Jarren Duran must make the 2024 American League All-Star team. The fans didn’t vote for Duran, but he deserved more consideration than he got. Anyone paying attention to MLB this season knows where Duran stands. You’d have to have been actively ignoring reality not to acknowledge him. That’s what seems to have happened, given he barely […]
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2024 was intended to be a development year for the Red Sox. Nobody believed the team the Sox put together — fully healthy — would finish above .500. There’s still a good possibility they won’t finish above .500. Boston has yet to play one game with the team the front office intended. This year, they’ll […]
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The Red Sox rotation gets all the attention, and rightfully so. It has drastically improved without any additions, though we’ve seen some regression in the last few weeks. But Boston’s bullpen is doing well, too, despite injuries and some new faces, including a couple of rookies. More than a few Red Sox relievers are making significant contributions […]
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Hey, Red Sox, do you regret demoting Brennan Bernardino to Worcester yet? I hope so. Brennan Bernardino Broke Out With Red Sox in 2023 Embed from Getty Images The Red Sox claimed Brennan Bernardino last April from the Mariners because they couldn’t find competent left-handed relief pitching yet again. The Sox began 2023 with […]
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It’s time to cut the bull(expletive). Ceddanne Rafaela is the Red Sox’s best solution to replace Trevor Story while keeping the defense respectable. We know it. The Red Sox themselves know it better than we know it. Rafaela is more than familiar with the position. He’s certainly athletic enough to make at least routine MLB plays […]
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Once Lucas Giolito got hurt, the 2024 Red Sox pitching rotation was all but set. For better or worse, this is the best rotation the Red Sox have sans Giolito, thanks to John W. Henry’s unwillingness to spend. Sure, there’s a ton of upside for Red Sox pitching coach Andrew Bailey to work with. But […]
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These trade rumors involving Masataka Yoshida and Kenley Jansen are ridiculous. The Red Sox shouldn’t be a team that needs to cut payroll to add players. Yet here we are. Craig Breslow is trying to be creative in building a better roster under whatever constraints John W. Henry has put on him. I get it. […]
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It doesn’t matter who the Red Sox target this offseason to fill out their rotation if the defense behind them doesn’t improve, too. Besides the apparent defensive failures, second base was also one of the worst defensive positions for Boston last year. Second base is the only infield position the Sox can realistically improve for […]
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The Red Sox made a trade with the Yankees for Alex Verdugo. The ironic thing about it is Chaim Bloom’s first big move was acquiring him, and Craig Breslow‘s first significant move was shipping him off. In hindsight, we shouldn’t be surprised the Yankees got him. Both teams discussed him at last year’s trade deadline […]
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If we learned one thing from the 2023 Red Sox, it should be that Tanner Houck isn’t a starter. He proved that all by himself. Every one of Houck’s starts was as predictable. Whenever he faced a lineup for the third time, he completely lost it despite dominating the first two times. He demonstrated no […]
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Red Sox ownership fired Chaim Bloom for doing their dirty work. He became their scapegoat. We went from “sustained success” and “remaining competitive” to “championships and winning baseball at the MLB level,” as CEO Sam Kennedy put it, real quick. Kennedy’s statement alludes to the Red Sox not winning as the reason for firing Chaim […]
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Triston Casas has quickly put himself in the 2023 American League Rookie of the Year debate. How fast things can change, huh? During the first two and a half months of the season, some Red Sox “fans” all but wrote Casas off as a bust. However, those of us in the know, the Sox fans […]
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Guess what? Chaim Bloom did it again. Pablo Reyes, an obscure player almost nobody had heard of before his trade to the Red Sox, has become a pivotal role player out of nowhere. Reyes has not only provided stability defensively but also has surprised offensively. And after missing a month due to injury, the middle […]
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Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom still knows what he’s doing, and one underwhelming trade deadline doesn’t change all his successes. However… The Sox needed pitching. We knew it, the club knew it, and Rafael Devers even asked for help. Bloom didn’t get pitching. Was not adding a starter the right move for a […]
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