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Photo by Maria Lysaker/Getty Images News and notes from around Red Sox Nation. How would the narrative surrounding Masataka Yoshida be different if he’d started the season playing like this and then had the slump, instead of the other way around? Masa has been outstanding for weeks now, and blazing hot over the last seven days in particular. The lineup looks entirely … [Read more...] about Red Sox News & Links: Nothing Can Stop Masataka Yoshida Right Now

Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Cooper Criswell takes on the former MVP. The Red Sox look to take an important series down in Houston this afternoon against Justin Verlander, returning after two months on the IL. Here’s the lineup: Today’s lineup for the Red Sox against the Astros:1. Jarren Duran CF2. Wilyer Abreu RF3. Triston Casas 1B4. Rafael Devers 3B5. Rob … [Read more...] about Red Sox at Astros Lineups: Justin Verlander Returns

Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports Step inside the brain of a madman for Tuesday night’s game At the end of May, I live-blogged the game so you, the reader, could see what it’s like to live in my head. Now, with the team crumbling and playoff hopes slowly slipping away, let’s do that again to see if I can document my descent into madness. 7:55 PM: Quick Ronel Blanco … [Read more...] about Red Sox 6, Astros 5: Houston, We Have a Solution

Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports Sink or swim The Red Sox bullpen might be an issue, or the Astros might have the Red Sox number. After sweeping the Red Sox in Fenway last week, Houston scraped across a run in the eighth inning to tie the game before winning it in the ninth. Yordan Alvarez is nearly impossible to get out, and it feels like he’s coming up in big spots … [Read more...] about Game 125: Red Sox at Astros

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The Royals have what the Red Sox need, largely because they put their money on the table last winter. Last night, while the Red Sox were blowing yet another late inning lead, Seth Lugo was doing this to the Angels. Seth Lugo's Slurve with 2 Feet of Horizontal Break. pic.twitter.com/vr93LQ2R6i— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) August 20, … [Read more...] about The Red Sox Are Paying The Price For Being Cheap

Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports News and notes from around Red Sox Nation as the postseason road gets bumpy. The Red Sox could win each of the next two against the Astros, sweep the Twins at Fenway in a couple of weeks, and jump back into postseason position, making last night’s game a mere footnote on the season. That could happen, and I won’t entirely shut-out that … [Read more...] about Red Sox News & Links: Is This The End?

Photo by Maria Lysaker/Getty Images Or not... Happy Tuesday. The Red Sox lost in crushing fashion to the Houston Astros and now sit at 65-59, 7.5 games back in the AL East, 4.5 games back of the Wild Card. Tanner Houck was fine. 6.0 innings, 2 earned runs, 8Ks. But the bullpen seems intent on dragging the team back to .500. They’ll be back at it tonight at 8:10 PM ET … [Read more...] about OTM Open Thread 8/20: Regression to the Mean

It’s been rough. | Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images Andrew Bailey had a good idea. He probably needs another one. I’m a born-again F1 fan, largely thanks to COVID and Drive to Survive, so I know not to get too excited when a middle-tier team starts a season off unsustainably hot. While the end product of auto racing is “cars go vroom,” the teams themselves are like … [Read more...] about Has The League Caught Up To Sox Pitching?

Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports Despite winning multiple challenges, good Sox defense, Masa’s insane hitting, AND four Astros errors…the bullpen let us down. Context What to expect in this game? The Red Sox were supposed to try to make up some ground in the Wild Card race and show they’ve got what it takes in the second half. Rafael Devers was attempting to hit home run … [Read more...] about Red Sox 4, Astro 5: *This* review won’t go our way