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What if any roster moves will the Red Sox make this afternoon

The Red Sox have to make a decision on Tommy Kahnle today. He opted out of his minor league deal with the club on Tuesday, and we’re approaching the end of 48-hour window where the team needs to call him up to prevent him from becoming a free agent. Since Kahnle would both provide a […]

Red Sox finally earn double-digit Fenway victories 

The Red Sox should really try to replicate this performance all the time at home to change their Fenway Park fate in 2026.  Boston earned a long-desired 8-1 win at home and controlled the game from the jump to set up a matinee rubber match for the second consecutive series at Fenway.  Here’s three takeaways […]

Red Sox promote utility man Anthony Seigler

Note: a version of this article was originally published on February 25, 2026. Who is he and where did he come from? He’s Anthony Seigler. Do you think the Red Sox don’t have enough infield depth pieces? You’re in luck, because here’s another one. This particular infield depth piece started 25 games at third base […]

Red Sox News & Links: Sox call up Anthony Seigler, Nick Sogard to IL

Well, the Sox are now dealing with an injured injury replacement. Nick Sogard, who has been with the Sox since Trevor Story went down with a hernia, is now experiencing some “side soreness” himself and has been placed on the 10-day IL. Coming east from Worcester to replace him is Anthony Seigler, who was acquired […]

Red Sox Minor Lines: Yes, Franklin Arias hit another home run

Worcester: W, 3-2 (BOX SCORE) Jake Bennett threw five innings of great work, allowing just one hit to propel the WooSox to a lead, but they couldn’t get any run support for him and so they pulled into the ninth inning trailing the Bison (Blue Jays AAA) 2-1. Enter a rally that got everyone involved: […]

What is IKF talking about?

Isiah Kiner-Falefa has a job with the Red Sox because the Red Sox aren’t very good. But he’s a veteran and all, so when asked why the team was so much worse at home than the road, he dropped this nugget: What do we think he means? Is Craig Breslow skulking around, giving wedgies? Is […]

Chad Tracy is trying to fix a big problem with the Red Sox

The Red Sox have a problem. No, not the worst home start in 94 years. No, not the lack of a right-handed power bat. We’re all watching you hit those homers Mr. Polar Bear. No, not missing their two biggest names: Garrett Crochet and Roman Anthony. Well, all of those are problems too. But there’s […]

Series Preview: Orioles at Red Sox

After a rough time against the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves, the Red Sox packed up for the road and took two out of three against Cleveland. They’ll enter Fenway Park alone in last place at 25-33, two games behind the visiting Baltimore Orioles. The O’s have been playing better of late, breaking free from […]

The Red Sox have actually had a few things go right in 2026

It’s probably hard to believe given the state of the organization right now, but it isn’t all doom and gloom down at Four Jersey Street… The Boston Red Sox are, indeed, mired in a rough patch that now includes the firing of their coaching staff, injury sagas where players and members of ownership are directly […]

Red Sox News & Links: When Jarren Duran hits, the Red Sox win

Is the Red Sox (relatively) improved play of late late all down to Jarren Duran? Duran hit nine homers in the month of May — the most home runs he’s ever hit in one month in his career — and the Red Sox went 7-2 in those games. He also moved into second-place on the […]

Did the opener fix Red Sox pitcher Brayan Bello?

If you’ve been following Brayan Bello’s season, you’ll know that as a starter, he has a 9.68 ERA, and as a reliever, he has a 0.71 ERA. The Section 10 podcast gang speculated that it’s because Bello is putting too much pressure on himself to be perfect with this offense, and when the opener gives […]

What would it take for you to buy in on the 2026 Red Sox?

Happy Tuesday, OTM! Our Red Sox start a three-game series with the Baltimore Orioles tonight, who are two games above last place in the American League East. This season hasn’t gone as expected for us, but we’re still just three games back in the Wild Card hunt (expanded playoffs are dumb). My question to you […]

Why I don’t trust David Ortiz about John Henry being “worried”

David Ortiz is near-unimpeachable in these parts and it’s well-earned. He’s plainly the most important player in the history of the Red Sox, and that distinction has spoils, especially for those with whom he danced to get there, both on the field and in the organization. It is for this reason, and several others, including […]

Red Sox News & Links: Garrett Crochet to undergo MRI on lat

It’s now June, the month when we expected to see Garrett Crochet again. But while Crochet was progressing nicely in his return from shoulder inflammation and had hoped to skip a rehab assignment altogether, he has since experienced lat tightness and will hit pause on his throwing program. Moreover, he’ll get an MRI some time […]

Red Sox Minor Lines: Kyson Witherspoon goes five scoreless

Worcester: L, 0-1 (BOX SCORE) The second home run of the series for George Lombard Jr., a solo shot, accounted for the only run in the game in this finale against the RailRiders (Yankees AAA). Alec Gamboa went four innings giving up three hits but, in the end, took the decision loss due to the […]

The Red Sox aren’t playing tonight, so let’s watch a movie instead

Hello and happy Monday, folks. Hope you weren’t washed away by the rain this weekend….or struck by a meteor on Sunday, or whatever the hell that was. No Sox game today, so what a perfect time to watch a movie after work. If you’ve got any recommendations, sound off in the comments below. I re-watched […]

Red Sox 9, Guardians 4: Big seventh inning propels series win

If you’ve seen a band with two bassists live, you’d understand why it’d be an odd sight to see three catchers in the starting lineup (Wong as DH, Gasper as 1B, and Narvaez actually doing the catching for Ranger Suarez.) But, at first, there appeared to be no LOW END (music pun!) for the offense […]

Game 58: Red Sox @ Guardians

Happy Sunday, Red Sox Nation! We’ve got another series finale on deck today after splitting the first two games against the Cleveland Guardians. Willson Contreras gets a maintenance day, and Ceddanne Rafaela was scratched, so we’ve got an interesting lineup. All three catchers are in there, somehow. I flew a little too close to the […]

Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran is looking like himself again

Back in March, Jarren Duran was one of the best stories at the World Baseball Classic. Patrolling center field for Mexico (he represented them in 2023 too, though that one’s best forgotten, going 0-for-5 as a bench player), he was an absolute force. Four games, three home runs, five RBIs, two stolen bases. He hit […]

Red Sox 9, Guardians 1; Sox win nail-biter in a rout

Don’t let the scoreline fool you. For eight innings, this was the same old Red Sox team, struggling to string together any semblance of offense behind yet another solid start from Sonny Gray. But lest we despair too much, let’s note that Guardians starter Parker Messick is no slouch on the mound, having entered today’s […]