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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, […]
Will the Red Sox complete their comeback and win the division?
Good morning! After falling 15.5 games behind the (at the time) division leading Yankees at the start of play on June 25th, the Red Sox are now tied with New York in the loss column with 51 a piece. (The gap between them is still a game though because the Red Sox have two extra […]
Red Sox Minor Lines: Three hits and a homer for Franklin Arias
Worcester: W, 10-1 (BOX SCORE) Life’s so fun in Summer 2026! The Red Sox are winning almost nightly and finding ways to come out on top has even made its way to Worcester, where the WooSox are 12-1 in their last 13. Last night against the IronPigs (Phillies AAA), it was a five-run fifth inning […]
Red Sox down White Sox, clinch ninth consecutive series win
The Red Sox are 30-5 in their last 35 games. It just keeps going. Willson Contreras exited the contest early with an illness while Boston took care of business behind a fantastic night on the mound and a few timely swings at the plate with a 4-0 victory. Here’s three takeaways from Wednesday night’s win. […]
Sonny Gray takes the ball in sneaky important start for veteran righty
TV: NESN First Pitch: 7:10 p.m. ET Sonny Gray must surely hope the Red Sox saved some runs for Wednesday night after a 14-2 trouncing of the White Sox in the series opener at Fenway Park. Gray has been sensational all season and was wronged as an All-Star snub. With that said, the veteran has […]
How much does having a good offensive catcher like Adley Rutschman matter?
Ever since the Red Sox traded for Adley Rutschman on Monday, I’ve been fascinated by the debate over how much having a solid stick behind the plate matters. On one hand, the bat is not your primary focus at that position, and most of the league stinks offensively at catcher anyway, so even if you […]
Red Sox Minor Lines: Owen Hull’s first longball
Lehigh Valley IronPigs 10, Worcester Red Sox 5 (BOX) The IronPigs (PHI) went up 5-0 early, due to a short outing from starter Blake Wehunt, who allowed seven hits and three earned in three innings to get the loss. A slew of base hits in the middle innings helped the Woo Sox cut the lead […]
The Red Sox flirted between aggressiveness and recklessness at trade deadline
The Boston Red Sox were as busy as you could possibly be on Monday. If you missed the events of the trade deadline, go ahead take a look at the three deals that they were able to agree upon: TRADE 1Red Sox: C Adley Rutschman, C Jake Rogers, and CashOrioles: RHP Anthony Eyanson, RHP, Kyson […]
The Red Sox ambush the White Sox 14-2 in a thunderous return to Fenway Park
What can you even say at this point? Normally, I love doing a big, deep dive analysis in these game recaps, but tonight we’re going straight to the highlights because this was a complete ass-whipping and doesn’t need any further introduction. So here we go, starting with the Willson Contreras single that got things started […]
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