But Can He Pitch?
’Twas brillig on Jersey Street The fans roared loud and rumbled,In Fenway’s yard where the faithful played all eager, loud, and jumbled; The Green Monster looms in left field deep, its shadow cold and wide,It calls to every driven sweep, then sends it screaming back inside. “Beware the Sox, my son!” they cried, “you’ve heard the echo of that sound—Beware […]
Well folks, we made it! The offseason is over and Red Sox baseball is about to begin anew this afternoon in Cincinnati. While we wait through the final few hours between the last Red Sox out of 2025 and the first pitch of 2026, let’s take a few moments to talk about our favorite Opening […]
The Boston Red Sox enter 2026 with the clear expectation of returning to the playoffs in consecutive seasons for the first time in eight years. The 2026 team stands on a foundation of exceptionally deep starting pitching, horses to stabilize the bullpen, and colossal pressure on Roman Anthony to carry a reshuffled offense. In fact, […]
Starting pitchers generally use spring training to build up their arm strength and tweak their repertoire. Hopefully that’s the case with Ranger Suarez, who allowed nine runs (eight earned) over 4 1/3 innings in the team’s final spring training game on Tuesday. He only built up to 69 pitches in the final start, which isn’t […]
I really wanted to use a pic of him in a Sox uni but come on now. | Getty Images Baseball is here, and we need to talk about the important stuff. The of-the-moment, Garrett Crochet Opening Day type of news? No. No season-long predictions either. If a season-long prediction must be made, let it be this, melding several voices with which I agree into a general “them”: “The Red Sox should be good enough, and if they stay healthy and Roman Anthony whips ass, they could win it all,” “they” s...
Good morning and happy Opening Day! Except… is it actually Opening Day? There is a regular season baseball game today. But there’s only one of them. And it’s at night. And it’s on Netflix. And it’s an interleague game featuring a team that didn’t even make the postseason last year. And it seems to be […]
The Red Sox rotation is set. Garrett Crochet will start the season opener on Thursday in Cincinnati, Sonny Gray will then take the hill for game 2 on Saturday, and in what was a pretty significant announcement today, Connelly Early will get the ball for the series finale on Sunday. From there, Ranger Suarez, the […]
Is it on TV? Sure is. First pitch is on NESN at 1:05. What’s the lineup? What should we watch for? Ranger Suárez hasn’t pitched much this spring. And when he has, he hasn’t been all that good. It’s March, so no one should be freaking out, but it would definitely be nice to see […]
Yesterday morning, we wondered whether Connelly Early or Johan Oviedo would nab the final spot in the Red Sox rotation. Come nightfall we learned that it would be… both of them? In a surprise move as they finalized the roster, the Sox decided that both Early and Oviedo would head to Cincinnati to help protect […]
As the Red Sox approach Opening Day, it’s time to look at the other American League playoff contenders. Next up, one of 2025’s most disappointing teams. What’s this team’s deal? The 2023 Baltimore Orioles wown 101 games and took first place in the AL East. The 2024 edition of the club won 91 games and […]
Is it on TV? Sure is. First pitch is on NESN at 1:05 PM. What’s the lineup? What should we watch for? Call me crazy, but that looks like a possible Opening Day lineup to me. Maybe it’ll be Jarren Duran at DH instead of Roman Anthony — and it obviously won’t be Johan Oviedo […]
As the Red Sox approach Opening Day, it’s time to start taking a look at the other American League playoff contenders. Next up, a team that’s led by the best pitcher on the planet. What’s this team’s deal? For the past few seasons, The Tigers have been Tarik Skubal and the Skubettes. Fans, who are […]
It’s officially Opening Day Week (or just Opening Week, maybe? We can workshop it). We made it, gang. Hope springs eternal! Everyone across the baseball community is wide-eyed and bushy-tailed, optimistic about their team and their goals for the 2026 season. The final days of spring training are wrapping up, and soon enough we’re going […]
Hello and happy Monday, folks. We’re mere hours away from Opening Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! With that in mind, the question of the day is simple: who’s going to be the fifth starter in the rotation? Crochet’s a Cy Young candidate. Suarez and Gray are locks. Bello’s a good of a bet as anyone in the organization to […]
Is it on TV? Yes! First pitch is at 1:05 PM on NESN. What’s the lineup? What should we watch for? It’s Sonny Gray’s last start before the season starts and we officially have some cause for concern. Can he make some progress before the games count?
Yesterday, manager Alex Cora announced that Marcelo Mayer would be the starting second baseman for the 2026 Red Sox. Thus concludes one of the sillier spring training storylines we’ve seen in a long time. There was never really any baseball reason to suggest that either Isiah Kiner-Falefa or Andruw Monasterio would make more sense for […]
What’s This Team’s Deal? This team has won one World Series since the year 2000. I haven’t looked into what happened in the hundred years before that. In 2025, after winning a three-game Wild Card series against the Red Sox, New York went down to the Toronto Blue Jays 3-games-to-1, allowing 37 runs in those […]
At this point each season, everything is fresh and new, and nearly anything seems possible. For the Red Sox infield, the mystery of what the season holds is even more intriguing because the Red Sox have an almost completely new-look infield. For the most part, the players are new to each other and to Fenway: […]
Is it on TV? Yup! First pitch is on NESN at 1:05 PM. What’s the lineup? Why should we watch? Do you need another reason to watch other than the return of Roman Anthony? We’ve got Willson Contreras in there, too, whom we haven’t seen much of this spring. And while Blake Wehunt isn’t much […]
As the Red Sox approach Opening Day, it’s time to start taking at look at the other American League playoff contenders. Next up, a team that’s led by an MVP candidate. What’s this team’s deal? In 2024 the Royals bounced back from a 106-loss season to win 86 games and finish in second place in […]
Red Sox fans have been spoiled by the rosters of recent Spring Breakout games. That’s what happens when your farm system is stocked with some of the very best prospects in baseball. The spring breakout roster isn’t quite as loaded this year. Here’s the team that will be in the dugout against the Orioles prospects […]
The Red Sox should be deemed the unofficial champions of the 2026 World Baseball Classic. Garrett Whitlock absolutely stood out as a star from his time on the mound in March, though his run ended with heartbreak and fair concerns for the upcoming season. Prior to taking the ball in the ninth inning of the […]
Who is he and where did he come from? He’s Tommy Kahnle and, like most relievers in their mid-to-late 30s, he comes from all over the league. As one of the rare baseball players to grow up in upstate New York, Kahnle settled for Division II baseball in college before being selected by the Yankees […]
Over the last few weeks, I wrote over 10,000 words about 61 pitchers in the American League East. I talked about what they’ve done, how they attack hitters, and where they can improve. While I left some nuggets about what pitchers might become, I wanted to give myself a space to be publicly wrong in […]
Not only was the World Baseball Classic a massive success, but it also featured Red Sox players as a main character in what felt like almost every game. So as our attention turns back to the more traditional 162 game brand of baseball, do any performances on the global stage change your outlook for the […]