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Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images The man does enough for the Red Sox on the baseball field. The first-ever “Fenway Fest,” the spiritual successor to the infamous Winter Weekend, took place on Saturday. Due to “scheduling conflicts,” Rafael Devers, among others, was scratched from the lineup of attendees. Chris Cotillo of MassLive reported on the cancellations and … [Read more...] about Leave Rafael Devers alone

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images But he’s no Teel replacement Happy Thursday. The Red Sox acquired Blake Swihart Sabol from the San Francisco Giants yesterday for some international bonus pool cash. There’s more coming about him on OTM but as a backup catcher to support Connor Wong and fight with Carlos Narvaez for playing time there isn’t much to … [Read more...] about OTM Open Thread 1/16: A New Catcher

There we go. That’s what it looks like! | Photo by Jim Michaud/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images Going to see about a treat. Carlton Fisk hit his famous home run against the Reds in the World Series two years and change before I was born, on this date, yet the iconic hand-waving dinger that should have won it all for the Sox is a treat every time I see it. … [Read more...] about Red Sox Recipes A-Z: Fisk’s Feeters (Fried Dough)

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images A watched stove doesn’t, uh, get hot Happy Wednesday. We’re halfway through January. There are still some big free agents out there, although none with a real home on the Red Sox. Are the Sox interested in Pete Alonso or is that just agents trying to make a story? Again, they have a first baseman. It’s 25 degrees in … [Read more...] about OTM Open Thread 1/15: It’s Hump Day

Photo by Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Red Sox officials, while hiding themselves, want Rafael Devers to be vocal. It’s apparently time for us to talk about Rafael Devers’ leadership capabilities again. Speaking to the media at Fenway Fest, which Devers did not attend, Alex Cora said the team wants Devers to get out of his comfort zone a little bit, … [Read more...] about Red Sox officials to Rafael Devers: Please do our job for us

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images That’s a good thing. The truth about prospect rankings is that they are quite literally meaningless. Maybe. Kind of. It goes without saying that the rankings do not actually predict MLB performance. They are guesses. Granted, they are highly informed guesses backed by data, scouting, and sound methodology — but they … [Read more...] about Roman Anthony and Kristian Campbell top national prospect rankings

Eggs are good | Photo by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images A very, very good breakfast. Hall of Fame? Maybe, maybe not. Dwight Evans was a damn good baseball player. He played 20 seasons, most of them with the Red Sox, hit 385 home runs, and was basically always there when you needed him. When his longtime teammate Jim Rice made the Hall of Fame — which the HOF … [Read more...] about Red Sox Recipes A-Z: Evans’s Eggs on Toast

Photo by Stuart Cahill/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images Please stop Happy Tuesday. Ken Rosenthal and his Close Personal Friend Scott Boras won’t let this die. “What I believe is happening here is that the Red Sox are simply saying ‘we don’t think he’s going to Toronto. We don’t think Detroit is going to sign him. We’re gonna take our chances that no-one … [Read more...] about OTM Open Thread 1/14: Ken is at it again

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Regardless of which direction you lean, adding leadership and defense feels both necessary and urgent. Sitting in the right-side mezzanine of MGM Music Hall during the Netflix panel of Fenway Fest was quite the experience. As I waited for the event to start, it was a phenomenal vantage point to take in the crowd, … [Read more...] about Do the Red Sox need Alex Bregman or Nolan Arenado?