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Despite being signed through the 2024 season, Alex Verdugo’s future with the Boston Red Sox seems murky. The Future of the Red Sox and Alex Verdugo Verdugo started the 2023 season off white-hot. He was even considered to be a representative at the All-Star Game. During the first half of the season, Verdugo’s average hovered around the .300 mark. As of this writing, Verdugo is … [Read more...] about How Alex Verdugo’s Future with The Red Sox Could Look

There has already been speculation in Boston that Alex Cora will not return next season as manager. During a press conference yesterday, Cora admitted this is the lowest point in his career in Boston thus far. While it hasn’t been the best season for the Red Sox, their recent play on the field is beginning to raise eyebrows. Cora’s admittance to the lowest point of his career … [Read more...] about Alex Cora’s Future in Boston Is up in the Air

Alex Cora seems to have had enough of Chaim Bloom’s “bang-for-the-buck” philosophy. Bloom built competitive Tampa Bay Rays teams, with some of the lowest payrolls in all of MLB. He did not, however, win the Rays a World Series. Cora won one helming the Boston Red Sox in 2018 when the chief baseball officer was Dave Dombrowski. Ownership would be more apt to keep Bloom and part … [Read more...] about The Leading Candidate to Be the Red Sox Manager in 2024

The Boston Red Sox have reportedly made the first big deadline move, trading Kiké Hernandez to his old team and sending him back to the West Coast. After signing him as a free agent in 2021, Boston is sending Hernandez back to the Los Angeles Dodgers, where he enjoyed his greatest success. The trade was first reported by Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. The return for Boston is … [Read more...] about Red Sox Trade Kiké Hernandez Back to Dodgers

With today’s trade of Kiké Hernandez, the Boston Red Sox addressed an area of concern with regard to pitching. In exchange for Hernandez the Red Sox are getting two right-handed pitchers, Nick Robertson and Justin Hagenman, from the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Effects of the Kiké Hernandez Trade on the Red Sox This Season While Hernandez had been a spark plug and versatile player … [Read more...] about How the Kiké Hernandez Trade Affects the Red Sox This Season

The history of the Boston Red Sox at the trade deadline has been arguably very tame. Last season, shipping away catcher Christian Vazquez was a bit shocking. The prospects that Boston received in return were also somewhat surprising. Enmanuel Valdez played somewhat effectively for the big league club this season before being sent back to Triple-A Worcester. For all the talk at … [Read more...] about What the Red Sox Could Do at the 2023 Trade Deadline

Personnel-wise, the Boston Red Sox bullpen is astronomically different this year than it was last year. In fact, one look through Baseball Reference confirms that it is entirely different for a variety of reasons, including injuries, free-agent signings, and the loss of previous bullpen staples like Matt Barnes and Ryan Brasier. General Manager Chaim Bloom was busy this past … [Read more...] about Evaluating the New Red Sox Bullpen Arms At the Break

The 2023 Boston Red Sox season has been an interesting one. Now that it’s the needed All-Star break, the Red Sox are five games above .500 with a record 48-43 record. While that is not a bad record on paper, it is only good enough for last place in the highly competitive American League East. The Sox are two games back of the final playoff spot in the American League Wild Card … [Read more...] about The Red Sox 2023 Season at the Midway Point

The American League East is by far the best division in baseball. If you add up the stats, the combined teams have a cumulative record of 249-191 and a league-leading .566-win percentage in 2023. In a world that does not include the Houston Astros, it would be no surprise if all five squads earned a playoff spot. But, how has Boston stacked up against their AL East rivals this … [Read more...] about How Has Boston Stacked Up Against the AL East This Year?