Over the Monster

Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images There was a lot to love today The game started out with dueling home runs in the first, first the Astros, then the Red Sox. Trevor Story’s own homer in the third put the Sox in front. Today, we got our first look at Steven Matz. The Sox plans for him have been a bit of a mystery; would he be used as a one-inning guy, or could he go … [Read more...] about Red Sox 7 Astros 3: The Sox move into second place

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images He’s tearing the cover off the ball in Worcester. He wasn’t moved. What’s next? Good morning! Craig Breslow’s inability to move prospects not named Blaze Jordan, James Tibbs or Zach Ehrhard (not even his brother, Drew? Come on, man...) or acquire anyone not named Steven Matz or Dustin May has led to the next logical … [Read more...] about Minor Lines: Another headline about Password

Photo by Denis Kennedy/MLB Photos via Getty Images Let’s build off that momentum (asking for a friend) What a walk-off last night! I won’t comment on the trade deadline here, or grumble about our starting rotation. (Oh, wait…did I just…) Walker Buehler (who coincidentally seems to start whenever I recap) showed definite signs of improvement in July, even if he was … [Read more...] about Game 112: Astros at Red Sox

Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images He’s aloof. He’s also good, tbqh. The Craig Breslow slander snail, which oozes contempt wherever it goes, is a dumb idiot. Does Bres seem like the most approachable guy? No. But the Red Sox brass, in their infinite wisdom, have made him the face of the franchise as it stumbles toward (checks notes) its best finish in years. What the shit, … [Read more...] about OTM Open Thread 8/2: Let’s blame Breslow for a good team, I think?

Eric Canha-Imagn Images Clearly, these dudes are fired up about Cooper Criswell’s return to the active roster. Craig Breslow sat on his ass on Thursday, but Cooper Criswell sure didn’t. Nor did Roman Anthony, who collected his first career walk-off hit to make it four walk-offs in the magical City Connects. I guess the magic persists even if you mix in a little blue … [Read more...] about Red Sox 2, Astros 1: Roman reigns supreme

Eric Canha-Imagn Images Well, that Twins series was pretty fun, wasn’t it? As for yesterday? I can’t quite say the same. But the grind continues as Boston’s only reinforcements come in the form of Steven Matz and Dustin May. And while we might only be seeing one of them in action this weekend, the Red Sox have a tough test for this “newly assembled” team, as they face … [Read more...] about Game 111: Red Sox vs. Astros

Photo by Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images What could have been from this trade deadline and what ended up transpiring is worlds apart. Merrill Kelly. Zac Gallen. Dylan Cease. Jhoan Duran. Joe Ryan. Ryan O’Hearn. Josh Naylor. Eugenio Suarez. Yandy Diaz. Christian Vazquez. Aaron Civale. Adrian Houser. Those are most of the names the Red Sox were … [Read more...] about The Red Sox can’t shed the interest kings moniker

Photo by Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images It is August, the final full month of summer (noooo!) and the Red Sox are back after an off-day (yaaayyy!) which also happened to be trade deadline day (exciting!!!!) but the Red Sox didn’t do anything to meaningfully improve the team (of course!!!) So what’s the next? The recently re-Correa’d Houston … [Read more...] about OTM Open Thread 8/1: Moving on

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Who has Mayor Wu requested a meeting with today? Welcome back to the Mayor’s Office, our weekly series in which Jake Wallinger sends one naughty member of Red Sox Nation to Mayor Michelle Wu’s office for discipline, public shaming, and penance as we all strive to build a stronger baseball team and city. After … [Read more...] about Craig Breslow, you’re heading to The Mayor’s Office