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Jake Bennett makes fourth MLB start in middle game vs. Blue Jays
The Red Sox dropped the series opener against the Blue Jays following a series win over the weekend against the Texas Rangers. Boston sits at 6-15 against the American League East entering play Wednesday as Jake Bennett returns to the mound for his fourth big-league start. The left-hander allowed four earned runs in five innings […]
Red Sox News & Links: Finally some good injury updates on Roman Anthony, Garrett Crochet?
This Red Sox season has been an exercise in one-step-forward-two-steps-back. And that rubric doesn’t just apply to the game-to-game results, but to the injuries as well. How many times have we gone from “minor injury, hopes to avoid the IL,” to “recovery progressing, hopes to begin rehab assignment soon,” to “RIP, gone but not forgotten”? […]
Red Sox Minor Lines: Devin Futrell pitches a gem, Romy Gonzalez goes deep
Worcester: W, 5-3 (BOX SCORE) Have a day, Mikey Romero… and about five other guys! The former first rounder had three hits off of the Iron Pigs (Phillies AAA), two of which being RBI knocks in vital spots. One opened scoring in the third with two outs, and the other added a huge cushion run […]
The 2004 Red Sox hereby welcome the 2026 Knicks to the iconic teams club
It’s the year 2026, a space travel company that doesn’t do anything is the largest in the world, and it’s been more than two decades since the 2004 Red Sox pulled off their singularly improbable comeback against the Yankees and swept to their first World Series win in 86 years. Anyone who actually remembers seeing […]
The Red Sox should push to get Payton Tolle into the 2026 MLB All-Star Game
The Boston Red Sox do not deserve to have any representatives at the 2026 MLB All-Star Game. It’s going to happen, though… Major League Baseball, in an effort to maximize fan engagement across all of its markets, requires that each team is represented by at least one player at the Midsummer Classic. Cesar Izturis, Michael […]
The Red Sox continue to look like absolute losers in their latest loss at Fenway Park
The Red Sox had more hits than the Blue Jays, more walks than the Blue Jays, more than double the opportunities with runners in scoring position than the Blue Jays, and yet lost an uncompetitive 6-1 snoozefest to the Blue Jays. Despite numerous chances to take an early lead against Dylan Cease, who was struggling […]
Payton Tolle takes the mound for the Red Sox in their series opener against the Blue Jays
If you were to ask a random group of Red Sox fans what the most fun part of the 2026 season has been so far, many might come back from the slim pickings and respond with some version of “watching Payton Tolle pitch.” It’s certainly not a bad answer, but in typical 2026 Red Sox […]
Has Red Sox reliever Greg Weissert figured it out?
Everyone loves to hate a relief pitcher. Even the best teams have a “oh great, here comes this guy” guy in the bullpen. For the Boston Red Sox in 2026, that’s Greg Weissert. For some reason, Weissert is the Red Sox’s go-to guy to get out of a jam. That’s partially because they want to […]
Red Sox News & Links: Will the Sox get a haul at the trade deadline?
Sean McAdam, one of the most experienced reporters on the Red Sox beat, recently wrote that it was “nearly impossible” to imagine Craig Breslow surviving this season as the Red Sox CBO. While that certainly feels true at this juncture, he is only third on this list of front office executives facing the most pressure […]
Facing the Blue Jays, can the Red Sox win a second straight home series?
The Red Sox did the near-unthinkable: they won 2 games in a row at home! A whole series! And it was against a team right in the playoff mix and just 1.0 game back for the lead in the AL West. At 35-36 the Rangers just left Boston under .500. Also under .500 are the […]
Red Sox pitcher Payton Tolle is a Rookie of the Year candidate
Happy Tuesday, OTM! While the Red Sox are only five games out of the third Wild Card in the American League, I think we’re all in agreement that this team probably isn’t going anywhere. It’s America’s pastime, though, and you need to find reasons to watch the games. Aside from just killing time on a […]
Red Sox News & Links: Romy Gonzalez set to begin rehab assignment
I’m almost reluctant to type this onto the page, because I fear it’s a hope so delicate that discussing it in print could endanger its very existence, but alas: the Red Sox may soon receive a boost on offense. Romy Gonzalez, the Platoon Paul Bunyon himself, will begin a rehab assignment tomorrow with AA Portland. […]
Red Sox Minor Lines: Johanfran Garcia belts 11th homer
Worcester: Canceled, Rain The finale against the Red Wings (Nationals AAA) ended up as the second game canceled this series due to inclement weather. This was a blessing in disguise for both clubs’ pitching staff as they used a combined thirteen pitchers on Saturday in Brayan Bello’s first AAA start, so an extra day of […]
This Red Sox season has sucked, but Ceddanne Rafaela hasn’t
I feel like I’m been pretty negative over the last few weeks of Brushback articles. I need to change up my mentality a lil’ bit. This 2026 Red Sox season, as we all know by now, has been tragic thus far. Not enough offense, the pitching isn’t enough to carry them to victory on most […]
Scottish football fans in town for the World Cup took over Fenway Park last night
Hello and happy Monday, folks. The Red Sox do not play today, and neither does the Scotland national football soccer team. However, their fans sure as hell have made their presence in Boston known—especially within and around Fenway Park. Scotland The Brave being played in Boston—must be any ol’ weekday. If I had a nickel […]
Early Home Runs Put Red Sox Behind In 6-4 Loss To Rangers
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but the Red Sox failed to win a game at Fenway Park. It was ugly from the jump, with Connelly Early’s first pitch of the night going for a home run. In the second inning, after a few runners reached base, he left a changeup over the […]
Red Sox Try To Complete Sweep Versus Nathan Eovaldi And The Rangers
Sunday night baseball! For (I think) the first time since NBC took over Sunday Night Baseball, the Red Sox are in the slate spot to finish the week. They’ll throw Connelly Early, and face off with old friend Nathan Eovaldi. I don’t know about you guys, but he’s always been the one who got away […]
Is Sam Kennedy telling the truth when he says the Red Sox aren’t considering firing Craig Breslow?
On The Greg Hill Show on June 11, I believe that my favorite truth-twister, Sam Kennedy, actually treated us to more truth than lies. I’ll supply the quotes in question, then let’s render a verdict. Quote #1 “I think it’s important here at the outset, Greg, just to acknowledge…how embarrassing and unacceptable, maddening, frustrating, whatever […]
‘Nuff Cedd does it again, lifts Sox over Rangers 6-3
The 2026 Red Sox season will be made or broken over the next three weeks. So says team president Sam Kennedy, anyway, acknowledging that this floundering team doesn’t have much time to turn itself into buyers before the trade deadline. To that end, this afternoon’s game is exactly what the Red Sox needed. Facing a […]
Red Sox take on Jacob deGrom behind Ranger Suàrez
Look, none of us wanted to tune into a game in June and see Mickey Gasper leading off as the team’s DH. But it worked last night. Can they keep it going this afternoon? They’ll have to do it against Jacob deGrom, who is no longer JACOB DEGROM (Or is it JACOB deGROM? I have […]
Red Sox Minor Lines: Miguel Bleis leads offensive explosion
Worcester: L, 3-6 (BOX SCORE) Twin Red Wings (Nationals AAA) home runs late in the game made the WooSox the only loser in the organization on Friday, and it’s also a shame that the first of those home runs was a direct response to a long ball Jason Delay hit in the top of the […]
What do the new swing tracking metrics from Baseball Savant tell us about the Red Sox?
WARNING: This is going to be nerdy. Baseball Savant published new public bat tracking statistics this week that cover the last three seasons. I have no idea where this rabbit hole is going to lead me, but I have a notebook full of initial ideas to explore, so that’s what we’re going to do here […]
Offense puts on a show in giant victory over Texas
Ah yes, the once in a blue moon offensive firepower game that makes us want deliriously to believe again! We’re at that point in the torture cycle of this 2026 season. Still, I’ll take an entertaining game of baseball any day over the dreck we’ve seen lately by this Boston Red Sox squad. The top […]
Sonny Gray kicks off the weekend back at Fenway vs. the Rangers
Sonny Gray was not supposed to be the ace of this roster…yet with Garrett Crochet sidelined for the foreseeable future, Gray has been one of the most consistent pitchers in the rotation all season. He kickstarts a home series against the Rangers on Friday night. Let’s have a good weekend, maybe? Please? ⚾️ First Pitch: […]
Texas Rangers come to town as Red Sox reassess season
Is Craig Breslow being fired? Better not tell you now. Is Boston selling? Reply hazy, try again. Is Chad Tracy going to lose the interim title? Outlook not so good. But the Texas Rangers are in town for three games andm like Boston, they’re struggling. Unlike Boston, that means staying at .500 rather than going […]
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