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Red Sox vs. Blue Jays lineups: Trying to end something called a “losing streak”
Before we get to the lineup, some rather important official business, sadly. While we are technically unaffiliated with the Boston Red Sox, we are obviously part of the larger Red Sox community. For those of you hurting out there because the team hasn’t won in 72 hours: We hear you. We feel you. And we’ll […]
Red Sox on the road again to face finally hot Blue Jays
The Toronto Blue Jays probably win the 2025 World Series a good number of times if you keep replaying those last few innings of Game 7. But 2026 has, so far, not been the redemption tour anyone had in mind. Sure, you can have your team go on a historic run including a 15-game winning […]
Red Sox News & Links: Illness hits Sox clubhouse
Can we get some hand sanitizer in the Red Sox clubhouse please? Just as Willson Contreras came back from a bout with illness (one that he was still feeling the effects of even as he played over the weekend), another hitter went down. This time it was Masataka Yoshida. Contreras only missed two days so […]
Who should be the backup catcher once Adley Rutschman arrives?
When the Red Sox acquired Adley Rutschman, the conversation immediately went to what he means for the offense, what it costs to get him, and whether this is the move that puts Boston over the top. There have been quite a few pieces on here doing a great job laying that out, from Tim Crowley’s […]
How should the Red Sox use Brayan Bello down the stretch?
Brayan Bello is almost certainly not going to start a game for the rest of the season, which makes sense given the old “if it ain’t broke” paradigm.* He’s had tremendous success in the bullpen, and you don’t want to mess with that. (*It still very much does NOT make sense to me that a […]
Red Sox Minor Lines: Adley Rutschman 0-3 in last rehab game
Worcester: L, 7-6 (BOX SCORE) Worcester had a win against the IronPigs on Saturday (Phillies AAA) where every single thing that could go right for them did. Mikey Romero went 6-6, Gage Ziehl pitched a shutout performance in his Triple-A debut, and the team scored nineteen runs. Things were not quite the same on Sunday […]
Rare Stumble From Red Sox Bullpen Leads To First Series Loss Since June
The Red Sox are playing a few men short, and it’s come at a difficult time. The 13-inning, marathon game on Thursday night required Brayan Bello to throw three innings, limiting his availability today. It also led to Greg Weissert being optioned to bring up Raymond Burgos to provide length, which he did for two […]
Red Sox Finish Homestand With Bullpen Game Versus The Athletics
Happy Sunday, folks. The Red Sox have won nine straight series, but that streak is on the line on Sunday after they split the first two games of their series with the Athletics. It’s a bullpen game for Boston, which will lead with Erik Miller but use several arms as they try to piece together […]
Red Sox News & Links: Adley Rutschman rehabs, Willson Contreras booed
Adley Rutschman is playing baseball! Unfortunately he’s doing it in Worcester, not Boston. Still, it was nice to see him behind the plate for five innings, during which he went 1-2 for two walks and threw out a runner. It was also nice for him, given that he played in front of both his father […]
The best team in baseball doesn’t even need Adley Rutschman yet!
For years the Red Sox hoarded prospects the way my old upstairs neighbor hoarded newspapers. Piles and piles of newspapers, each one somehow too precious to part with. But after a stunning hot streak legitimately vaulted the Sox into the playoff race, the front office flipped the script. Ownership finally remembered they’re a big-market team, […]
Red Sox fall to A’s 7-3 in what hopefully is not a sign of things to come
The Red Sox are 27-4 in their last 31 games. It’s the most remarkable stretch of regular season baseball I’ve ever had the privilege to witness. So believe me when I say that I do not want to be the person talking about cyclosporiasis at the barbecue. But in light of the fact that that’s […]
Red Sox go for 10th win in a row (again) behind Jake Bennett
The 2026 Red Sox are now just the tenth team in MLB history to win 27 out of 30 games, and the first team in MLB history to have done so after being 10 or more games under .500 at the start of that 30-game stretch. This is unprecedented, unbelievable and… unterrible. Can they keep […]
Red Sox Minor Lines: Brooks Brannon keeps hitting
Worcester: W, 5-4 (BOX SCORE) With Raymond Burgos making his Red Sox debut Friday night in a rout and subsequently achieving his first MLB save by getting the final nine outs against the Athletics, the quick roster change led the WooSox to turn to some unlikely faces to take the brunt of the outs. Enter […]
Payton Tolle Strikes Out 14, Red Sox Hammer Athletics 13-1
Some games answer questions. Tonight answered several. Payton Tolle went six innings against the A’s, struck out 14 batters, walked nobody, gave up two hits and one earned run on 84 pitches. The A’s were swinging at air from the first inning on. Henry Bolte struck out three times. Brian Serven struck out three times. […]
Red Sox look to keep surging vs. Athletics on Friday
Are we all alive from last night? How do we even top that? ⚾️ First Pitch: 7:10pm EDT – Fenway Park, Boston MA 📺 TV: NESN 📻 Radio: WEEI
The Red Sox absurd 13-inning win on Thursday night might come at an expensive cost
The goods news is the Red Sox have won eight in a row, 26 out of 29, and 31 out of 36. The bad news is their most recent win in the bananas marathon game on Thursday night might have a poison pill embedded inside of it. Ranger Suarez lasted just three innings on the […]
An early look at the Red Sox potential playoff lineup and rotation
The Red Sox started 2026 with legitimate postseason aspirations. Those vanished for three months before a historic 31-5 run revived them. With two months to go, the Red Sox are back on track for October, just not in a way anyone could’ve imagined. Given how fluid this roster is with stars eventually set to return […]
Red Sox Minor Lines: Brady Tygart dominates in his return to Greenville
Worcester Red Sox 10, Lehigh Valley IronPigs 4 (BOX) The Woo Sox kept rolling on Thursday against the IronPigs (PHI) in a matinee game. The lineup was pounding the ball from top to bottom, with Nathan Hickey’s three hits leading the way, followed by two hit efforts from Allan Castro and Vinny Capra. Capra’s two-run […]
Red Sox look to win 10th straight series against visiting Athletics
Nine straight series wins was just what the doctor ordered. And every Red Sox fan. They’re pitching, hitting homers, playing defense. They look like the best team in baseball. And for the last month or so, they’ve been the best. They won three of four against the Athletics in Sacramento, possibly hindered by the sun […]
Red Sox News & Links: Garrett Crochet to the bullpen?
Before the trade deadline, I asked who the Red Sox shortstop would be in the month of September. Nine days later, we only have a slightly clearer idea of that answer. Andruw Monasterio is hardly a wizard with the glove, but he has put up an OPS above .900 over the last 13 games, all […]
Is 2026 the most memorable Red Sox season of all-time?
I don’t know how to explain the 2026 Red Sox and I don’t know anyone else who does. As the recent A’s series showed us, even when they’re bad, they’re somehow good. They simply cannot lose right now, which isn’t how baseball is supposed to work, or has ever worked for as long as I’ve […]
Red Sox secure stunning walk-off victory in marathon vs. White Sox
I can’t believe they did it again… The Red Sox pushed their winning streak to eight games with a 12-11 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Thursday, overcoming five separate deficits to secure their third walk-off victory of the season in the 13th inning at Fenway Park. Boston received contributions from almost every single […]
Red Sox looking for third straight sweep against White Sox
TV: NESNFirst Pitch: 7:10 p.m. ETLocation: Fenway Park The Red Sox could secure their third straight series sweep with a victory over the Chicago White Sox on Thursday at Fenway Park. Boston’s recent stretch of success is almost difficult to put into words, though you can put it rather simply by looking at their 25-4 […]
The Adley Rutschman and Marcelo Mayer trades suggest Craig Breslow is closer to Dave Dombrowski than Chaim Bloom
Last summer, the Red Sox made a bold bid to bolster the rotation and acquire Joe Ryan from the Minnesota Twins. But of course, as we now know, they didn’t land their man. What we didn’t know at the time – or at least didn’t know in detail – is that the Twins balked at […]
Red Sox News & Links: Injury updates on Roman Anthony, Garrett Crochet, Triston Casas
Craig Breslow clearly did not go into this season counting on getting significant production from Triston Casas. That’s the whole reason why Willson Contreras is here. But still, did anyone predict that the team would get no production from him at all? Earlier this spring, as he was still rehabbing from last May’s knee injury, […]
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