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Which franchise has fallen further, the Red Sox or the Cardinals?
With the Red Sox headed to St. Louis this weekend, it’s a good time to reflect on what these two franchises mean to the history of MLB and how much their reputations have decayed in recent years. The Red Sox haven’t won a division title in eight years and haven’t hosted a playoff game at […]
Red Sox 5, Brewers 0 ; Boston finally wins series in 2026
The Red Sox needed 12 games to do it, but Boston secured its first series victory of the season. The 5-0 getaway day win over the Milwaukee Brewers clinched the series over the reigning National League Central champions. Starting pitching did indeed prevent runs and the offense did its job in a productive third inning. […]
Game 12: Brewers at Red Sox; Sonny Gray takes ball in rubber match
TV: NESN First Pitch: 1:35 p.m. ET Has the day arrived? Can the Red Sox finally win a series in 2026? Boston snapped a three-game losing skid when Garrett Crochet earned the win over Milwaukee flamethrower Jacob Misiorowski. Now, the Red Sox stay alive for Wednesday’s matinee rubber match at Fenway. Trevor Story gets off […]
Red Sox Minor Lines: WooSox continue to hit (and Kristian Campbell starts hitting) but still lose
The theme of Tuesday’s slate of games was “quite a bit of offense, but not enough.” Starting pitching struggled, and even everyone pitching in at the plate wasn’t enough for Worcester and Portland… but it was plenty for Greenville and Salem, who had the help of solid defense. Let’s get into it. Worcester: L, 10-14 […]
How are you feeling about the Red Sox bullpen?
Good morning! The Red Sox won a baseball game last night, which is something we haven’t gotten to say much this year. It was a close one, and another game where the bullpen played a key role. Holding onto leads has been tough for the Sox so far. Like, real tough: But Zack Kelly of […]
After just 11 games, we don’t know as much about the 2026 Red Sox as we think
The Red Sox are off to a 3-8 start over their first eleven games. There is a lot of doom and gloom about teams starting like this never making the playoffs. Boston has dug itself a sizeable hole that would need something like a 13-7 run for the rest of April to balance out. But […]
Red Sox 3, Brewers 2: Crochet and the bullpen combine to steady the ship
For the third consecutive game, the Red Sox jumped out to at least a three run lead and then immediately began coughing it up. But this time, there were two key differences that allowed them to hang on and escape with a win. First, Garrett Crochet started the game throwing up six scoreless frames, so […]
Game 11: Brewers at Red Sox, Crochet takes on Misiorowski in a battle of aces
If the first ten games of the season didn’t resemble a flaming trainwreck, the conversation going into tonight’s affair would be centered around everybody going gaga over the sensational pitching match up, and for good reason. Not only do we have Garrett Crochet taking on Jacob Misiorowski, but we’ve got a cold night at Fenway […]
How concerned should the Red Sox be about Roman Anthony’s arm?
Among all the disasters baked into the Red Sox’ cake of calamity that’s defined the early part of this season, there’s one reoccurring theme that has me shook. Granted, this level of concern should probably be reserved for things like the “give a damn about baseball” vs. “give a damn about what the private equity […]
One bright spot for the Red Sox? Sonny Gray’s still got it
Red Sox nation needed a reason to smile on Opening Day after a trainwreck of a road trip (rail trip?) to start the season. The 1986 team is all well and good, but winning games in 2026 is more fun than thinking about games that were won 40 years ago. They also weirdly played a […]
Red Sox News & Links: The Sox face historically long odds to make the playoffs
What’s particularly frustrating about the Red Sox horrific start is that you can’t just point to one aspect of the game that the team is struggling with and hope for some positive regression in the near future. The sad fact of the matter is that the Red Sox are finding all sorts of different ways […]
The Red Sox have been slow to make changes and it’s driving me insane
I didn’t want to have to be the one to tell you guys this, but the old adage that “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results” isn’t actually true. The Boston Red Sox are doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different […]
What’s the best pitching matchup you’ve ever seen?
Happy Tuesday, Red Sox Nation. Things haven’t been going well for our Red Sox, but part of the beauty in baseball is finding a reason to watch anyway. Today, that reason is Jacob Misiorowski against Garrett Crochet. They’re two of the best pitchers in the game going head-to-head. There’s also a subplot with Willson Contreras […]
Brewers 8, Red Sox 6: The rollercoaster always ends at the bottom
Sheesh, that was a game. The Sox stormed out to a 3-0 lead: one run in the second two in the third, all manufactured. Then Brayan Bello’s wildness caught up with him, and he exited with a bases-loaded situation and the Sox up 3-1. Danny Coloumbe came on and then it was 4-3, Brewers. In […]
Red Sox vs. Brewers lineups: Change up the names
The Red Sox stink so far, and as the Brewers come to town, they’re messing around with their lineup on Brayan Bello day against Brandon Woodruff tonight at 6:45: Jarren Duran hits the bench against a righty after a tuff start to the season for everyone involved, as Alex Cora hopes to get things rolling […]
Series Preview: Brewers at Red Sox
Ok. The Red Sox are now 2-7 on the season after three series. They were meh against the Reds. Then bad against the Astros. And actually played the Padres pretty hard, more or less, but came away 1-2. The absence of Garrett Whitlock — who, to be clear, 100% should be allowed the time off […]
Meet new Red Sox long reliever Tyler Uberstine
Who is he and where did he come from? He’s Tyler Uberstine, and if you’ve been furrowing your brow at Greg Weissert coming in and letting another inherited runner score, he’s a guy you might want to get to know. Uberstine, from Santa Monica, California, was selected by the Red Sox in the 19th round […]
Red Sox Minor Lines: Payton Tolle rolls to a W
Due to Easter, Worcester and Portland were the only two clubs to play baseball on Sunday, and the former had a double-header to play that ended up being quite the long afternoon due to some extra baseball. The result was satisfying, though. Let’s get into it. Worcester, Game 1: W, 4-2 (F/7) (BOX SCORE) With […]
There’s only one appropriate response to the way the Red Sox have started the 2026 season
This isn’t a cop-out blog. I truly feel this way. I could sit here and give you fancy-dancy analysis, couldn’t I? I have done that before and I will do so again. I don’t think a 2-7 Red Sox start calls for that type of article, though. I’ve also done this crashout before. Dan Secatore, […]
Is today a must-win for the Red Sox??
Yes hello his good to see you happy Monday yadayadayada who cares the Red Sox need to wake the fuck up. The season is far, far, far from over……..but 2-7 cannot be ignored. So, with a good club coming into play starting tonight, let me ask the OTM readers: Is today a must-win for the […]
Red Sox 6, Padres 8: The Marathon Pacing Conundrum
It’s important to remember that baseball is a marathon, not a sprint. As a one-time marathon runner (no big deal), starting out too fast is a real concern. Just ask one-time marathon runner Jacob Roy, who went out too fast and ran the final six miles at about 10 minutes per mile after running the […]
Game 9: Padres at Red Sox — Hunting for Easter wins
Ok, so the winning streak thing didn’t work out yesterday. So today let’s just hope that Ranger Suárez can figure it out on the mound. First pitch at 1:35 PM on NESN.
The Red Sox pelvic thrust hit celebration needs to go
The Red Sox have taken some flak for their rocky start in this young season, and I’m about to pile on. It’s about the pelvic thrust hit celebration. I’ll say up front that I don’t care about being “family friendly” or anything like that. Here are my issues with it. It’s not okay with female […]
Padres 3, Red Sox 2: This lineup, man…
For the eighth game in a row to kick off the 2026 MLB season, the Boston Red Sox failed to score more than five runs. They are the only team in baseball that has yet to do so this season. Get used to this. The lineup isn’t going to be this anemic all season long […]
Game 8: Padres at Red Sox – Winning streak??
A couple of weeks ago we didn’t even think he’d make the Opening Day Roster. Now we’re saying “thank god we’ve got Connelly Early going today.” Behind Early, Alex Cora is rolling out the same starting nine batting the same order as yesterday. If ain’t broke, yadda, yadda. In the other dugout, it’s a day-off […]
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