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Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images And the Red Sox are red hot. Well, if it’s Thursday the Red Sox aren’t playing...except for today! Unless it rains. Which it might. But probably not hard enough or at the right time. After taking care of the Colorado Rockies the Red Sox are riding a six-game winning streak. They’re a season-high four games over .500 with a 49-45 … [Read more...] about Series Preview: Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox heading into the All-Star Break

Photo by Joe Sullivan/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Red Sox are swapping an arm out of their rotation, but I’m not sure it’s the right one. On Tuesday, the Red Sox announced they were sending Dick Fitts down to Worcester as part of a trio of roster moves. The #RedSox today announced the following roster moves: pic.twitter.com/xtubsLeLFJ— Red Sox (@RedSox) July 8, … [Read more...] about In choosing Walker Buehler over Richard Fitts, the Red Sox could be making a big mistake

Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images I finally get to write about a sweep-securing win! Another fantastic game from the Red Sox tonight! Securing their second series sweep in a row, the Boston team continued to pummel opposing pitching, hit big homers, play good defense, do well on the pitching mound, and ensure the Fenway faithful had a grand old time. Reminds me of a time when … [Read more...] about Red Sox 10, Rockies 2: Is it 2007?

David Butler II-Imagn Images SWEEP??????? What a fun few games we’ve had! The Red Sox are currently on a win streak and a real offensive tear (bad teams are bad, who knew?), and Boston has a chance to sweep their second series in a row. I would love for this to happen because last time I had the opportunity to write about a sweep-securing win, the Red Sox lost. If our … [Read more...] about Game 94: Rockies at Red Sox, Senzatela vs. Giolito

Eric Canha-Imagn Images As the Red Sox return to full health, what should their lineup look like going forward to make the most of the second half of the season? As Boston’s roster becomes increasingly crowded with the return of Masataka Yoshida and Alex Bregman, I thought it would be a good time for me to take my third shot at optimizing the Red Sox lineup. Back in … [Read more...] about What’s the best Red Sox lineup for the rest of 2025?

Photo by Matt West/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images An ode to a beautiful look that belongs back on the field. Last week, when the Cincinnati Reds visited Fenway Park for a three-game set, Boston decided to make the series a celebration. A celebration of the fabled 1975 American League Champion Red Sox who ultimately fell to Cincinnati’s Big Red Machine in … [Read more...] about The Red Sox need to wear their ‘70s throwback jerseys more

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images ...but he recovered and got a decision win thanks to an offensive explosion headed by Vaughn Grissom’s four hits. Not an awesome night for the farm as the Red Sox captured their fifth straight win, but the right guys (see here: buyers? Maybe?) got their hits in. It may be hard to say goodbye to the potential that some of these … [Read more...] about Minor Lines 7/8: Kyle Harrison falters again

Photo by Brian Fluharty/Getty Images Do the Red Sox have a legitimately reliable middle of the rotation arm developing in Brayan Bello? You wouldn’t know it by the final score, but this was actually a pitcher’s duel into the bottom of the sixth inning. The first run wasn’t scored until this lazy fly ball off the bat of Trevor Story found a home in shallow right field … [Read more...] about Red Sox 10, Rockies 2: Brayan Bello throws a complete game and baffles the rancid road Rockies

Photo by Paul Rutherford/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Red Sox look to extend their winning streak to five games. For the fourth consecutive game, the Red Sox are facing a left-handed starter, and so for the fourth consecutive game, they’ve loaded up the lineup with right-handed bats. Nate Eaton, Romy Gonzalez, Rob Refsnyder, Trevor Story and Ceddanne Rafaela make up … [Read more...] about Game 93: Rockies at Red Sox, Freeland vs Bello