Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Almost February Happy Monday. It’s almost February – the month of Spring Training, and Fort Myers, and Pitcher and Catchers reporting… and yet Cody Bellinger, Jordan Montgomery, and Blake Snell remain unsigned. Three of the biggest free agents. Just sitting out there waiting for offers. Personally, even with …
Photo by Stuart Cahill/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images No one is around the stove TGIF. It’s been another week and the Red Sox have stood pat. After a small flurry of activity it seems like this really could be it. The 2024 squad, credit to Craig Breslow, is definitely an interesting team on paper. …
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Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Real? Fake? News? Happy Thursday. Red Sox have to have a big move left, no?! This isn’t even half throttle!!! https://t.co/ErgoXrMWEI — Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) January 24, 2024 Jon Heyman thinks the Red Sox have something up their sleeve. But, uh, do you believe? Nah. Is there really …
Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Another Dodger Happy Wednesday. If you were thinking “at least James Paxton is in the budget and if he’s healthy that’s helpful” think again. He’s taking his talents to LA. That’s the Dodgers (sorry Arte Moreno.) So, anyway, it’s looking like the rotation and roster are set. Unless …
Photo by Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Cubs beat Dodgers to a free agent! Happy Wednesday. Shota Imanaga Cubs deal is complicated and includes player/team options and escalators that could boost it to way up to $80M. Guarantee suggested to be somewhere around $30M for two years by @JimBowdenGM @jonmorosi 1st said $15M/year …
Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images So brave Happy Thursday. Red Sox ownership is in full coward mode. .@ChrisCotillo confirms that there will be no Town Hall event at Winter Weekend this year for fans. No accountability. Shocker. Feels like the least you could do after promising a “full throttle” offseason with a new …
Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images Is this good or… Happy Friday. What a week. The Yankees have signed Marcus Stroman while reportedly Blake Snell turned down their offer for being light on years or dollars or maybe both. Will Snell get desperate and sign for less to hit free agency as the top dog …
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Photo by Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via Getty Images French toast alert… Happy Friday. It’s a Nor’Easter! Here’s a closer look at the steep bands from the coast to 128. We may still need some adjustments over the next 24 hours, so always check back close to go-time! @boston25 #mawx #noreaster pic.twitter.com/dLTSbp4TWf — Shiri Spear …
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So long to an ace. Saying goodbye is hard. So let’s raise a glass, cue up The Body Of An American, and do it together. It’s the Over The Monster Irish Wake in celebration of Chris Sale. Chris Sale, The Fragile Competitor Photo by John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Chris Sale, you big …
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Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images What’s next? Happy Thursday. Well, it looks like the Red Sox got their guy: Giolito says Red Sox were “one of if not the first team to reach out and show interest” in free agency. — Alex Speier (@alexspeier) January 3, 2024 And they don’t necessarily need an …
Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Are they turning the page? Happy Wednesday. I don’t really put any stock into anything said by members or former members of the trashy seating company but one is spreading a rumor that the Red Sox are looking to trade Trevor Story to unload more salary. Which…really …
Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports Pax to the future Happy Thursday. Are you excited about a James Paxton reunion? How about Teoscar Hernandez? No? Now that the big names are finally off the market it should be time for the Red Sox to do…something. With any luck 2024 will see a flurry of activity all over …
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Tom Gorman/For The Patriot Ledger / USA TODAY NETWORK A Festivus for the rest of us Happy Saturday. Happy Festivus. Let’s air some grievances. Let’s do some feats of strength. Red Sox Nation to John Henry and Tom Werner: Talk about what you want and be good to one another.
Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports And another one’s gone… TGIF. Well… News at ESPN: Japanese star Yoshinobu Yamamoto and the Los Angeles Dodgers are in agreement on a 12-year, $325 million contract, pushing their FA spending over $1 billion. Inside details of the deal, plus where the Mets and Yankees ended up, free at ESPN: https://t.co/yaVAbIMdiA …
Photo by Matthew West/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images Rushing to 2024 Happy Thursday. Will the Red Sox do something today? Yamamoto, Snell, and Montgomery are all out there waiting for the market to settle. But it’s probably all on Yamamato at this point. Fingers crossed Breslow is ready to act when people are ready …
Photo by Lucas Stevenson/WBCI/MLB Photos via Getty Images Here were go again Happy Monday. It’s very wet in Boston. Yoshinobu Yamamoto may have a monster offer on the table from the Red Sox but the Mets, Yankees, Dodgers, and Giants (at least) are all in the running. If he chooses Boston that’s an incredible boost …
Photo by Joshua Sudock/Disneyland Resort via Getty Images Another one rides the (Dodgers team) bus TGIF. The Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays did a bit of a blockbuster sending Tyler Glasnow to LA. And, yes, he’s probably signing an extension. So he won’t even hit free agency down the road. Meanwhile the Red …
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Anthony Gruppuso-USA TODAY Sports Throwback to… Happy Thursday. Per movers and shakers Yamamoto is holding up a lot of the free agent pitching market. And by extension, probably some bats too. Way back in 2011: the Houston Astros traded RHP Mark Melancon to the Boston Red Sox for SS Jed Lowrie and RHP Kyle Weiland. …
Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images What’s that Snell? Happy Wednesday. Or as they say in LA “it’s a beautiful day when Mookie and Ohtani are signed.” The backup plan – Seth Lugo – has signed with the Kansas City Royals. At the top end of the market, where the Red Sox should be playing anyway, …
Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports Let the free agent dam break! Happy Tuesday. On this day in 2014, the Arizona Diamondbacks traded LHP Wade Miley to the Boston Red Sox for RHP Rubby De La Rosa, RHP Allen Webster and SS Raymel Flores. What a day for the history of the franchise. Let’s hope that in …
Photo by Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Game 7 Happy Tuesday. The ALCS is over. The Texas Rangers are headed to the World Series and the Houston Astros to the trash can. Tonight is NLCS Game 7 between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Philadelphia Phillies at 8:07 PM ET on TBS. This is …
Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Throwback to winter Happy Thursday. There is no baseball today. The Red Sox are presumably interviewing replacements for Chaim Bloom. The Texas Rangers, Minnesota Twins, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Philadelphia Phillies won their Wild Card rounds and will advance to the AL and NL Division Series. With …