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Photo by Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images The Rays are doing it again After a miserable May the Red Sox move into mid-June playing about .500. Which won’t help get them back on track but also is better than continuing to dig a deeper hole. Campbell looks better. So does Story. Sandwiched in between two series against the Yankees, the Tampa Bay Rays visit … [Read more...] about Series Preview: Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox

Photo by Brian Fluharty/Getty Images The Red Sox week in review dives into starting pitching struggles, a lack of fundamentals, and Roman Anthony. Man, I dunno how many more times we can do this song and dance. That song and dance, of course, being dealing with this mediocrity on the field (we can do the MMBB all year long, baby). The 2025 Boston Red Sox rip off an … [Read more...] about Monday Morning Brushback: Momentum, please

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Nice. Good morning and happy Monday. It’s 6/9. Nice. What else is nice is the fact that the Red Sox play another baseball game today. They’ll be taking on the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park; first pitch is 7:10 p.m. Side note: I like the 6:40 starts for weekdays. I know it’s staying lighter out for longer spells now, … [Read more...] about OTM Open Thread 6/9: Nice.

Photo by Billie WeissGetty Images Plus, Bryan Mata goes multiple innings to save a close one in Worcester. Man, the Red Sox taking two of three from the Yankees really puts a smile on my face on a Monday morning. So, too, would a certain call to the Triple-A squad, which seems imminent. The farm split the day, but leadoff batters came up big in their own way. Password … [Read more...] about Minor Lines 6/8: Chris Murphy and Noah Song look clean in Portland outings

John Jones-Imagn Images They did it? In prime time? I wrote on Friday about how humongous this weekend would be for the Red Sox. If you told Friday me that come Sunday, the Red Sox would have won the series and in each of their wins scored double digit runs? I would have slapped me silly. Well color my cheek scarlet. Was pitching still an issue? Yeah, Hunter Dobbins may … [Read more...] about Red Sox 11, Yankees 7: They…Won?

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Is there a connection between language learning and the Wally home run helmet? After celebrating Ceddanne Rafaela’s walk-off Pesky Pole homer against the Angels, was anyone else impressed by his English-language interview on the field after the game? I sure was. Ceddy is from Curaçāo, where it’s common to speak … [Read more...] about Appreciation for Ceddanne Rafaela’s English interview skills

Brad Penner-Imagn Images Sunday Night Baseball for the series! I don’t know if I ever expected in the most prime time of prime time games this season to see Hunter Dobbins on the bump, but here we are! Alex Cora also tags in lefty killer Rob Refsnyder to go up against the resurgent Carlos Rodon. The bats were hot last night, can they stay up to temperature … [Read more...] about Game 67: Red Sox @ Yankees – Dobbins vs Rodon

Brad Penner-Imagn Images The big boys win, and the wonder boy goes deeper than deep. That’s a day to remember! The Sox beat the Yankees and Roman Anthony broke statcast. Two great evils felled in one day! Peace reigns, however temporarily. Discuss. … [Read more...] about OTM Open Thread 6/8: Roman, Empire

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images It was already impressive enough, but it gets even more impressive with context. Last night, Red Sox prospect Roman Anthony smashed a 497-foot grand slam over everything in right-center field. If you haven’t seen it, MLB Pipeline has it for you below. (And if you have seen it, you know you want to watch it … [Read more...] about Roman Anthony may have just hit the biggest home run of the Statcast era