Over the Monster

Photo by Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images How did this happen? The baseball gods, feeling generous towards someone if not Red Sox fans, gave us some goddamn poetry last night in Seattle. Roman Anthony, the youngest player in Major League Baseball and the next great star on a baseball club that tells the story of itself through its stars, hit his first big … [Read more...] about The Rafael Devers trade is a symptom. The Red Sox front office is the disease.

Eric Canha-Imagn Images The righty continues to evolve. On Sunday, Brayan Bello turned in his best performance of the season. He threw seven innings of shutout baseball against the Yankees, one of the top offenses in the league. In his prior start, he held the Rays to three runs over 6 1⁄3 innings. In his start against the Rays, he used a sweeper-heavy approach. He’s … [Read more...] about Brayan Bello tried something new against the Yankees. And it worked

Photo by Mollie Handkins/MLB Photos via Getty Images And Roman Anthony swats his first MLB home run. Gang, I’m mad! I’m still dealing with two herniated discs, which kept me from going down to T-Mobile Park tonight and watching the Red Sox in person. That means I’m unable to commiserate with a bunch of displaced New Englanders during the very first game after the … [Read more...] about Red Sox 2, Mariners 0: No Devers? Whatevers.

Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images Welcome to the new, Devers-less era. So here we are. Lots of thoughts, lots of big feelings. We’ve been texting, and scrolling, and emoting since the bomb dropped yesterday, but now it’s time to get back on the field. The lineup looks different (obviously); say hello to tonight’s DH, Kristian Campbell. I’m not going to argue with letting … [Read more...] about Game 74: Red Sox at Mariners

Lindsey Wasson-Imagn Images A whole new world After the most exciting week in Red Sox baseball since, maybe, the 2021 ALCS, the team jettisoned their DH for, uh, well I’m sure it’s a great return. Anyway you can read about that all over OTM. For now, imagine yourself among the players. Waking up in Seattle. It’s, perhaps, overcast. You enjoy a coffee. You listen to some … [Read more...] about Series Preview: Boston Red Sox at Seattle Mariners

Photo by Yong Kim, Philadelphia Phillies If you even care... and it’s fine if you don’t. The world sucks. This ownership group sucks. I remember yesterday when I was happy, or at least happier. If you’re going to be reading these articles to hate watch James Tibbs and Jose Bello, just know I’ll be right there with you writing it. But it’s definitely not their fault they … [Read more...] about Minor Lines 6/15: It might be time to sing the Noah Song

David Butler II-Imagn Images So, yeah, just consider this piece a time capsule. OK, LOOK: I WROTE THIS BEFORE RAFAEL DEVERS WAS TRADED. IT IS CURRENTLY 11:45 PM EST. I AM VERY TIRED, EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY. I DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO REWRITE THE ARTICLE; EVEN THEN, THAT TRADE DOES NOT MAKE ANYTHING I WROTE BEFOREHAND ANY LESS TRUE. I AM VERY SORRY I DON’T HAVE … [Read more...] about Monday Morning Brushback: Remember when the Red Sox swept the Yankees and Rafael Devers was still on the team?

Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images Uh........happy Monday? Hello and happy Monday, folks. I swear to God I picked that picture as a header before the trade news happened. Awkward, isn’t it? Anyways: hope you got a fair amount of sleep this weekend, because the annual West Coast swing is upon us. A total of five games will have a first pitch time after 9:30 ET over the next … [Read more...] about OTM Open Thread 6/16: Go west, young men

Tom Horak-Imagn Images So, yeah, he’s on the team now. Who is he and where did he come from? He’s Jordan Hicks, a native Houston, Texas. He began his major league career with the St. Louis Cardinals and spent the majority of his rookie contract in the Midwest before being traded to the Blue Jays at the 2023 deadline. After half a season north of the border, Hicks … [Read more...] about Meet the New Guy: Jordan Hicks