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Got eeeeeem! | Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images We are so back. The Red Sox traded Kyle Teel, Braden Montgomery, Chase Meidroth and Wikelman Gonzalez to the White Sox on Wednesday for starting pitcher and rising star Garrett Crochet, sources tell the people who tell the social media team who made the post below: BREAKING: The Red Sox have acquired pitcher Garrett … [Read more...] about Red Sox Trade For Garrett Crochet

Photo by ELIJAH NOUVELAGE/AFP via Getty Images Interest Kings are back Happy Wednesday. We started the Winter Meetings in in Juan Soto. Now it looks like the Red Sox big acquisition of the winter might be Nick Pivetta. The Red Sox appear hesitant to spend what it will take to sign Corbin Burnes, and could now pursue a reunion with Nick Pivetta, according to … [Read more...] about OTM Open Thread 12/11: Clown Offseason

Photo by Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Something’s not right on Jersey Street. Take it away, Barry: First the Red Sox lost out on Juan Soto, and now they’ve lost out on Max Fried, the pitcher who owns the lowest ERA in all of baseball since 2020. Fried signed with the Yankees on an 8 year, $218 million contract last night. The Red … [Read more...] about Red Sox News & Links: Is the front office in turmoil?

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images The Padres may put the big man on the market Last offseason, the Padres traded Juan Soto knowing he would leave for greener pastures boatloads of money when his contract expired. Dylan Cease won’t command the same salary as Soto, but he is on an expiring contract and the Padres may be motivated to trade him for future assets. If they land … [Read more...] about Smash or Pass: Dylan Cease

Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images That’s according to the new “We Tried” tracker from FanGraphs. I miss the old internet. This is to say that I miss when the internet wasn’t anything and everything all of the time, but something you merely dipped your toes into every now and again. It was spending a small part of your week geeking out on some obscure … [Read more...] about The Red Sox really are the free agency interest kings… so far

At least we won’t have to see this shit anymore. | Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images It’s just money. The Red Sox didn’t get Juan Soto, but neither did the Yankees. My verdict: The Red Sox win. At least they weren’t humiliated, and the Yankees were. End of story. Unless it’s not? The longer tale goes like this: $765 million, 15 years, Roosevelt Avenue, the Mets. Seems … [Read more...] about Sticker Shock Is Stupid: In Praise Of The Juan Soto Deal

Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Plus, Winter Meetings Day 2. Happy Tuesday. It’s icy and slick in Boston but Scott Boras isn’t melting his offers in Dallas. The Mets signed Juan Soto and then announced 2025 tickets would go on sale. In a press release, the Mets say single-game tickets for the 2025 season will go on sale at 10 a.m. today.— Anthony … [Read more...] about OTM Open Thread 12/10: Changes To Red Sox Winter Weekend

LouBob! | Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images Should the Good Sox liberate a casualty of the Bad Sox? Or is he fool’s gold? Welcome back to Smash Or Pass, our offseason series in which we examine various free agents and trade targets to determine whether they make sense for the Red Sox. Next up, a riddle, wrapped in an enigma, playing for the worst team of all-time. Rooting … [Read more...] about Smash or Pass: Luis Robert

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images The Mariners righty could be on the trade market. The Seattle Mariners have a plethora of rotation arms. I see a mock trade proposal for Bryan Woo or Bryce Miller almost daily. Unfortunately, those (and all) hypothetical trades are futile suggestions due to the Mariners' financial situation. Seattle reportedly only has about … [Read more...] about Smash or Pass: Luis Castillo