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Red Sox News & Links: No surgery for Roman Anthony
Fitzy already took you through the highlights (such as they were) from yesterday’s press conference. We’ve gotten plenty used to the front office telling us about how pained they are by failing to meet their goals, so there wasn’t much actual news in that sense. But we did get some actual substantive information regarding Roman […]
What is a Red Sox fan supposed to do after the season ends?
Hello and happy Tuesday, folks. Hope your week’s off to a good start. Believe it or not, there’s no Red Sox game on today. Or tomorrow. Or any day for the foreseeable future, actually. That means we’ve got a good amount of free time on our hands. My question to you: How have you been […]
Craig Breslow & Sam Kennedy didn’t tell us anything we didn’t already know at the Red Sox end-of-season press conference
It’s hard to believe that the Red Sox were alive and well not so long ago, because I’ve been in a daze for the past week. Two straight ass beatings to bring your months-long habit to a screeching halt will do that to you, I suppose. Now with the Red Sox out, I’ve been coming […]
Bobby Dalbec had a great year in Japan
Good morning! It’s Monday, which sucks. And it’s the first Monday without Red Sox baseball since March, which sucks even more. But one thing I’m fond of reminding people is that baseball exists beyond the confines of the Major Leagues. The Yomiuri Giants finished the NPB regular season just 2 games behind their bitter rivals, […]
Jackson Chourio’s heroics provide a pleasing blueprint for Roman Anthony’s rehab
Baseball brings both horror and odd silver linings from unexpected places. In just the last handful of days, Roman Anthony’s been handed both. The first is the most obvious as the hand injury Anthony battled all year resurfaced and wrecked his first playoff appearance in merciless fashion. He now faces a long offseason of rehab […]
Playoff Roundup: Yankees narrowly escape getting no-hit
Saturday marked the first day of the divisional series, a round the Red Sox have not reached since 2021. For those tuned out of the playoffs since Boston’s exit, there are still plenty of storylines to watch. If you’re on team “I root for the Red Sox and whoever is playing the Yankees” you likely […]
The Red Sox Wild Card exit was no plot twist
I’m still processing all my feelings over here, and having gone through the Wild Card Series itself already, I find myself back at September’s regular-season games. We saw them go 12-12 on the month, as Chad Tracy allowed players to rest and conserve their energy for the postseason. I am starting to see their September […]
Red Sox News & Links: Mickey Gasper has surgery
The Red Sox season is over. But Red Sox injury news never stops! At least this is good-ish news: Mickey Gasper underwent successful “distal biceps tendon repair” surgery yesterday to fix his gnarly looking arm: It’s expected that it will take 4-6 months for Gasper to get back into game action, so it’s unclear whether he’ll […]
The Red Sox need a lineup overhaul. It’s complicated, though.
The Red Sox clearly weren’t couldn’t hit enough this year and the Yankees exposed that in glaring fashion in the postsesson. Boston added a real bat last offseason in Willson Contreras – who produced an All-Star season and did homer to produce one of just the two runs the Red Sox scored in the Wild […]
Craig Breslow started building the 2027 Red Sox in 2026
The Wild Card series against the Yankees was probably the worst way for the 2026 season to end. Everything that was a problem at any point – struggles to score runs, the bullpen, injuries – all happened at the same time and within a matter of minutes. Two games in a row ended the Red […]
Who do Red Sox fans want to win the World Series now?
Well, the playoff field is set and the Red Sox are no longer in it. We’ve got White Sox-Guardians and Yankees-Rays in the American League. Braves-Dodgers and Padres-Brewers in the NL. So the question is: who are your pulling for to win the World Series? A Brewers or Rays triumph would be a delicious entry […]
Was Red Sox manager Chad Tracy right to remove Sonny Gray from Game 2 against the Yankees?
Baseball is a game of numbers. It’s played on the field, with balls and bats and gloves, but every action, decision, and outcome is measured by a number. Those numbers are presented to us during broadcasts, in gambling ads, and by people like me on Twitter and in pieces here on OTM. Most of the […]
The Red Sox lost, but is the Sox-Yankees rivalry inching back toward center stage?
Forget the results, if you can. Losing two games in a row is a rounding error for a baseball team in every other month, but in October, it’s definitive. Win and you’re good. Lose and you’re bad. In this telling, the Red Sox rapidly lost to the Yankees, ergo they’re bad. I disagree, and this […]
Red Sox News & Links: Vets express frustration with management in wake of playoff exit
By now you’ve seen the quotes. After another ugly night at Yankee Stadium, a number of Red Sox veterans expressed their frustration not only with the way they played, but with certain on and off-field decisions. First and most notably there was Sonny Gray, who didn’t mince words when it came to his thoughts about […]
Chase Meidroth, Kyle Schwarber, Xander Boegarts all factor in playoff wins Wednesday
Wednesday’s games have come and gone, and two other teams were sent packing along with the Red Sox as Boston’s season ended unceremoniously at the hands of the Yankees. Plenty more ex-Red Sox made impacts on their respective games, and the playoff picture for the divisional round is now set…. on the AL side, anyway. […]
What are your raw thoughts on the 2026 Red Sox season?
The season’s been dead for less than 12 hours, but it’s always good to start reflecting on the year that was when the emotions are fresh, because you’ll probably never feel this strongly about the details of 2026 ever again. So with that, we’ve got a simple question today: How do you feel about the […]
Uncertainty surrounds the Red Sox a day after disaster
The Red Sox may have snuck into the the playoffs in the worst American League of our lifetime, but they never made it to October. As the calendar flips to baseball’s most prestigious month, we now know Fenway Park will once again sit silent for the fifth consecutive postseason. It’s the longest drought we’ve ever […]
Yankees sweep Red Sox in embarrassing Wild Card round playoff showing
The Red Sox just got eliminated by their biggest rivals for the second consecutive season. The Yankees made Boston pay in grand fashion Wednesday night in a 9-2 defeat to sweep the American League Wild Card Series. New York heads south to meet the Tampa Bay Rays in the ALDS while the Red Sox head […]
Hand injury keeps Red Sox’ Roman Anthony out of lineup for Game 2 vs Yankees — and the rest of the Wild Card series
Losing 9-0 against your blood rivals to open off the postseason is bad enough. But the pain of last night was brought to another level by losing 9-0 while your leadoff hitter and the face of the franchise mysteriously leaves the game after two awkward strikeouts. As we discussed last night, Roman Anthony appeared to […]
Can Sonny Gray save the Red Sox season in Game 2 against the Yankees?
The Red Sox are in danger of watching their season come to a close in Yankee Stadium for the second consecutive year. The offense showed zero signs of life as the Yankees cruised to a 9-0 victory headlined by 10 strikeouts from growing Red Sox killer Cam Schlittler. Payton Tolle did enough on the mound […]
Last night was a disaster for the Red Sox, but at least an NBC broadcast snafu made it funny
According to Wikipedia, comic relief is defined as, “the inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious or dramatic work, often to relieve tension.” We were treated to some unexpected comic relief during the first game of the American League Wild Card Series, thanks to NBC’s production team. Last […]
Ex-Red Sox Xander Bogaerts, Jordan Hicks, and more got in the playoff action yesterday
In case you didn’t know, there were three other games played yesterday besides the one in which the Red Sox offense laid an egg against Cam Schlittler while the team wasted its most electric pitcher. I’m of course talking about the start of the NHL season! I kid, I kid, but in all seriousness, there […]
The Red Sox season hinges on Sonny Gray
The Red Sox are up against the wall. Cam Schlittler, once again, shoved against the Red Sox in game one, throwing 117 pitches in a 6.1-inning shutout before handing it over to the bullpen. Paul Blackburn and John Schreiber shut the door, keeping the Red Sox off the scoreboard to win game one, 9-0. Coming […]
After a brutal opening loss, can the Red Sox come back?
Happy Wednesday, OTM! If you’re reading this, that means the sun did rise once again after a horrific game one loss to the New York Yankees last night. My question to you today is simple: do you still believe? The offense is putrid, Roman Anthony is hurt again, and the Yankees have Max Fried lined […]
The Red Sox were completely unprepared for Game 1 of the Wild Card series
All September, we watched the Red Sox half-heart their way through the month. Guys got days off, pitchers were pushed back, bullpen arms were saved, and the general intensity of all the games flat out sucked, especially as a late season product where historically there’d be a race to get into or improve playoff positioning. […]
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