But Can He Pitch?
Thank the baseball GODs for that ninth inning. The Red Sox came into the final frame with a tenuous one-run lead, after Garrett Whitlock gave up a solo shot to Jordan Walker in the bottom of the 8th. Trevor Story led off with a walk—something that hasn’t been a big help to the Red Sox […]
A Saturday national game, is this the pressure the Red Sox need right now? We at least see a little more normal of a lineup with Roman back in—maybe being the DH will let him focus on one thing at a time and his bat is more important right now. Can the Red Sox stop […]
Worcester: W, 8-5 (BOX SCORE) Jake Bennett pitched a really solid game, going into the sixth, keeping his ERA under 1 despite allowing his first earned run of the season, striking four out and allowing just two hits. But, that wasn’t the real story on Friday night against Columbus (Guardians AAA). Tsung-Che Cheng started his […]
I don’t have many words for this Red Sox team already, so we’re gonna keep it short. Studs No one? Is it that bad I don’t have just about anything good to say about this game? Duds Where do I even begin with duds for this game. Willson Contreras with a golden sombrero, including getting […]
It’s early April but for tonight, we can say it’s Early-May 🥁 I know the pun is awful, but it kicks off the second of four consecutive series against Midwest based teams. Can the Sox find more momentum off of their first series victory against the Brewers or will the Redbirds emerge on top? Also […]
The Red Sox doubled their win total in 2026 by taking two-out-of-three against the Milwaukee Brewers and, realistically, came within a play or two Monday night from sweeping one of the best teams in the National League. They split the first homestand of the year 3-3 and head off to the midwest for a six-game […]
Worcester Red Sox 5, Columbus Clippers 0 (BOX) The Woo Sox got seven hits from seven different starters on Thursday, accounting for five runs against the Clippers (CLE) in a 5-0 victory. Vinny Capra and Jason Delay’s RBIs were on doubles. The pitching was outstanding, with 26-year-old Jack Anderson throwing six shutout innings, allowing just […]
With former Red Sox great Dustin May taking the mound for the St. Louis Cardinals against his former team this evening (how many cheesy dad jokes will there be about the “Early May” pitching matchup this evening?), it got me thinking about the levels of the Rafael Devers fallout. Even if you were in favor […]
No team should ever want to replicate an 0-6 start, a chicken and beer-staining identity, or a catastrophic choking of a postseason berth. Obviously, that’s how the 2011 Red Sox crumbled in infamous fashion. That season, pumped up by a ridiculous offseason spending spree for Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez, saw an 0-6 road trip […]
Worcester: W, 8-5 (BOX SCORE) After almost two years of rehab, Patrick Sandoval is back. The idea of paying someone fresh off of Tommy John surgery $18 million to rehab has been met with plenty of criticism, but Sandoval’s 529 strikeouts in 536 career innings with an ERA just over 4 can provide some stability […]
All winter long, the buzzword about the Red Sox pitching rotation was “depth.” But a few weeks into the season, that depth hasn’t shown up yet, with the rotation looking top-heavy and overly reliant on Garrett Crochet and Sonny Gray. (Alex Speier, Boston Globe) But if you have to be top-heavy in the rotation, it […]
We’re still just just a dozen games into the young season, but already the DNA of the 2026 Red Sox is taking shape. They’ve got a lineup that doesn’t have enough power, a defense that is somehow both above average at taking away runs while also being well below average at avoiding mistakes, and a […]
With the Red Sox headed to St. Louis this weekend, it’s a good time to reflect on what these two franchises mean to the history of MLB and how much their reputations have decayed in recent years. The Red Sox haven’t won a division title in eight years and haven’t hosted a playoff game at […]
The Red Sox needed 12 games to do it, but Boston secured its first series victory of the season. The 5-0 getaway day win over the Milwaukee Brewers clinched the series over the reigning National League Central champions. Starting pitching did indeed prevent runs and the offense did its job in a productive third inning. […]
TV: NESN First Pitch: 1:35 p.m. ET Has the day arrived? Can the Red Sox finally win a series in 2026? Boston snapped a three-game losing skid when Garrett Crochet earned the win over Milwaukee flamethrower Jacob Misiorowski. Now, the Red Sox stay alive for Wednesday’s matinee rubber match at Fenway. Trevor Story gets off […]
The theme of Tuesday’s slate of games was “quite a bit of offense, but not enough.” Starting pitching struggled, and even everyone pitching in at the plate wasn’t enough for Worcester and Portland… but it was plenty for Greenville and Salem, who had the help of solid defense. Let’s get into it. Worcester: L, 10-14 […]
Good morning! The Red Sox won a baseball game last night, which is something we haven’t gotten to say much this year. It was a close one, and another game where the bullpen played a key role. Holding onto leads has been tough for the Sox so far. Like, real tough: But Zack Kelly of […]
The Red Sox are off to a 3-8 start over their first eleven games. There is a lot of doom and gloom about teams starting like this never making the playoffs. Boston has dug itself a sizeable hole that would need something like a 13-7 run for the rest of April to balance out. But […]
For the third consecutive game, the Red Sox jumped out to at least a three run lead and then immediately began coughing it up. But this time, there were two key differences that allowed them to hang on and escape with a win. First, Garrett Crochet started the game throwing up six scoreless frames, so […]
If the first ten games of the season didn’t resemble a flaming trainwreck, the conversation going into tonight’s affair would be centered around everybody going gaga over the sensational pitching match up, and for good reason. Not only do we have Garrett Crochet taking on Jacob Misiorowski, but we’ve got a cold night at Fenway […]
Among all the disasters baked into the Red Sox’ cake of calamity that’s defined the early part of this season, there’s one reoccurring theme that has me shook. Granted, this level of concern should probably be reserved for things like the “give a damn about baseball” vs. “give a damn about what the private equity […]
Red Sox nation needed a reason to smile on Opening Day after a trainwreck of a road trip (rail trip?) to start the season. The 1986 team is all well and good, but winning games in 2026 is more fun than thinking about games that were won 40 years ago. They also weirdly played a […]
What’s particularly frustrating about the Red Sox horrific start is that you can’t just point to one aspect of the game that the team is struggling with and hope for some positive regression in the near future. The sad fact of the matter is that the Red Sox are finding all sorts of different ways […]
I didn’t want to have to be the one to tell you guys this, but the old adage that “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results” isn’t actually true. The Boston Red Sox are doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different […]
Happy Tuesday, Red Sox Nation. Things haven’t been going well for our Red Sox, but part of the beauty in baseball is finding a reason to watch anyway. Today, that reason is Jacob Misiorowski against Garrett Crochet. They’re two of the best pitchers in the game going head-to-head. There’s also a subplot with Willson Contreras […]