Over the Monster

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?

Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images The young, oft-injured first baseman is ready to become a star. Since the retirement of David Ortiz and Chris Sale’s recession into injury purgatory prior to being traded, the Red Sox haven’t had a true leading personality, someone who could draw the attention of both the media and fans off the field. Rafael Devers is … [Read more...] about Triston Casas to take center stage in the upcoming Netflix series — just as he should with the Red Sox

Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Dare I say that Saturday’s event—while not perfect—was fun. When the Red Sox announced that their official winter event — the annual meet-up of fans, coaches, and players of yesterday, today, and tomorrow — would take place right at Fenway Park on January 11, the response was tepid. I’m speaking anecdotally here, but it … [Read more...] about Fenway Fest was a success, even with a few bumps

Photo by Billie Weiss/Getty Images Can you feel spring? Happy Monday. We’re less than a month away from pitchers and catchers reporting to Red Sox Spring Training on February 12. Before we know it there will be guys in uniform on the grass. Can you believe it? (Sadly we won’t have the dulcet tones of Joe Castiglione anymore). There is still some work for Craig Breslow … [Read more...] about OTM Open Thread 1/13: One more month