But Can He Pitch?
Good news: Red Sox fans get to watch the two best starting pitchers in the American League this weekend when the Detroit Tigers come to town. Bad news: The pitchers miss each other by one game and Boston must find a way to beat the two-time defending Cy Young Award winner. Garrett Crochet and Tarik […]
Worcester: L, 3-5 (BOX SCORE) This game may have had a totally different outcome if the WooSox simply left fewer men on base, especially later on. A total of 14 were left stranded in the midst of 11 walks by Sounds (Brewers AAA) pitchers. It also didn’t help that the WooSox found themselves quickly down […]
If there’s one recent play that sums up Trevor Story’s slow slide defensively at shortstop, I’d argue it’s this one from Monday night: Simply put, he doesn’t have the range he once did. It’s not so bad he can’t get to this ball at all, but it’s also slipped enough so that he can’t get […]
One of my favorite things in life as I age in this overly automated, data-driven world is watching how differently things turn out when human beings enter a situation after it was projected to go a certain way on paper. And let me be clear; I say this as a complete baseball nerd who spends […]
The Red Sox broke out the bats in need of a response from Tuesday’s shutout loss. A big day for Trevor Story (5 RBIs) helped Boston earn a 9-5 win over the Minnesota Twins. The Red Sox avoided the sweep against the best team in the American League so far. Here are three takeaways from […]
TV: NESN First Pitch: 1:40 p.m. ET Well, this series couldn’t have started any worse. Red Sox starters gave up 15 earned runs in the first two games, thanks to disastrous starts from Garrett Crochet and Sonny Gray. Boston’s lineup also got shutout for the first time this season and is lacking momentum entering Wednesday […]
Worcester: L, 4-9 (BOX SCORE) “Struggling” out of the gate seems relative now with consecutive poor performances by Garrett Crochet and Sonny Gray, but Patrick Sandoval doesn’t quite seem ready to rejoin the Major League roster in a few weeks (due to being a pitcher, he gets a month of rehab time.) He struck out […]
Good morning! After another ugly loss last night, the Red Sox once again find themselves as the worst team in baseball. It’s still April, and no one is getting fired yet, nor do I think anyone is getting demoted. But surely the Sox need to do something, right? So what one move would you make […]
When Mick Abel hit Willson Contreras, the first baseman joined Yandy Diaz, Dillon Dingler, Connor Nordy, and Isaac Paredes to lead all of MLB with four hit by pitches. So far in the season, Contreras has been hit once each by the Reds, Brewers, Cardinals, and Twins. Contreras has had a mixed bag with HBPs. […]
For the third time on this road trip, the Red Sox entered a game with a seemingly large pitching advantage and lost. They got shut down by Dustin May last Friday, watched Garrett Crochet get bombarded while matched up against Bailey Ober yesterday, and saw Sonny Gray get thoroughly outpitched by Mick Abel tonight. On […]
After last night’s abysmal start from Garrett Crochet in which he only went 1.2 innings, the Red Sox middle relief is taxed. As a result, they had to make the following roster move today, which lands Jack Anderson in a big league uniform for the first time: Ideally, Boston won’t need the middle relief tonight […]
Boston Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet is the true definition of an ace: dependable, dominant, and downright terrifying to step into the box against. So… what the hell is going on? Crochet has been unusually shaky to kickstart the season, allowing nearly as many runs (18) as strikeouts recorded (22) — with those aggressively poor […]
How many pitches into the game last night did you start worrying about Garrett Crochet’s health? Such is life as a baseball fan in the 21st century. But, for now at least, Crochet says there’s nothing to worry about. He and the Sox brass all confirmed he felt healthy last night, and Crochet downplayed the […]
Aroldis Chapman has been nearly perfect over his Red Sox tenure. He’s converted 35 of 37 save opportunities, registering a 1.22 ERA in that span. But Father Time is undefeated, Chapman has been prone to meltdowns, and I’m generally distrustful, so I’m waiting for the wheels to fall off. Last week, against the Brewers, Chapman […]
With the Red Sox having some momentum after winning two straight and four of their last five games, they gave the ball to Garrett Crochet last night. He was facing a Minnesota Twins lineup that recently beat up on Tarik Skubal and Framber Valdez, and turned in the worst performance of his career: an 11-run, […]
The Red Sox lost to the Twins 11-6 on Monday, a Crochet Day. They were down 11-0 before the second inning was over and got some runs after that, but it was plenty over by then. It was bad. It was very bad. It was abysmal. The end.
After a ruff start, the Sox are still a sad 6-9 but are only two games out of first place. Tonight, we ball behind Garrett Crochet to help close that gap in a wide-open AL East (and AL in general). Game’s at 7:40 p.m. and the Sox will face Bailey Ober, who’s had a tuff […]
After taking two-of-three from the St. Louis Cardinals, the Red Sox are 6-9, just two games out of first place in the AL East. Ditto a Wild Card spot. Their run differential is zero. The offense has scored 62 runs, third in the division after Tampa Bay (70) and New York (65). The pitching is […]
Fenway Sports Group has already drawn ire in recent years for, amongst other things on a very non exhaustive list: caring more about profits than winning, selling the most expensive “experience” in baseball rather than a winning team, caring more about profits than the culture of the team, shipping away homegrown leaders to save a […]
Worcester: W, 8-5 (BOX SCORE) Allan Castro, an outfielder who’s been moving up Boston’s organizational ladder at the age of 22, made waves in the series finale against Columbus (Guardians AAA) as his six RB’s on two home runs, including a grand slam, lifted the WooSox to a win. The grand slam made the game […]
If there’s anything that I learned over the past week of watching the Red Sox, it’s that baseball can—believe it or not—be fun! God, remember what it was like to actually enjoy this team’s play? After many in Red Sox Nation (myself included) started to worry about the trajectory of the 2026 season, Boston has […]
Hello and happy Monday, folks. Hope your weekend went well; I was able to wear a t-shirt for the first time outside since, like, 2011. The Red Sox will be going for their first three-game winning streak of the season tonight in the land of 10,000 lakes, as the Minnesota Twins will be hosting us […]
The Red Sox have only six wins this season. We’re not dealing with a large sample size. Still, today felt like the “easiest” win of the season. The offense jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning with a home run off the bat of Willson Contreras and never looked back. They were […]
It’s the series finale at Busch Stadium as the Red Sox look to win back-to-back games and back-to-back series. Brayan Bello has struggled this season, but maybe he can follow in Ranger Suarez’s footsteps and get back on track against a Cardinals lineup that hasn’t managed much offense in the last two days. The Red […]
During Saturday’s win in St. Louis, the Red Sox scored a season high seven runs. So with that established, let me stop and ask you a question: What player in a Boston uniform was most responsible for this offensive outburst? Perhaps it was Willson Contreras, who went 2-4 with 3 RBI against his former team. […]