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If you found it a little strange that Sonny Gray was considering retiring after one of the best seasons of his career, Sonny apparently agrees with you. Though he hinted all season that he could hang up the crooked hat for good this winter, Gray confirmed that he will return to Major League Baseball in […]
The Arizona Fall League (AFL) kicked off on Oct. 3, featuring six teams comprising prospects from all 30 MLB organizations. * Salt River Rafters include D-backs, Rockies, Twins, Yankees, Nationals. * Mesa Solar Sox include Athletics, Red Sox, Cubs, Angels, Blue Jays. * Glendale Desert Dogs include Braves, White Sox, Dodgers, Marlins, Pirates. * Scottsdale […]
When it rains, it pours in Philly. After the Philadelphia Phillies started the season 9–19, Dave Dombrowski decided that he wanted to move on from Rob Thomson and Alex Cora, as Cora had been fired from the Red Sox at the same time. The Phillies went to him after their season ended, and the result […] The post Phillies Face Another Setback as Alex Cora Turns Them Down Again With $7.25 M Red Sox Commitment Looming appeared first on EssentiallySports .
When the Red Sox gave up a massive prospect package to acquire catcher Adley Rutschman at the trade deadline, Boston found a franchise catcher, at least for a year and half. Rutschman will enter 2027, should they play, with the impending lockout on the horizon, has one year left on his deal and will become a free agent next offseason. Craig Breslow traded five players, right-handed pitchers Anthony Eyanson and Kyson Witherspoon, outfielder Enddy Azocar and Harold Rivas, and catcher Carlos Narv...
The Boston Red Sox fell short in the 2026 MLB playoffs, and Sonny Gray has now made his intentions clear regarding what lies ahead. It’s clear that the Boston Red Sox did not get the results they were hoping for during the 2026 MLB season . Their playoff elimination left a bitter taste, and Sonny Gray is now looking for redemption in 2027, whether with the same team or elsewhere. “My family and I have talked about it and it’s an easy decision… I still want to win a World Series, whether...
The New York Yankees saw their season end in disastrous form when they had to compete with the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League Division Series. The Yankees had played their best baseball in the final weeks of the regular season and they easily ran over the Boston Red Sox in the Wild Card […] The post Why Yankees must trade Ryan McMahon after losing to Rays in ALDS appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Boston Red Sox could lose assistant general manager Taylor Smith to the Athletics as their search for a new baseball operations leader continues. Smith oversees research and development under chief baseball officer Craig Breslow, making his potential departure significant for the Red Sox’s analytics operation. ESPN’s Jeff Passan took to X, formerly Twitter, on […] The post Red Sox could lose assistant GM to Athletics appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Chicago Cubs and Detroit Tigers are the teams that must pursue veteran Boston Red Sox pitcher Sonny Gray this offseason.
A strong contender has reportedly emerged in the Athletics' search for a new president of baseball operations.
On Friday morning, a picture was posted to Instagram from Garrett Whitlock’s wife, Jordan, showing an offseason beach picture of Garrett, overlooking the beach, with the hashtag #thriving. Less than notable, living his best life. Except for, you know, the walking boot that Whitlock was wearing. We learned later on Friday from Gabrielle Starr that […]
Bryan Baker, Kevin Kelly, Victor Mesa Jr., Liam Hicks, and Nick Martinez all played huge roles in the Rays’ run to the ALCS this season, and The Athletic’s Will Sammon took a look at the process Tampa Bay used in identifying and acquiring these players. Kelly was a Rule 5 Draft pick acquired from the […]
#CardCorner: 1975 Topps Rick Burleson kkundahl Sat, 2026-10-10 09:53 One of the young core of the mid-1970s Red Sox, Rick Burleson became one of the most respected shortstops of his era. Craig Muder For eight seasons in the 1970s and early 1980s, Rick Burleson was considered one of the best – and toughest – shortstops in the game. Multiple shoulder injuries derailed his career, but Burleson remains for many Red Sox fans the definition of what a middle infielder should be...
Our pick of winners and losers from the sixth and final sprint race of the 2026 F1 season at the Singapore GP
Sonny Gray makes decision for 2027 season.
The right-hander's injury was not diagnosed until after the season ended.
Red Sox reliever Garrett Whitlock capped off a terrific regular season with a quality September, but it turns out he worked through a serious injury over the final month of the campaign. Whitlock unknowingly pitched with a fractured right tibia, he told Gabrielle Starr of the Boston Herald. Boston’s season ended in late September at […]
Across Minor League Baseball in 2026, an astounding 59 players recorded 20-20 seasons, hitting at least 20 home runs and stealing at least 20 bases. Of those 59, however, only one spent the entire season in the Red Sox organization: 27-year-old utilityman Tyler McDonough. McDonough, Boston’s third-round pick in the 2021 draft out of North … Continue reading "How versatile Red Sox prospect Tyler McDonough put together 20-20 season in 2026"
After a career year, veteran 36-year-old pitcher Sonny Gray was considering retirement. But he sent a text to the Boston Globe's Alex Speier Friday afternoon making his intentions for 2027 clear . My family and I have talked about it and it’s an easy decision. I still want to win a World Series, whether that is Boston or with whoever wants me. Intriguingly, the statement indicates that he'd be willing to continue his career in Beantown, which is contrary to what it sounded like a week ag...
The Red Sox and Yankees met in the postseason in consecutive years in the Wild Card round – both won by New York. The clubs had not met in consecutive postseasons since their pair of classics in the 2003 and 2004 ALCS. My how things have changed since those incredible back-to-back October clashes. The rivalry […]
The New York Yankees came into their American League Division Series with plenty of momentum. They had been one of the hottest teams in the big leagues for six weeks and had disposed of the archrival Boston Red Sox in the Wild Card round of the playoffs in consecutive games. This appeared to be the […] The post 3 Yankees radical changes to make Aaron Judge happy after ‘all-in’ demand appeared first on ClutchPoints .
On a scale of 1 (Harry Frazee) to 5 (Theo Epstein), how would you rate Craig Breslow’s last 12 months? 3. Breslow did something which is more than the nothing we endured for several years. Maybe that something isn’t the something you wanted, but it’s more exciting than nothing. — Jacob Roy 4. Caleb Durbin […]
Despite going without superstar right fielder Aaron Judge for most of the season, the Yankees won 93 games and earned a playoff berth. They swept the archrival Red Sox in the Wild Card round, but the Yankees were then the victims of a sweep against another AL East foe – the division champion Rays – […]
For almost the entirety of 2026, Baltimore felt the absence of a real closer. Sometimes it’d be Tyler Wells. Sometimes Yennier Cano. They’d even sometimes throw Grant Wolfram out there in the ninth, though they should have known better. None of this was by design. In August 2025, the Mountain toppled—Félix Bautista, one of the […]
Yankee Elimination Day is finally here! With the Rays defeating the Yankees in the ALDS last night, a wave of celebration and good spirits has washed over this lonely planet of ours. In light of the, uhh, not great manner in which the Red Sox were recently eliminated, the holiday is likely to prompt some […]
Big Papi and the Rays found hilarious ways to jab the Yankees and their fans for the ALDS loss.