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Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images But realistically, how long can the dream last? 2024 In One Sentence After fighting through serious adversity, Cam Booser debuted at age 31 and helped the Red Sox bullpen, but he still hasn’t locked down a job for 2025. The Positives In the Major Leagues in 2024, Cam Booser actually put up a better ERA than he did … [Read more...] about 2024 In Review: Cam Booser made us believe

Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images The Over The Monster team helps you find some presents for the Red Sox fan in your life. Bully for you if you’re one of those freaks who does their holiday shopping in August (aka, a middle-aged mom). But for the rest of us, this week can be pretty stressful. If you’ve already scrolled through the entirety Oprah’s … [Read more...] about The 2024 Red Sox Holiday Gift Guide

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images You never know… Happy Wednesday. Ken Rosenthal apparently hinted/speculated/wildly guessed that Corbin Burnes might take a short-term deal after losing out on the Blake Snell and Max Fried contracts. There is definitely lots of winter left for him to get paid. But could a short deal with an opt out after the first … [Read more...] about OTM Open Thread 12/18: Burnes Season?

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Plus, more reports of a Triston Casas trade As the shock of the Garrett Crochet trade wares off, it’s clear that there’s still more work to do with this Red Sox roster. And we’re not just talking about bullpen help or a right-handed bat, either. According to one beat reporter, the Sox still plan on adding one more … [Read more...] about Red Sox News & Links: Craig Breslow planning on adding one more starter

Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images According to cWPA, anyway... As a stat, Win Probability Added doesn’t have the cache of WAR. But I like looking at WPA because it does something that WAR doesn’t: it attempts to tie on-field performance directly to a given game’s won-loss result. Does it do a good job of this? I have no idea — I can barely even … [Read more...] about The five most important plays of the 2024 Red Sox season

Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Outfield boogaloo Happy Tuesday. The Red Sox are still in the mix for players this winter. One is a guy they had their eyes on last year: Teoscar Hernandez. OTM even did a Smash or Pass in 2023! And while it is rumored that Boston had a deal on the table with more years, the outfielder took more money for a single year with the … [Read more...] about OTM Open Thread 12/17: Teoscar Two?

Kyle Teel will likely begin the season in Triple-A Charlotte (CWS), but never fear! We got another catcher... maybe.... Who is he and where did he come from? He’s Omar Narvaez and he’s from Venezuela, just like that other Red Sox “possible interest” target Anthony Santander. I was framing up some sort of unified theory about that in my mind, then I googled and saw that their … [Read more...] about Meet The New Guy: Omar Narvaez

Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images But don’t let that exclamation point fool you... Things have gotten a little quiet since the end of the Winter Meetings, with names like Corbin Burnes, Alex Bregman, and Roki Saski still on the market. But the Red Sox are making some moves. Yesterday, Craig Breslow traded quad-A infielder Enmanuel Valdez to the … [Read more...] about Red Sox News & Links: Sox make another trade!

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images So what does 2025 have in store? 2024 in one sentence A groundball pitcher who somehow wasn’t negatively impacted by Boston’s infield defense, Cooper Criswell had some decent stretches last year and potentially set himself for an important middle-reliever role in 2025. The Positives The one thing I can say about the Big Crisper … [Read more...] about 2024 in Review: Cooper Criswell became the Nick Pivetta of middle-inning relief and spot starts