Over the Monster

Nigel Cook/News-Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK A rough hitting night all across the board in the organization, ruining a spectacular start by Blake Aita. On a Friday the 13th night on the farm, the affiliates were a very spooky 0-4 on the day - and most by a Red Sox special, losing by one run. Let’s get right into it! Worcester: L, 3-4 (F/10) (BOX SCORE) … [Read more...] about Minor Lines 6/13: The bats were cursed

Mike Watters-Imagn Images He suggested he do this. Yesterday morning, I got a text message from my baseball-loving dad. “Hey, I have a suggestion for your Saturday column: Father’s Day guest column by your father on the topic ‘Infield Fly Rule’. Of course I will include Red Sox content.” He’s fascinated by the infield fly rule and thinks not enough people know about the … [Read more...] about Father’s Day Special: 1000 words on the infield fly rule from my dad

David Butler II-Imagn Images If you didn’t enjoy that game, you don’t like baseball I wrote this sentence down in my notebook before the ninth inning: “Shohei Ohtani is probably the only player in baseball who can win a game by himself. Garrett Crochet got as close as you can without holding a bat.” When Crochet wasn’t able to finish the job, the game felt like a lost … [Read more...] about Red Sox 2, Yankees 1: It’s Never Easy

Photo by Brian Fluharty/Getty Images I would kill someone for tickets tonight Don’t look now, but the Red Sox are playing pretty good ball. They’re coming off back-to-back series wins versus the Yankees and Rays, and have Garrett Crochet on the mound tonight against Ryan Yarbrough. The Red Sox have historically hit Yarbrough well, including a week ago when they tagged … [Read more...] about Game 71: Yankees @ Red Sox, Crochet Day

Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Punch to .500, literally or metaphorically According to FanGraphs the Red Sox have a 20.7% chance of making the playoffs right now. They have a 34-36 record. They are 9.0 games behind the Yankees in the AL East and 3.0 games out of a Wild Card. Roman Anthony just collected his first hit. Marcelo Mayer had his first two homer … [Read more...] about Series Preview: New York Yankees (suck) at Boston Red Sox

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images And Hayden Mullins was dealing for his first win at Portland. Lehigh Valley IronPigs 12, Worcester Red Sox 3 (BOX) milb.com The Woo Sox peaked early on Thursday night, starting with a bang in the top of the first on Jhostynxon Garcia’s sixth bomb with Worcester, to dead center. Garcia … [Read more...] about Minor Lines 6/12: The Password Is … Jhostynxon

Paul Rutherford-Imagn Images The tradition grows of a random player being a key contributor to the Red Sox! Sandy Leon. Dominic Smith. Christian Arroyo. John Schriber. Martin Perez. Jose Iglesias. These guys and probably more all sit on an illustrious list for recent Red Sox Nation history: Active Hall of Famer. I’m kidding. Seriously though, in recent memory the Red … [Read more...] about Is Abraham Toro the next Red Sox Active Hall of Famer?

Photo by Joe Sullivan/MLB Photos via Getty Images No Red Sox team has ever made the postseason after being under .500 this deep into the season. Could this team make history? At the end of May, Jared Carrabis was sharing an interesting and unfortunate tidbit he received from a buddy who goes by Black Irish. It was relevant after the Sox passed the 60 game mark a week … [Read more...] about These Red Sox have a chance to do something no Red Sox team has ever done before

Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images Four hits for the young shortstop as Worcester wins by ten runs. What’s the saying? When the farm is away, the Red Sox will play? For those looking for a game in New England to go to tonight, you’re not in luck.... the Red Sox are off and every farm team is on the road. But, don’t worry, every squad got at least one win yesterday, Major … [Read more...] about Minor Lines 6/11: Have a day, Vaughn Grissom!