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It is not even officially summer yet. That’s probably the worst thing about this horrific 2026 season. It’s not even officially summer yet, and there’s nothing to look forward to baseball wise in New England. “The Red Sox are a roster-construction failure. Management can claim to be looking for outside help, and maybe they are, […]
Last week, I wrote and encouraged the Red Sox to totally tear down the roster with a 2014-style fire sale at the trade deadline on Aug. 3rd. I still stand by that for the large portion of sellable pieces. The Willson Contreras decision in that conversation became a complicated one for me and one that […]
I don't know what Theo Epstein does. But I know what he's done.And Red Sox principal owner John Henry ought to let the man see if he can do it again.
I generally don’t like to repeat post topics—one of the great things about baseball being the endless opportunities for new stories or discussions. But after extolling the virtues of Byron Buxton at the end of the 2025 season, I am compelled to do the same at this juncture. In recent seasons, Twins fans have been […]
Just a few short months ago, the Mets, Red Sox and Tigers seemed like safe bets to reach the 2026 MLB postseason, while the Cardinals, Nationals and White Sox appeared destined to battle the Rockies for the worst record in baseball.
The Boston Red Sox have fallen and they can’t get up. They are buried in last place in the American League East with a 29-43 record, and while there is more than half the season remaining, they appear to be a very poor team. Their biggest problem is that they are brutal at Fenway Park. […] The post Sonny Gray fires blunt Red Sox reality check after loss to Blue Jays appeared first on ClutchPoints .
One year and one day after making his Red Sox organizational debut, Dodgers prospect James Tibbs III became the first hitter in the Pacific Coast League to reach the 20 home run mark this season. Tibbs proved to be the hero for Triple-A Oklahoma City in Thursday’s matinee against Sacramento at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. After … Continue reading "Former Red Sox prospect James Tibbs III becomes first to reach 20 home runs in PCL this season"
The Boston Red Sox have suffered in irrelevance for much of the last eight years, with some prosperity mixed in here and there, but they have somehow managed to avoid complete catastrophe during this troubling era. That may soon change, however. Following Thursday’s sweep-clinching 4-3 defeat to the Toronto Blue Jays, which marked the ballclub’s […] The post Red Sox on pace for historically brutal finish after Blue Jays sweep appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Santiago Espinal has cleared waivers and elected free agency, according to the MLB.com transaction log. The Dodgers designated the veteran infielder for assignment on Tuesday when Tommy Edman returned from injury. Espinal has been outrighted twice this season. The first came when Kiké Hernández returned from the injured list. Hernández quickly went back down with injury, so […]
The Boston Red Sox should view shortstop Jeremy Pena as more than a speculative trade-deadline name. They should see him as a practical solution to an infield problem that has followed them for too long. The Red Sox need stability, athleticism, and defensive reliability in the middle of the diamond. Pena would provide Boston a […] The post Why Red Sox must trade for Astros’ Jeremy Pena despite underwhelming season appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Blue Jays 4 Red Sox 3 This is going to be a short recap, we’ll talk more about this one tomorrow. But…. Trey Yesavage was terrific. It was too bad about the back-to-back home runs in the eighth, but he was amazing. I feel bad that he didn’t get the win. Over the first seven […]
The Boston Red Sox entered Thursday against the Toronto Blue Jays seeking to avoid a sweep. Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Caleb Durbin stepped up with back-to-back homers to get the Red Sox back into the race, but still couldn’t save. They lost the game by 3-4, adding yet another series loss to their already haunting Fenway Park record […] The post $6M Red Sox Star Issues Dire Warning to Clubhouse as Team’s Fenway Curse Drags On appeared first on EssentiallySports .
Boston was swept by the division-rival Blue Jays on Thursday, dropping the series finale 4-3 and falling to 29-43 on the season. The loss pushed the Red Sox to 14 games under .500 for the first time since 2015 and continued a troubling trend in close games, as they dropped to 1-37 this season when trailing after eight innings.
The Boston Red Sox are sliding in the AL East, and tough decisions await as the trade deadline approaches. It's time for a reality check in Boston.
On Monday night at Busch Stadium, Dustin May made the most impressive start of his major league career. The right-hander was perfect through six and finished with a one-hit, one-walk shutout. He threw 101 pitches. He struck out nine. If it weren’t for Jacob Misiorowski’s 15-strikeout tour de force last Friday, this might have been […]
Isiah Kiner-Falefa has been traded three times in his career. Once, he was traded two times in a span of two days. Changing teams is merely part of the process for the 31 year-old veteran, who’s in his first season…
The Toronto Blue Jays have been up and down this season, and their series against the Boston Red Sox was a good way for them to get back on track. For the past two days, they’ve been able to hold their own against them, and in the last game of the series, it wasn’t as […] The post Brandon Valenzuela’s Green Monster shot clinches sweep of Red Sox appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. started the week of June 15 with an MLB Injury. The Toronto Blue Jays star endured back tightness before facing the Boston Red Sox. But Guerrero finally returned to the home run stat line Thursday, leading to playful shade from manager John Schneider. Schneider watched the Blue Jays MLB All-Star take his […] The post Vladimir Guerrero Jr. breaks homerless streak, gets shade from John Schneider appeared first on ClutchPoints .
If you’ve read our website long enough, you’d know that we don’t really do the whole “box score” thing when talking about individual games — the goal is to tell the story of the game, not list out a bunch of numbers and let you fill in the blanks. I just need to list out […]
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Jason Martinez and Jon Becker answer questions related to rosters, playing time, bullpen usage, minor leaguers, payroll, and more.
Game 75 Game Thread. A sweep would be ok. And Trey…..pitch deep into the game, please. And I don’t mean 2026 deep, pitching into the fourth inning or something. I mean 1990s deep, where you hand the ball to the closer as you come off the mound. There are some injury notes: Lineup: Today’s Lineups […]
With the Toronto Blue Jays finishing up a series against the Boston Red Sox on Thursday afternoon, the team is dealing with a myriad of injuries, though some have received key updates. As the Blue Jays deal with these updates, manager John Schneider gives the rundown on crucial players to the team. Speaking to the […] The post Blue Jays’ John Schneider shares plethora of injury updates before Red Sox game appeared first on ClutchPoints .
For many baseball fans, the Home Run Derby has become just as entertaining as the MLB All-Star Game itself. Every summer, some of the biggest stars in Major League Baseball take center stage and put on a power-hitting spectacle unlike…
TV: NESN First Pitch: 1:35 p.m. ET The Red Sox and Blue Jays will wrap up what has been an astonishingly consistent series on Thursday at Fenway Park. Boston puts tons of guys on base, none of them score, they lose. Toronto barely scrapes together a few hits, somehow gets its baserunners to score, they […]