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Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images The shortstop prospect is out for the season with a lumbar injury. Marcelo Mayer is, easily, the most hyped Red Sox prospect of my lifetime. Due to circumstances entirely beyond his control — circumstances created by each of the last two Chief Baseball Officers, both of whom publicly signaled that they were waiting … [Read more...] about Marcelo Mayer Is Getting A Raw Deal — And The Red Sox Are To Blame

David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports A Depressing Day at Fenway Features Little Offense and Sloppy Defense Context The Sox put on a show for the history books today—twice. The first shot at immortality was Game One of the doubleheader, when Danny Jansen became the first player to play for both teams in the same game. The second game featured another first: two female … [Read more...] about Red Sox 3, Blue Jays 7: Sox Made History in Each Game of the Doubleheader But How ‘Bout a Win?

Photo by Paul Rutherford/Getty Images Except it wasn’t all that fun… Context What to expect in today’s games? The first one on this twin bill was the resumption of the suspended game from June 26, which was called in the second inning due to weather. We knew in advance it would make history by featuring one player—our own Danny Jansen—playing for both teams during the … [Read more...] about Red Sox 1, Blue Jays 4: Let the fun resume, and history get made!

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images The Sox need to make up some ground. Now. The Red Sox have been worse at Fenway than on the road all season long. But just how much worse are we talking about? Well, over the last 30 years of Major League Baseball, only five teams have had a bigger delta between their winning percentage at home and their winning … [Read more...] about Red Sox News & Links: A Massive Week Ahead in the Postseason Race

Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images A little history Happy Monday. Oof. Well, there are four games with the Toronto Blue Jays coming up. It’s here: a must-sweep series. The Red Sox are now 67-62, 9.0 games back in the AL East, 4.5 games out in the Wild Card, 24.9% FanGraphs odds to make the postseason. Danny Jansen will make history at 2:10 PM ET today. Remembering … [Read more...] about OTM Open Thread 8/26: Jansen Day

Photo by Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Vaughn Grissom’s four hits were among sixteen in a 13-0 romp by Worcester. The Red Sox season is circling the drain following a decisive sweep by the much more formidable-looking Arizona Diamondbacks, and as such, many will look at the Triple-A roster and see who needs some 2025 tryouts or arguments that they should … [Read more...] about Minor Lines 8/25/24: Vaughn Grissom Rakes

Photo by Paul Rutherford/Getty Images Must. Win. Fitzy Mo Peña had it right: welp. The wheels keep falling off this team. Then they bounce back. And then somehow go back to disappointing. The Toronto Blue Jays won 91 games in 2021 and finished 4th in the AL East. In 2022 and 2023 they won 92 and 89 games, respectively, and played in the Wild Card series each time. … [Read more...] about Series Preview: Blue Jays at Red Sox

Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images Doubleheader Monday at the Fens. We’ve got two doubleheaders today: the Blue Jays are in Fenway for two against our boys, while the Kansas Royals are in Cleveland to double-dip against the Guardians. This means that, by the end of today, the Red Sox could find themselves either almost entirely out of the postseason race or closer to … [Read more...] about Games 130 & 131: Blue Jays at Red Sox — Let’s Play Two (Big Ones)

Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images The Red Sox week in review dives into Andrew Bailey’s pitching philosophy, Masataka Yoshida, and Trevor Story’s potential comeback in 2024. ...That was a fuckin’ disaster. No reason to sugarcoat things this week, folks. After an encouraging set in Houston which saw the Red Sox take two of three (and, really, they should’ve swept the … [Read more...] about Monday Morning Brushback: Welp…