Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images Our self-appointed white knight defends one Alex, excoriates another, and models his odd trophy case In this weirdo offseason where nothing is really happening (and if it is, it’s often happening on another team), I’ve felt pretty up-and-down. You know, periods of malaise and frustration followed by …
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The Red Sox added to their 2023 draft class earlier this month by trading outfielder Alex Verdugo to the Yankees. In exchange for Verdugo, who is eligible for free agency next winter, Boston received three right-handers from New York who are all at different points in their respective careers. While Greg Weissert — with two …
Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Bob and Jake discuss the Sale for Grissom deal, Lucas Giolito’s signing, and go on the hunt for “controllable” starting pitching. Welcome back to The Red Seat Podcast, episode number 303. This week, Jake Devereaux and Bob Osgood discuss the two big moves from the past week: the …
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Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Plus, Triston Casas has a new ‘do. Okay, so they still haven’t gotten any decent pitching yet, but the Red Sox may be close to checking off something that was further down on the list: right-handed power. We’ve now heard multiple reports that the Sox are aggressively pursuing outfielder Teoscar …
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The Red Sox have acquired two-time Gold Glove Award-winning outfielder Tyler O’Neill from the Cardinals in exchange for right-handers Nick Robertson and Victor Santos, the club announced earlier Friday evening. O’Neill, 28, was limited to just 72 games with the Cardinals this past season after spending time on the 60-day injured list with a lower …
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Plus, John Schreiber has a new pitch Another day, another former colleague of Craig Breslow’s offering heaps of praise on the new Red Sox Chief Baseball Officer. This time it’s Will Venable. The former Sox bench coach and fellow Ivy Leaguer (he went to Princeton) has worked alongside Breslow for the past few years with …
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