Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Let’s take the series Day game alert! Red Sox vs Cleveland Guardians. First pitch at 1:10 PM ET on WEEI and NESN and MLBN for out-of-market viewing. Quick hits: Masataka Yoshida is on the bench again. Devers will DH Chase Anderson did have a few starts in 2023 of up to 7.0 innings but this is probably a bullpen … [Read more...] about Game 26: Red Sox at Guardians
The Anatomy of An Inning: Tanner Houck’s Encore in Cleveland
Photo by Ron Schwane/Getty Images The Red Sox pitcher has a new arsenal. And it’s getting the job done. Welcome back to another edition of The Anatomy of An Inning. My name is Jacob Roy, and I pretend to know pitching better than the pitchers themselves. If you’re new here or need a reminder of what this is all about, I take an inning from the previous week or so and … [Read more...] about The Anatomy of An Inning: Tanner Houck’s Encore in Cleveland
Red Sox 8, Guardians 0: The Connor Wong Game
Twice! | Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports The Sox catcher goes deep twice in a decisive victory. The Red Sox beat the piss out of the Guardians on Wednesday night behind Cooper Criswell and Connor Wong, bringing their season series to 4-2 on a breezy night by Lake Erie. The top of the first started fortuitously, with the red-hot Wilyer Abreu driving in Rafael Devers to put … [Read more...] about Red Sox 8, Guardians 0: The Connor Wong Game
Game 25: Red Sox at Guardians
Photo by Brian Fluharty/Getty Images Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper again We’ll start with the bad news: Brayan Bello to the IL with right lat tightness. Zack Kelly is up.— Chris Cotillo (@ChrisCotillo) April 24, 2024 The good news? Rafael Devers is in the lineup! What do they need tonight? Obviously more bats than yesterday. But really: the Red Sox need innings. … [Read more...] about Game 25: Red Sox at Guardians
Welcome, Wilyer!
David Richard-USA TODAY Sports Reps are exactly what this prospect needed to wake up in the 2024 season. When Tyler O’Neill went on the IL with a concussion on April 18th (retroactive to April 16th), a collective groan could be heard across New England, from the forests of Maine to the shoreline of Connecticut (if we count any corner of Connecticut a part of the … [Read more...] about Welcome, Wilyer!
Minor Lines 4/25/24: Nazzan Zanetello Debuts In Salem
Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images And he notched a run! I kept thinking today was Thursday when I woke up only to discover I was a day off. That’s probably exactly how the WooSox feel knowing that they have not begun their series due to rain yesterday. But, there were still three games played, and some second-round draft choices of recent years making … [Read more...] about Minor Lines 4/25/24: Nazzan Zanetello Debuts In Salem
OTM Open Thread 4/24: Knuckleball Battle
Photo by Ron Schwane/Getty Images Guard against those homers Happy Wednesday. Last night was another mostly stellar outing from Tanner Houck but a hit here and there turned the game over to the Cleveland Guardians. The Red Sox sit at 13-11 as they send Cooper Criswell against Carlos Carrasco tonight at 6:10 PM ET once more. Vaughn Grissom, rehabbing with the WooSox, … [Read more...] about OTM Open Thread 4/24: Knuckleball Battle
The Main Character of the 2024 Red Sox Exits Stage Left
Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images Triston Casas fractures a rib with no timetable to return. The bad news was coming eventually. At no point since Triston Casas abruptly left Saturday’s game against the Pirates had we heard anything remotely hopeful. There was no mention of precautionary measures, no “we’ll give him a few days to see how he feels,” no wishful talk … [Read more...] about The Main Character of the 2024 Red Sox Exits Stage Left
Red Sox 1, Guardians 4: Alternate Ending
Photo by Ron Schwane/Getty Images Guardians out-guard Red Sox, win series opener. Around the fourth or fifth inning of tonight’s game, I started to feel as if I had already seen this game play out. I didn’t have to think back very far, because the game I had in mind played out just last week. On one side, Tanner Houck was pitching for the Red Sox, working quickly, and … [Read more...] about Red Sox 1, Guardians 4: Alternate Ending