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Photo by Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Guess who’s back? Welcome back Rich Hill! This will be the eighth time Rich Hill has signed a free agent contract with the Red Sox. Not a joke. Fact.— Chris Cotillo (@ChrisCotillo) August 16, 2024 Like looking for Gandalf at first light on the fifth day, Rich Hill returns with glorious purpose to lead the Red … [Read more...] about OTM Open Thread 8/16-8/18: Running Up That Hill

Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports The discussion isn’t over until MLB, teams, and players make some meaningful moves. Holy eephus. Not even a week had passed since Billy Bean died, and barely three days had gone by since I named Jarren Duran as a player who’d benefitted personally from Bean’s inclusion work...and you know what happened next. Duran instigated a Whole Thing … [Read more...] about How Can We All Move Forward After Jarren Duran’s Screw-Up?

Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images The Sox need pitchers, and beggars can’t be choosers. In two of his first moves as Red Sox CBO, Craig Breslow acquired Cooper Criswell (off the waiver wire) and Richard Fitts (via the Alex Verdugo trade). The fact that Breslow started his tenure by bringing in two cheap, low-ceilinged pitchers (one of whom came from the Rays, at … [Read more...] about So It’s Come To This: Rich Hill Close To Signing With Red Sox

Photo by Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Plenty of good pitching leads to three wins on the farm; Casas rips two hits in his final rehab appearance. Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs 4, Worcester Red Sox 1 (7 inn.) BOX milb.com The lone “L” in the Sox system on Thursday came in Worcester in a game that was shortened to … [Read more...] about Minor Lines 8/15/24: Casas Finishes Rehab Strong

Photo by Jaiden Tripi/Getty Images News and notes from around Red Sox Nation. Just as one rehab ends, another begins (such is the circle of baseball injury life or something). With Triston Casas finished up his rehab stint with Worcester last night, Liam Hendriks is now set to begin his. After throwing several live bullpen sessions this week, he’ll make his first AAA … [Read more...] about Red Sox News & Links: Liam Hendriks To Begin Rehab

Don’t allow homers tonight. Let’s try that. Another day, another humiliation by the pitching. They must have replaced Andrew Bailey with Barnum and Bailey given the circus on display game after game. But seriously. What has gone wrong since the All Star Break? If the Red Sox fall out of it with another big pitching collapse is the pitching coach heading out of the big top? I … [Read more...] about Game 120: Red Sox at Orioles

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images It’s beyond comical at this point, but on a silent night at the plate for Worcester’s bustling lineup, Dalbec comes through. It sure pains me to see the Red Sox blow a late-inning lead in the fashion they did Wednesday, and it pains me more to see recent acquisitions performing so poorly given how many Worcester … [Read more...] about Minor Lines 8/14/24: Dalbec Does Dalbec Things

Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images News and notes from around Red Sox Nation. Tyler O’Neill was back in the Red Sox clubhouse yesterday, after his leg infection got so bad he was forced to make a couple of hospital stays. At the moment he’s rebuilding his strength and conditioning, and likely won’t need a rehab assignment when he returns to full health. … [Read more...] about Red Sox News & Links: Marcelo Mayer Is a Top-Five Prospect

Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images Can Mike Timlin still pitch? Happy Thursday. The Red Sox lost another one to Ditech. Boston is 29-32 at Fenway Park and 34-24 on the road. Remember when Fenway used to be an advantage? Record falls to 63-56, and with a win from the Kansas City Royals, the Sox are 2.0 games back in the Wild Card again. They embark on a road trip … [Read more...] about OTM Open Thread 8/15: We Want Pitchers Not Belly Itchers