Randy Johnson, and […]
The Red Sox really, really cannot hit
Good morning! The Boston Red Sox have scored just four runs in their last three games. It is now abundantly clear that this is not a good offensive team. Moreover, it won’t be a good offensive team even if we see a little bit of a bounce back from Trevor Story, Caleb Durbin, Carlos Narvaez, […]
Phillies 2, Red Sox 1: Brayan Bello’s bounce back squandered by bleak bats
For some reason, I’m not anywhere near as angry as I should be after another loss in which the Red Sox lineup looked like it was reenacting something out of the Deadball Era. Tonight, some of the highlights lowlights included: But do you know what surprised me the most about tonight? The Red Sox almost […]
Game No. 41: Phillies at Red Sox — Brayan Bello tries to do it again
One of the old adages in Major League Baseball is that all teams win a third of their games, all teams lose a third of their games, and it’s that middle third that separates pretenders from the contenders. Well, let’s just say that on paper, this is one of the games that looks like a […]
Red Sox News & Links: Giving thanks for rookie starters
The Red Sox and Phillies have had similar starts to the season: they’re two big ballclubs with big aspirations who both immediately fell on their faces, prompting two managerial firings. And while the Phillies have done a better job righting the ship under their new skipper than the Sox have, they’ll both share some history […]
The Red Sox need to move on from Trevor Story
The Boston Red Sox are mid… I’ll be the first to admit that it’s looking like “mid” might be enough to secure one of the final playoff spots in the American League in 2026, but you aren’t exactly allowed to fall under that distinction when you’re routinely trotting out suboptimal lineups, unable to play the […]
Phillies meet Red Sox in battle of struggling teams with new managers
Despite their best efforts — and the effort was there on Sunday by Payton Tolle and others — the Red Sox lost another series. This time to the Tampa Bay Rays. The Sox briefly rose to 4th place in the AL East before the Sox dropped the series, the Orioles won, and Boston returned to […]
How do you feel about MLB’s balanced schedule?
Happy Tuesday, Red Sox Nation. The Red Sox start a three-game series with the Philadelphia Phillies today. It marks the fifth National League opponent the Red Sox have played over the first month of the season. The balanced schedule has been around for a few years now, with fewer divisional games and everyone playing everyone, […]
Red Sox News & Links: Injury updates on Ranger Suárez, Roman Anthony
For all the consternation about Caleb Durbin’s bat, at least his glove appears to working just fine. “Not hitting stinks when you feel like you’re a good hitter and you feel like you should be helping the team and producing on that side of the ball, but I know I can impact the game outside […]
Red Sox Minor Lines: Anthony Eyanson makes first Double-A start, Franklin Arias rakes
Worcester: L, 2-3 (BOX SCORE) Alec Gamboa went from making his Major League debut earlier in the weekend to pitching five innings of one-run baseball for the WooSox in the finale against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Yankees AAA). Unfortunately, Jack Anderson would come in and let up what would become the game-losing home run, but let’s not pin […]
Behind an improving Jarren Duran, the Red Sox are making progress
Well I guess that was technically better? Maybe the very nature of an awful start makes the pickings pretty slim, but we gotta take whatever we can get at this point, right? Dropping the set to Tampa obviously stings, but that was still a 4-2 record this week. That’s……………..improvement, I suppose. Even if the bar […]
Today on OTM: How are YOU spending your off night?
Hello and happy Monday, folks. Hope you enjoyed your weekend—shout out to all of the mothers out there. The Red Sox do not have a game tonight! They’re gonna be playing the Philadelphia Phillies next, but that series will begin on Tuesday. So, we’ve got ourselves a good ol’ fashioned off night tonight. My question […]
Red Sox 1, Rys 4: Momentum Ends On Mother’s Day
Coming off the first sweep of the season, the Red Sox seemed to have some momentum and a chance to win over some fans with a home series against the Tampa Bay Rays. While the Rays’ roster isn’t full of superstars, they’ve played really good baseball over the first month of the season, making them […]
Game No. 40: Rays at Red Sox — Payton Tolle takes the mound in emotional Mother’s Day outing
Sometimes the universe — and especially the baseball universe — just lines things up in beautiful, unexpected ways. Today, Payton Tolle is starting on Mother’s Day because the most powerful mother of all — Mother Nature — decided the Red Sox and Rays weren’t going to play their game yesterday when Tolle was originally schedule […]
Red Sox News & Links: Justin Slaten returns, hopes to steady bullpen
With all of the consternation about Greg Weissert’s performance lately, it’s worth remembering that he’s not supposed to be a high-leverage reliever. But the mercurial nature of bullpens means that the Red Sox frequently have no choice but to use pitchers who don’t inspire the utmost confidence. But at least the Sox can now knock […]
Rays at Red Sox: Postponed
UPDATE: The game has been postponed and will be made up as part of a split doubleheader on July 17. This may be stating the obvious, but weather will be a factor in this game, folks. (It’s sunny here in Seattle!) The Sox and Rays will either play through some serious bouts of rain this […]
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