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One the common misconceptions is that there is a battle between stats people and traditional baseball people. The tragedy is that this isn’t really the battle. Ultimately, stats folks simply approach all of the big baseball questions through data. Sometimes they come to the same conclusions as traditionalists. Sometimes they don’t. Often times different people […]
Team news [Heavy] Trade For First Baseman Takes Boston Out Of Marte Sweepstakes – The Boston Red Sox traded for Cardinals’ first baseman Willson Contreras and cash Sunday night in exchange for pitcher Hunter Dobbins and minor league arms, per ESPN’s Jeff Passan. It was reported that Contreras was one of the Red Sox’s top […]
Happy Monday, friends. We’re fast approaching Christmas, which means we’ll likely see a slower week of activity around ye olde hot stove, as things get quiet before picking up again in the new year. We’ve still got some little news bites to keep you busy to start the week, as we mull over the White […]
Yesterday the Cardinals made their second major trade of the offseason, this one much less shocking. It is maybe surprising that it also involves the Boston Red Sox, but after it was reported that Contreras would waive his no-trade clause for the right fit, it seemed inevitable that Contreras would be on the move. In […]
The division saw another sizeable move occur, as Boston jumped back into the mix with another trade with St. Louis — this time going for Willson Contreras to play first base for them. They gave up a few pieces, including pitcher Hunter Dobbins as the headliner, so he won’t have to worry about antagonizing Yankees […]
For the second time in as many months, the Red Sox swung a significant trade with the Cardinals on Sunday night. After matching up on a deal that sent veteran starter Sonny Gray to Boston and pitchers Richard Fitts and Brandon Clarke to St. Louis in late November, Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow … Continue reading "Which pitching prospects did Red Sox trade to Cardinals for Willson Contreras?"
The Red Sox today acquired three-time all-star first baseman (former catcher) Willson Contreras — and $8 million in cash to pay down part of the $41.5 million that remains in the last three years of his contract — from the St. Louis Cardinals (obviously) in exchange for Hunter Dobbins, single-A prospect Yhoiker Fajardo (#8 in […]
The St. Louis Cardinals have made another major move and traded Willson Contreras to the Boston Red Sox for right-handed pitcher Hunter Dobbins and other minor league pitching prospects. Jeff Passan was the first I saw who shared word of this new move by the St. Louis Cardinals. According to MLB Trade Rumors, the St. […]
Hello! Big-time trade alert , featuring a former Cub (Willson Contreras), one of the Cubs regular-season rivals (the Cardinals), and one of the Cubs’ biggest sources of offseason competition, the Boston Red Sox! According to MLB insider Jeff Passan, the St. Louis Cardinals have traded first baseman Willson Contreras to the Boston Red Sox tonight. Let’s get into that! BREAKING: The Boston Red Sox are acquiring first baseman Willson Contreras in a trade with the St. Louis Cardinals, ...
We do a lot of debating in the baseball world about whether “clutch” is a real thing, and, if so, the extent to which we can measure and quantify it. I won’t resolve that debate for you this morning. But I will tell you that, when it comes to QB1, clutch is ABSOLUTELY a thing, and Caleb Williams has it in spades . That throw-and-catch is going to be remembered and celebrated for a very, very long time. It’s not *quite* as good as the Caleb Williams throw, but it does still make me ...
I am typing this just before midnight and cackling a bit. This is already in our overnight news, but apparently the Yankees just re-signed Paul Blackburn. Jon Heyman reported this. The beat writer life ain’t glamorous when your job compels you to break such minor news quite late on a Saturday night. It’s a major-league […]
Are we having fun living and dying by lightly-sourced rumors about the Alex Bregman negotiations? No? Well, too bad, that’s all we got. What else are you going to do, watch football? Ugh, how awful. According to the latest reports, Bregman’s market is now more robust than it was last year and he is seeking […]
The Brewers haven’t made a ton of major moves this offseason, mostly maintaining their roster from the end of 2025 into the new year. Outside of the Ángel Zerpa-Nick Mears-Isaac Collins trade last weekend, Milwaukee’s biggest moves are the signing of Akil Baddoo and the team bringing Brandon Woodruff back on a qualifying offer. But […]
The Tampa Bay Rays completed two significant trades this afternoon. First, they dealt Brandon Lowe to Pittsburgh as part of a three-team deal with the Astros involved as well. Tampa got two prospects back in the deal: Jacob Melton, an outfielder from Houston, who has some major league experience, as well as High-A pitcher Anderson […]
The Royals have signed utility player Abraham Toro to a minor league deal, according to writer Daniel Álvarez-Montes. Toro spent last year with the Red Sox and hit .239/.289/.371 with seven home runs in 77 games. He is a 28-year-old switch-hitter who is capable of playing all over the field, although he has spent most […]
Good morning. Kristian Campbell is starting to look a little bit better at the plate down in Puerto Rico. He’s also reportedly going to be playing exclusively left field down there. Interestingly, Campbell did not start any of the final 10 games of the 2025 season in left. (Moreover, the last thing the Red Sox […]
When Chris Getz gets a hunch, brother does he run it into the ground. In the last calendar year, the White Sox have made 21 trades, purchases or sales with other teams, starting with the Garrett Crochet blockbuster with Boston, and 10 of those deals have been with the Rays and Red Sox. Since the […]
It’s the holiday season and, even if your favorite baseball team isn’t being as generous as you’d like, that doesn’t mean you should follow its example. If you’re looking for a Red Sox-themed gift for friends or loved ones, here are some favorites from the OTM staff. A puzzle, a snuggy, and a creepy bobblehead […]
It’s been 82 days since the Rockies 2025 season ended. In 98 days, the 2026 season will begin. Despite a nearly complete overhaul of the front office and coaching staff, one thing doesn’t look very different yet: the Colorado Rockies roster. Despite inking a handful of minor-league contracts and making one minor-league trade, the Rockies and the Boston Red Sox remain the only MLB teams that haven’t signed a free agent […]
After a fast start with Sonny Gray being traded from the St. Louis Cardinals to the Boston Red Sox, the trade market has slowed to a crawl. There are, however, two changes to the potential trade market that could affect what the St. Louis Cardinals do with Brendan Donovan. As I shared a few days […]
The Blue Jays picked up Tyler Heineman off waivers from the Red Sox in September of 2024, and he got into five games with the Jays, after playing two with the Red Sox. Before that, he played parts of four seasons with three different teams. He had 10 games with the Jays in 2022. He’d […]
I’m going to reiterate something up front that I said in the Bullets, but which I think provides really important context for all discussions of what contract Alex Bregman may or may not be able to get in free agency: Alex Bregman’s deal with the Red Sox was not “three years and $120 million, for a $40 million AAV.” It was massively deferred, and the ACTUAL VALUE – as calculated by the union for luxury tax purposes – was three years and just $95 million, for a $31.7 million AAV. That’s a big d...
Thanks again to BCB reader JayWent for this article suggestion. Kris Bubic has talent — he was a No. 1 pick (40th overall) in 2018 out of Stanford. If that date and school sounds familiar, it should, because Nico Hoerner was the Cubs’ No. 1 pick out of Stanford that year, thus Bubic and Hoerner […]
Welcome back to the 2025-26 edition of Smash or Pass, in which we examine potential free agent and trade targets to determine whether the Red Sox should pursue them and what it would take to land them. Next up, an in-house veteran who is one of the best hitters in the game… in one particular scenario. […]
Ignoring the fact the Red Sox don’t do guaranteed long-term free agents contracts anymore (they literally have not handed a deal to a free agent for more than two years guaranteed with no opt outs under Craig Breslow), I’d like to pause for a moment and pretend they’ll actually get serious. Simple question: Who would […]