The Red Sox know they need to upgrade their rotation. By all indications, Boston’s actively exploring every avenue to do just that. One name — Garrett Crochet — has emerged as a serious trade target for the Red Sox this winter. There’s a lot to like about Crochet. Crochet was one of the very best starters in MLB […]
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The Red Sox must ask themselves before any Jarren Duran or Wilyer Abreu trade, “Who will we miss more in 2025 and beyond?” If Boston trades Duran, they will lose a multidimensional player, their offensive spark plug — a borderline star. If the Sox trade Abreu, they will lose less offensively (right now) but a […]
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After the season ended, it was announced that St. Louis Cardinals’ longtime baseball operations head John Mozeliak would be stepping down after next season. His replacement will be former Boston Red Sox Chief Baseball Officer Chaim Bloom. Bloom and the team agreed to a five-year contract. He spent this season as an advisor to Mozeliak […]
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The Red Sox must find a way to trade Masataka Yoshida and his contract after an odd 2024. How Alex Cora handled Yoshida made it clear that he doesn’t fit Boston’s new roster-building philosophy. Among other things. Masa and the Sox relationship became strained. Regarding Boston’s left-handed problem, Masataka is the metaphorical elephant in the room. […]
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Since Alex Cora came back from his suspension, the Red Sox haven’t had a lot of success. They’ve only gone to the postseason once including missing it the past three seasons as well. Somehow Cora has avoided any real consequences for the Boston Red Sox’s lack of success. In the most blatant example of failing […]
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The Minnesota Twins had a solid first half of the regular season. They were only out of first place by four and a half games and held the second wild-card spot. However, since the all-star break, the Minnesota Twins haven’t been the same team. While Minnesota has had a lot of key players hurt, their […]
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When Boston was ten games over .500 in early August, it was too good to be true. Poor defense, injuries, and a weak pitching staff doomed them when it mattered most. The Red Sox now find themselves four games out of a playoff spot with 20 games to go. The chances of either the Twins […]
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There have been a lot of poor decisions made by the Cubs’ front office over the years. It’s why they’ve missed the postseason the last three seasons in a row. One of those decisions that has set the Cubs back is non-tendering Kyle Schwarber after the 2020 season. Since making Schwarber a free agent, the […]
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The Boston Red Sox are in the middle of a tough wild-card battle with two months left in the season. This team has surprised everyone with the way they turned their season around. The Red Sox surged into the All-Star break and have played well since. Even though the NBA champion Celtics have been the […]
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The Boston Red Sox are one of the most surprising teams in baseball this season. Despite being written off by many before the season began, Boston has proved the prognosticators wrong. They currently find themselves in the postseason race and have an opportunity to bring October baseball back to Beantown. However, I think that the […]
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The Red Sox must focus on controllable starting pitching at the deadline. The Sox need a reliable fifth starter. Tanner Houck, Kutter Crawford, and Brayan Bello have workload concerns. And Bello and Nick Pivetta could be doing better. The Red Sox need a starter who can consistently pitch five to six good innings. Andrew Bailey […]
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After Anthony Rizzo got hurt, the Yankees called up Ben Rice to fill in at first base. Since being called up, Rice has been very productive. He’s shown he can hit for power and handle being the everyday first basemen. With the trade deadline coming soon, many people have the Yankees trying to trade for […]
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The 2024 Red Sox have earned complete buy-in from the front office and ownership at the trade deadline. Nearly everyone went down early, and everything seemed to spiral immediately afterward. But the Sox stayed afloat despite it all. Those young, inexperienced players who needed to improve have — fast — and are still improving. There have […]
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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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