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Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Because you need Nick Pivettas on your team. There’s a lot of confusion about the fact that, last night, the Red Sox offered Nick Pivetta the one-year, $21.05 million qualifying offer for 2025. That confusion is understandable given that, frankly, it doesn’t seem that the Red Sox actually want Nick Pivetta on the … [Read more...] about Why Did The Red Sox Extend The Qualifying Offer To Nick Pivetta?

Photo by Jaiden Tripi/Getty Images Let’s go help him win more games! Happy Monday! Cue the ✨Gold Glove✨ highlights. pic.twitter.com/RdwSCb9Mv1— Red Sox (@RedSox) November 4, 2024 A great way to start the week. A golden rookie season. Congrats to our Gold Glove right fielder, Wilyer! pic.twitter.com/mbNp18sYp2— Red Sox (@RedSox) November 4, 2024 What will … [Read more...] about OTM Open Thread 11/4: Gold Glove for Abreu

Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images There's gotta be something coming our way, right folks? Right? Right???? Please say right. It’s a big week in America. Soon enough, citizens will be making their selection of who they want to lead them into the future. Millions of dollars are invested throughout this process, and those decisions are sure to make … [Read more...] about The Case for Optimism As Free Agency Opens

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images News and notes from around Red Sox Nation. During free agency, fans tend to focus on players who aren’t already on their team. And that’s perfectly understandable — new toys are fun! But free agency also means keeping an eye on 2024 Red Sox players who could end up elsewhere in a matter of weeks. And this doesn’t … [Read more...] about Red Sox News & Links: Bobby Dalbec, Reese McGuire Set Free

Photo by Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images Because outfield assists kick ass. What’s the most aesthetically pleasing play on a baseball field? This is a question I think about a lot, in large part because it has no answer. My sense is that, if you polled a random group of fans Family Feud style, the number one answer would be some variation of … [Read more...] about Celebrate Wilyer Abreu’s Gold Glove By Reliving His Nine Outfield Assists

Photo by Cole Burston/Getty Images Is he the a newly minted ace? 2024 In One Sentence After some early career tribulations, Tanner Houck leaned into his newfound sweeper, discovered durability thought unimaginable previously, improved on some shortcomings, and had arguably absolutely the best season of his career in 2024 to prompt discussions of an extension. The … [Read more...] about 2024 Red Sox In Review: Tanner Houck

Photo by Focus on Sport via Getty Images In a galaxy far, far away—but actually not that far away—the baseball commissioner barred a woman from doing her job of reporting on the games. While everyone else was busy watching that yahoo pry the ball out of Mookie’s glove, I was transported back in time to a different Dodgers/Yankees World Series…the one in 1977. I was … [Read more...] about Locker Room Talk: Sexism In A Different Dodgers-Yankees World Series

Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images And there’s a lot to do! TGIF. Welcome to November. For the World Series teams it's the offseason. For the Red Sox that started a month ago. What does Craig Breslow have up his sleeve? We know the Mets are already hard at work. Mets among first teams to check in on Juan Soto after World Series https://t.co/ZiMLPTWXV5 … [Read more...] about OTM Open Thread 11/1-11/3: Back to Work

In. My. Veins. | Brad Penner-Imagn Images How can you not be romantic about baseball? It’s November, the season is over and it’s almost time to look ahead to next year... but not quite yet. There’s some World Series housekeeping yet to do. This year’s Fall Classic is defined by two plays, both of them iconic: Freddie Freeman’s dong to walk off Game 1 and Gerrit Cole’s … [Read more...] about Freeman’s Dong Vs. Cole’s Boner: Who Ya Got?