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What will Romy Gonzalez’s role be for the Red Sox?
Romy Gonzalez began a rehab assignment at Double-A on Tuesday. Prior to the season, I outlined the impact of Romy Gonzalez’s injury, combined with the Red Sox letting Rob Refsnyder go to Seattle. I worried that the lineup would struggle against left-handers without both of them. I should have also added that the lineup would […]
Red Sox News & Links: ‘We’re not good’
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, […]
Why the Red Sox shouldn’t trade Willson Contreras
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 […]
Red Sox get swept by Blue Jays despite ill-fated comeback attempt
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 […]
Blue Jays at Red Sox; Sonny Gray looks to avoid sweep
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 […]
Red Sox Minor Lines: Patrick Sandoval strikes out 4 in 3-inning rehab stint
Worcester: W, 7-4 (F/10) (BOX SCORE) In a bullpen game, the WooSox ended up fending off the IronPigs in extra innings. (Phillies AAA) Just as Nathan Hickey (who homered) and Vinny Capra (who drove in the game’s opening run) helped put some early runs on the board, they helped put plenty of padding on during […]
Blue Jays at Red Sox; Sonny Gray looks to salvage series win
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, and loses. Toronto barely scrapes together a few hits, somehow gets its baserunners to score, and […]
Can the Red Sox replicate what the Scots brought to Fenway Park?
In what has been a confounding and sometimes miserable season, the Tartan Army invasion of Fenway Park has been a breath of fresh air. Yes, they’ve been a delight in Boston as a whole as well: putting traffic cones on statutes, drinking beers, exuding joy upon seeing a real yellow school bus. You’ve seen the […]
Will a looming lockout in 2027 impact the Red Sox at the trade deadline?
There’s terrible news everywhere you turn if you’re a baseball fan in Boston. Not only are the 2026 Red Sox a train wreck, but in a broader landscape across the sport, the players and owners are gearing up for their most bitter fight since 1994 when the World Series was wiped out. Tensions only seemed […]
Boston drops 10th series at Fenway in familiar fashion
The Red Sox got a fairly effective outing from Jake Bennett in his fourth MLB start, which didn’t eventually matter with a zero on the board from Boston’s offense. The Blue Jays secured the series victory in a 3-0 win. The Red Sox fell to 13 games under .500 for the first time since 2015 […]
Jake Bennett makes fourth MLB start in middle game vs. Blue Jays
The Red Sox dropped the series opener against the Blue Jays following a series win over the weekend against the Texas Rangers. Boston sits at 6-15 against the American League East entering play Wednesday as Jake Bennett returns to the mound for his fourth big-league start. The left-hander allowed four earned runs in five innings […]
Red Sox News & Links: Finally some good injury updates on Roman Anthony, Garrett Crochet?
This Red Sox season has been an exercise in one-step-forward-two-steps-back. And that rubric doesn’t just apply to the game-to-game results, but to the injuries as well. How many times have we gone from “minor injury, hopes to avoid the IL,” to “recovery progressing, hopes to begin rehab assignment soon,” to “RIP, gone but not forgotten”? […]
Red Sox Minor Lines: Devin Futrell pitches a gem, Romy Gonzalez goes deep
Worcester: W, 5-3 (BOX SCORE) Have a day, Mikey Romero… and about five other guys! The former first rounder had three hits off of the Iron Pigs (Phillies AAA), two of which being RBI knocks in vital spots. One opened scoring in the third with two outs, and the other added a huge cushion run […]
The 2004 Red Sox hereby welcome the 2026 Knicks to the iconic teams club
It’s the year 2026, a space travel company that doesn’t do anything is the largest in the world, and it’s been more than two decades since the 2004 Red Sox pulled off their singularly improbable comeback against the Yankees and swept to their first World Series win in 86 years. Anyone who actually remembers seeing […]
The Red Sox should push to get Payton Tolle into the 2026 MLB All-Star Game
The Boston Red Sox do not deserve to have any representatives at the 2026 MLB All-Star Game. It’s going to happen, though… Major League Baseball, in an effort to maximize fan engagement across all of its markets, requires that each team is represented by at least one player at the Midsummer Classic. Cesar Izturis, Michael […]
The Red Sox continue to look like absolute losers in their latest loss at Fenway Park
The Red Sox had more hits than the Blue Jays, more walks than the Blue Jays, more than double the opportunities with runners in scoring position than the Blue Jays, and yet lost an uncompetitive 6-1 snoozefest to the Blue Jays. Despite numerous chances to take an early lead against Dylan Cease, who was struggling […]
Payton Tolle takes the mound for the Red Sox in their series opener against the Blue Jays
If you were to ask a random group of Red Sox fans what the most fun part of the 2026 season has been so far, many might come back from the slim pickings and respond with some version of “watching Payton Tolle pitch.” It’s certainly not a bad answer, but in typical 2026 Red Sox […]
Has Red Sox reliever Greg Weissert figured it out?
Everyone loves to hate a relief pitcher. Even the best teams have a “oh great, here comes this guy” guy in the bullpen. For the Boston Red Sox in 2026, that’s Greg Weissert. For some reason, Weissert is the Red Sox’s go-to guy to get out of a jam. That’s partially because they want to […]
Red Sox News & Links: Will the Sox get a haul at the trade deadline?
Sean McAdam, one of the most experienced reporters on the Red Sox beat, recently wrote that it was “nearly impossible” to imagine Craig Breslow surviving this season as the Red Sox CBO. While that certainly feels true at this juncture, he is only third on this list of front office executives facing the most pressure […]
Facing the Blue Jays, can the Red Sox win a second straight home series?
The Red Sox did the near-unthinkable: they won 2 games in a row at home! A whole series! And it was against a team right in the playoff mix and just 1.0 game back for the lead in the AL West. At 35-36 the Rangers just left Boston under .500. Also under .500 are the […]
Red Sox pitcher Payton Tolle is a Rookie of the Year candidate
Happy Tuesday, OTM! While the Red Sox are only five games out of the third Wild Card in the American League, I think we’re all in agreement that this team probably isn’t going anywhere. It’s America’s pastime, though, and you need to find reasons to watch the games. Aside from just killing time on a […]
Red Sox News & Links: Romy Gonzalez set to begin rehab assignment
I’m almost reluctant to type this onto the page, because I fear it’s a hope so delicate that discussing it in print could endanger its very existence, but alas: the Red Sox may soon receive a boost on offense. Romy Gonzalez, the Platoon Paul Bunyon himself, will begin a rehab assignment tomorrow with AA Portland. […]
Red Sox Minor Lines: Johanfran Garcia belts 11th homer
Worcester: Canceled, Rain The finale against the Red Wings (Nationals AAA) ended up as the second game canceled this series due to inclement weather. This was a blessing in disguise for both clubs’ pitching staff as they used a combined thirteen pitchers on Saturday in Brayan Bello’s first AAA start, so an extra day of […]
This Red Sox season has sucked, but Ceddanne Rafaela hasn’t
I feel like I’m been pretty negative over the last few weeks of Brushback articles. I need to change up my mentality a lil’ bit. This 2026 Red Sox season, as we all know by now, has been tragic thus far. Not enough offense, the pitching isn’t enough to carry them to victory on most […]
Scottish football fans in town for the World Cup took over Fenway Park last night
Hello and happy Monday, folks. The Red Sox do not play today, and neither does the Scotland national football soccer team. However, their fans sure as hell have made their presence in Boston known—especially within and around Fenway Park. Scotland The Brave being played in Boston—must be any ol’ weekday. If I had a nickel […]
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