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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 […]
The Red Sox lineup as K-Pop songs
When in the course of human events it becomes necessary to throw off the shackles of laziness and write the column you’ve been thinking about for months, you gotta do it. My daughter is 11 and a K-Pop fiend and I was at H-Mart Sunday when one of her favorite songs was playing. I knew […]
The Red Sox return to Fenway attempting to win their ninth straight series amid an odd scheduling quirk
With the trade deadline in the books and on field action resuming tonight, it’s a good time to address a pair of odd but compelling scheduling items that will help define the final two months of the season: 1) Starting with the just completed series against the Dodgers in Los Angeles, the Red Sox began […]
Battle of the Sox Part 2, as Chicago visits Boston after the trade deadline
Major League Baseball’s trade deadline came and went with excitement for nearly every team as either a seller or a buyer (maybe not the Reds). There was activity all over the league. And some of it will be relevant in the very first series after the deadline for the Red Sox. However there are a […]
Meet new Red Sox catcher and trade deadline prize Adley Rutschman
Who is he and where did he come from? He’s catcher Adley Rutschman! If the name sounds familiar, that would make sense considering he was previously playing with the Baltimore Orioles, another AL East foe. The number one overall pick of the 2019 MLB Draft by way of Oregon State (and the Falmouth Commodores of […]
How will the 2026 Red Sox trade deadline be viewed in 2031?
Good morning! Jake Roy makes a strong case today that the 2026 Red are better today than they were yesterday, and that that should be the key takeaway from the trade deadline. Yesterday, I argued (as I have, many, many times before) that there is far too much emphasis put on future production from prospects, […]
Where the Red Sox stand after a wild trade deadline
Exhale, folks. The trade deadline has come and gone, and the rapid refreshing of Twitter, Bluesky, or wherever you get your news from can cease. The roster you look at now is more or less what you’ll see for the rest of the season, save for a well-timed DFAs for cost-cutting purposes, à la Nathaniel […]
Grading the trade deadline: What did the Red Sox get?
A. That’s the answer. I’m not going to do the online recipe thing and tell you about that time I did this and that and the other before I get there with 4 sections and 3 false endings so you accidentally click on a Carnival Cruise Line ad instead of knowing how many onions to […]
Red Sox trade Marcelo Mayer to Giants for Erik Miller, drop the curtain on the Big Three Era
I have no way of proving this, but I’m fairly confident in writing it nonetheless: Marcelo Mayer is the only true prospect* in Red Sox history who was widely known throughout the fanbase as soon as he entered the organization. For that reason alone he will always be an important figure in Red Sox history. […]
Red Sox trade prospect Tyler Uberstine for Eli White for some reason
I sort of thought that Craig Breslow would be done trading for the day after the Adley Rutschman deal. Not because he filled all the Sox’ holes, but because the return for Rutschman was so big that the Sox didn’t really have any prospects left to deal. Well, I was wrong. Say goodbye to Tyler […]
Red Sox acquire Adley Rutschman in trade with Orioles; Anthony Eyanson, others to Baltimore
Adley Rutschman is not the best player in baseball. That’s not a particularly insightful thing to point out. It’s really hard to be the best player in baseball, and the current holder of that title is not only the best player right now, but the best to ever play the game. Rutschman is also not […]
Red Sox News & Links: Sox still looking for a shortstop on trade deadline day
Marcelo Mayer was the most-hyped prospect in Red Sox history. He was not the highest-ranked prospect the Sox have ever had, and other players like Roman Anthony, Mookie Betts, and, now, Franklin Arias, have all had their moments as the fanbase’s primo prospect darling. But Mayer represents the only time in Red Sox history when […]
What if the Red Sox don’t make a move at the trade deadline?
Good morning and happy trade deadline day! Last week, we heard one of the game’s most prominent insiders tell us that the Red Sox were “going to go big” at this year’s trade deadline. Yesterday, we got confirmation that the team is at least trying to do that, as Breslow has pursued Elly de la […]
Red Sox Minor Lines: Draftees Jake Schaffner and Owen Hull introduce themselves
Worcester: W, 4-1 (BOX SCORE) The pitching staff did an awesome job of shutting the Tides (Orioles AAA) down and it’s at least a little bit notable that Tyler Uberstine took the ninth here in a save situation here. Raymond Burgos put the WooSox in a great situation through five allowing just two baserunners and […]
Red Sox Cap Off West Coast Trip With Sweep Of Dodgers
What’s the opposite of “when it rains, it pours”? When the sky is clear, it gets even clearer? I don’t think that really makes sense, because a well-timed cloud is always a nice treat. When humidity dissipates, it dissipates to an even greater degree? That makes some sense, because who likes humidity? I don’t know […]
Red Sox, Dodgers Finish Series On Trade Deadline Eve
Happy Sunday, Red Sox nation. Can you believe we get to watch Red Sox baseball? They’re the hottest team in baseball right now and going for a sweep of the villains of the league, the Los Angeles Dodgers. It’s Jake Bennett vs Emmett Sheehan, in what will hopefully be a great showcase of what the […]
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