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Credit to Brianna Soukop, Portland Sea Dogs Four innings of acceptable work for Bello, who returns to Boston next week. If you take yesterday’s date, 4/16, it reduces to 1/4. As in, one-fourth of the teams we usually cover had a one-day postponement due to, uh, cold weather. Rochester (Nationals AAA) had some wind squalls that may have made baseball unplayable, or at … [Read more...] about Minor Lines 4/16: Brayan Bello makes final rehab start

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Plus, Hunter Dobbins gets another chance. The cavalry, as the Civil War-era kids like to say, is coming. Brayan Bello and Liam Hendriks are due to imminently join the Red Sox following short rehab stints, while Lucas Giolito is hopefully right behind them, though he still has some kinks to work out. (Peter Abraham, … [Read more...] about Red Sox News & Links: Liam Hendriks, Brayan Bello to return from injury

Enjoy the sun. We’re not even a month into the Red Sox season and the trees in Boston are only just starting to leaf. So why does it feel like the season’s vibes have already shifted multiple times? Ugly losses follow dominant pitching performances. Strikeouts and errors pile up and then lead into defensively flawless 1-0 victories. And as the Sox head back home to take on the … [Read more...] about OTM Open Thread 4/17: Taking the day off

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images On the surface, this season looks exactly the same, but a closer look reveals everything’s changed. The Red Sox find themselves in familiar territory this morning; right at .500 again. 1-14-46-67-710-10 pic.twitter.com/yYRGFUJNhn— Liam Fennessy (@LiamFennessy_) April 17, 2025 For a team that finished last year 81-81 and has … [Read more...] about The 2025 Red Sox are poised to break out

Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Graphic design and PR are my passion this week, apparently As the sun was setting on the 2024 season in late September the news broke that the Red Sox would be shaking up their uniforms for 2025. The original Boston Marathon inspired yellow and blue City Connect jersey that, at times, seemed to have magical properties … [Read more...] about Red Sox City Connect uniform leaks, Sam Kennedy speaks

Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images A series win is a series win! After losing the White Sox series, and losing Game 1 of this series is such abysmal fashion, this series win was extremely gratifying. The team’s offensive issues flared up again tonight with a few missed scoring opportunities, but the defense was pristine and the bullpen absolutely shined. Sean Newcomb deserves … [Read more...] about Red Sox 1, Rays 0: A nail-biting victory

Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images A series win? With THIS Red Sox team? Is it more likely than we think? After another horrifically played game to open the series, the Red Sox bounced back effectively for Game 2, reminding us that they can indeed be good, score runs, and play clean defense. But with the star of yesterday’s game (Bregman) out of the lineup to go be with his … [Read more...] about Game 20: Red Sox at Rays, Newcomb vs. Littell

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images Plus, Lucas Giolito rehabs in Hartford. Are you still pontificating over whether the Red Sox current infield structure is working for them, or whether it’s time to promote the remaining two members of the Big Three Four Three? Well, look no further than these Minor Lines, which saw one of them get on base five times on Tuesday night, … [Read more...] about Minor Lines 4/15: Vaughn Grissom collects four hits

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images For now he’s just a depth piece. But that could change. Who is he and where did he come from? He’s Yasmani Grandal and he comes to us, originally, from Havana Cuba. Unlike most Cuban ballplayers, though, Grandal did not defect from the island as a professional. Instead, his family was granted entry to the United States when was … [Read more...] about Meet The New Guy: Yasmani Grandal