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Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Another rousing edition of our favorite pastime: naming random guys! Happy Derby day, folks. In just a few hours, some of the league’s top sluggers will be launching spheres of cowhide deep into the Atlanta sky at an alarming rate. The Home Run Derby tonight got us thinking: what random Red Sox players at the peak of their powers—past or … [Read more...] about It’s Home Run Derby day; Which random Red Sox player should be taking part?

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images *You can’t call it clickbait if I admit here that he only made it to the fourth inning, right? If you had told me on Father’s Day following the Rafael Devers trade that the Red Sox would hold a playoff spot, and not even the participatory final one (thanks Rob Manfred) after a ten-game-win streak, I wouldn’t have believed you. It … [Read more...] about Minor Lines 7/13: Kyle Harrison throws shutout*

Photo by Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images Happy Bastille Day! It’s a good day to rewatch one of the most famous scenes in movie history and then get kind of shocked at how overtly violent the French national anthem is: It’s also a good day to watch some big beefy baseball boys bash, because it’s time for the Home Run Derby! There are no Red Sox players … [Read more...] about OTM Open Thread 7/14: Derby day

Photo by David Buono/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images He’s got a big heater and is already pretty far along on the development path. Who is he and where does he come from? He’s Kyson Witherspoon and comes from Jacksonville, Floria. Nailing down exactly where in Jacksonville is trickier, though, as Kyson and his three siblings (including one twin, Malachi, who was also … [Read more...] about Meet The New Guy: Kyson Witherspoon

Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images In honor of a 10 game winning streak heading into the All Star Break, here’s 10 notes about today’s game and the streak as a whole: 1. The last time the Red Sox had a 10 game winning streak was July 2-12 2018. The streak also originated with the Red Sox in Washington, DC on the 4th of July. 2. Trevor Story becomes the first Red Sox player to … [Read more...] about Red Sox 4, Rays 1: What a sweep, sweep, sweep victory

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images It’s time for baseball’s most exciting human resources meeting. UPDATE, 7:36 PM EDT: The first pick is in and all of America is shouting Justice for Bob Osgood! After completely whiffing on Braden Montgomery last year, Bob comes roaring back in 2025, nailing the Sox first round pick as none other than Kyson … [Read more...] about Your 2025 Red Sox MLB Draft Tracker

David Butler II-Imagn Images A Sunday swing before the All Star game! Well this is a game for the ages, isn’t it? It’s been an insanely fun ride the last week and a half for the Boston Red Sox and it’s hard to have it broken up by the All Star Game, but the intermission begins after this Sunday soiree. Can the party keep on going? ⚾️ First Pitch: 1:35pm TV: NESN … [Read more...] about Game 98: Rays @ Red Sox – Pepiot vs Bello