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Photo by Paul Rutherford/Getty Images News and notes from around Red Sox Nation. Rafael Devers is not going to play again in 2024, of course, as his bizarre, season-long shoulder injury (which is now two shoulder injuries!) has finally put him on the shelf. But there is good news: MRIs were conducted on both shoulders over the weekend, revealing nothing more damaging … [Read more...] about Red Sox News & Links: No Surgery for Rafael Devers

Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Game 1: Red Sox 8, Twins 1 So the misnomer I’m going to put on this game commentary is for the people who will say “Where have THESE Red Sox been all summer?” The real question honestly feels like it should be “What would this season have looked like with a fully healthy Triston Casas?” Inarguably his game of the season, … [Read more...] about Game Recap: Red Sox double down in Sunday’s twin killing

POV: Kutter in the yellow unis. | Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images Devers is done. So is the season. Yet the games continue. Or not. The game was canceled on account of rain, sorry folks. This was what I wrote before that happened and will largely apply to tomorrow: The Red Sox, without Rafael Devers for the rest of the year and more or less officially out of it, begin the … [Read more...] about Game 155: Red Sox vs. Twins (Sike)

Photo by Jaiden Tripi/Getty Images This battle of Mid is brought to you by the letter K. In a game that proved to be a disturbingly accurate microcosm of the overall “race” between the Red Sox and Twins from the last month, fans at Fenway were treated to a miserable, mediocre product where both teams spent the entire evening trying to gift wrap the game to the other on … [Read more...] about Twins 4, Red Sox 2: Embarrassing, Pathetic, Feeble and Excruciating!

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images It’s now or never! In a series the Red Sox must sweep to have any chance of remaining in the Wild Card hunt, they will send Richard Fitts to the mound to make his third career start. Fitts actually hasn’t allowed an earned run in either of his first two starts as both runs he did allow were unearned. At the same time though, he’s only … [Read more...] about Game No. 154: Twins at Red Sox, Festa vs. Fitts

Photo by Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images The Red Sox are, once again, rebuilding the front office. But they seem to have a different goal in mind this time. Waaaayyy back in May, Craig Breslow asked the lazily-named consulting group, Sportsology, to conduct an audit on the baseball operations department. Well, the audit’s over and, in a move that will … [Read more...] about Red Sox To Overhaul Baseball Operations Department. Again.

Photo by Paul Harris/Getty Images The whole enchilada For most of season the Boston Red Sox were in the playoff hunt, either in possession of a Wild Card spot or chasing the Kansas City Royals. The AL Central teams hoped the Cleveland Guardians would falter, but they never really did. But the Royals? And the Minnesota Twins? Yeah, they’ve hit some roadblocks. Sadly the … [Read more...] about Series Preview: Twins at Red Sox

What does the penultimate weekend bring? TGIF. The Red Sox lost again last night to fall to 76-77. They are somehow still 4.0 games back in the Wild Card. Currently holding that spot are the Minnesota Twins and Detroit Tigers. Yup. a tanking team has passed a team that “bought” at the deadline. I guess the Sox need to sweep this weekend for Sam Kennedy to say something about … [Read more...] about OTM Open Thread 9/20-9/22: Somehow Four Games Back Still

Photo by Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Images Things get crazy in September. I always say the end of the season brings out the drama. And I’m not even talking about the race to the postseason and the ups and downs that entails. As we Red Sox fans know, it really can be exhausting! No, I mean in a player’s psyche, in the clubhouse. This point in the season is when bodies really … [Read more...] about The End Is Near