Was surprised to see that Cooper Criswell didn’t have his own thread- though I think that shows just how unexpected his early performance has been. Understanding that it’s still early, it’s still a bit shocking how much he’s contributed. He now has a 2.10 ERA in 25.2 innings. Having seen none of his starts, I’m just curious to know how the board explains his performance. Does anyone see this as sustainable or is this simply an example of the flukiness of early season stats ..read more

Josh Winckowski has been optioned to Worcester to make room for Brayan Bello’s activation Sunday. View: https://twitter.com/sean_mcadam/status/1789428933957394682?s=46 ..read more

My son and I go to a lot of games, and we explored a partial season ticket last year. We talked to the STH rep - and at the end of the day it was cheaper to buy them from Seat Geek. I bought tickets for about 8 games yesterday through Seat Geek that were essentially 30% of what it would be to buy them from the Red Sox. And it turns out the tickets were not resales but rather from the Red Sox themselves. They had posted seats on seat geek they had not sold - and I was able to confirm it... Plummeting Ticket Prices ..read more

Sandy Leon Trotsky said: I’m curious why that gap has grown…. Hasn’t been an expansion team in 3 decades. The 26 man roster? Click to expand... The 26-man is probably part of it. I suspect the increase in pitching injuries plays a role too. High quality pitchers don't linger in the minors as long because they're needed in the majors. Guys who might have spent a year at each level building themselves up are pressed into max effort relieving instead ..read more

View: https://twitter.com/TBTimes_Rays/status/1785699567322669552 View: https://twitter.com/PeteAbe/status/1785706759333552178 ... Red Sox sign Dominic Smith ..read more

I didn't see this anywhere. Seems that Bailey's added another power arm for depth. https://www.masslive.com/redsox/2024/04/red-sox-trade-for-lefty-with-power-stuff-who-craig-breslow-knows-well.html ..read more

View: https://twitter.com/bradfo/status/1785739379954090432 Hopefully its not a long term injury as he was just starting to get his swing back at the plate ..read more

View: https://twitter.com/TBTimes_Rays/status/1785699567322669552 View: https://twitter.com/PeteAbe/status/1785706759333552178 ..read more

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/05/01/sports/red-sox-craig-breslow-sportsology-audit/?event=event25 Could be a signal they're thinking about baseball operation changes ..read more

Starting this thread as a place to discuss the actual on field aspects of the team while hopefully keeping the $$$ talk for other threads. At the suggestion of a couple of well respected dopes in an attempt to avoid a megathread well be starting a new thread each month for discussion, observations and the tracking of current trends. As the calendar turns to May we'll look to continue what has been some good discussion. 30 games into the season the Sox are 17-13. I think all of us would... May: Red Sox discussion, observations and trend tracking...AKA It's not all about the Benjamins ..read more