Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images National TV broadcast schedules are rolling out for 2025 There was a time — a glorious time of abundance and joy — when the rest of America was really, really sick of the Red Sox. The Sox were on TV all the time. The Yankees were, too. And it wasn’t unusual for an entire regular season series between the two teams to be nationally televised. “They should do it this way every year,” Jeff Passan once wrote of the Red Sox-Yankees clash that opened the 2010 season on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball. “[The MLB season should] open with the Red Sox and Y ..read more

Photo by Stuart Cahill/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images And better for Tigers Happy Thursday. Dear John Heyman...whatever Scott Boras pays you isn’t enough. “To me, I think (the Red Sox are) the most likely as we sit here at this moment to sign Alex Bregman.” - @JonHeyman on @MLBNetwork pic.twitter.com/euAWdTZPKG — Boston Sports Gordo (@BOSSportsGordo) January 22, 2025 Ok. Ok. Ok. Look. Alex Bregman was a very good player.Possibly great. He’s still a good player. But declining. His agent is the Super Agent. The Red Sox felt that Tenner Scott was too expensive. Masataka Yoshid ..read more

Christian Arroyo loses a fly ball in the lights during a 2022 game. | Larry Brown Sports In case you were thinking of diving into the social media morass that is Red Sox Twitter. Have you ever wondered just how Red Sox Nation continues to thrive despite a supposed-waning interest in baseball and the team’s continued failure to make it to the postseason? Why, it’s through Red Sox Twitter, of course! The preeminent community for the average Red Sox fan and shit-poster, Red Sox Twitter is a hub of hilarity, emotion, information, and memes for the 21st century. Because Red Sox Nation is so large ..read more

FLAVORTOWN TAILGATE | Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images You’re never always right. Shea Hillenbrand had one good season for the Red Sox, then it all went to shit. He bounced around the league and eventually ended up on the Blue Jays, where he had one good season before it all went to shit. Specifically, Hillenbrand did not get along with manager John Gibbons. Benched twice after adopting a child, and mad that the team didn’t acknowledge it, Hillenbrand wrote on the team whiteboard that the “ship was sinking,” Gibbons challenged him to a fight and said one of them would be off the team soon. O ..read more

Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images Can the Red Sox pitcher be more consistent in 2025? Kutter Crawford had an up-and-down 2024 season. At times, he looked like one of the best pitchers in baseball. Other times, he looked like one of the worst. Because of the wild swings in performance, it’s hard to discern where Crawford’s true talent level lies. Let’s take a look at his arsenal and see if we can figure out a way to help Kutter Crawford be more consistent ..read more

Photo by Luis Gutierrez/ Norte Photo/Getty Images The Red Sox add some relief depth with experience from the, err, Sacramento Athletics on a pair of minor-league deals. Who are they and where do they come from? You’ve heard some variation of “if the worst team in the league doesn’t want them, why do we?” a few times on comment boards, right? Well, the Oak... Sac.... Las Vegas.... uh, Athletics had a few depth arms depart, and we’ve scooped two of them up. On January 6, the Red Sox signed 33-year-old righty Austin Adams to a minor league contract, Ten days later, another pitcher who had innings ..read more

Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images Red Sox Legend Happy Wednesday. Last night former Red Sox pitcher Billy Wagner, one of the greatest closers of his generation, was elected to the baseball Hall of Fame. We’ll always remeber those 13.2 innings in 2009, Billy. His son Will Wagner is a member of the Toronto Blue Jays so the family ties to the AL East remain. As our fearless leader asks: will there be a right-handed bat? It’s looking more and more unlikely. Talk about what you want, stay warm, and be good to one another ..read more

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images Unless they really are just waiting out Alex Bregman. More and more free agent options previously linked to the Sox have signed elsewhere. Outfielder Anthony Santander, who blasted 44 homers last season and was frequently mentioned as a potential fit as the right-handed bat (well, switch-hitting bat, in his case) the Red Sox have said they are looking for, signed with the Blue Jays on a five-year, $92 million deal. There is no indication that the Red Sox had any serious interest in Santander. (Jorge Castillo, ESPN) There is an indication that the Red Sox had ..read more

Staff photo by Derek Davis/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images He is likely going to make his Major League debut in 2025. Get to know him now. Who is he, and where does he come from? He’s Hunter Dobbins. He’s not to be confused with the catcher of the same name in the Detroit Tigers minor league system.... not that I know why you’d confuse the two at this point. The Red Sox drafted the Bryan, Texas native in the eighth round of the 2021 MLB draft, and he’s been steadily producing – and improving – since. The righty had a call-up to Triple-A Worcester in late August after about 14 months in ..read more

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Who can say... Happy Tuesday. Well, here we are. It’s about 8 degrees in Boston but feels like 1. Are you ready for Spring Training? I’ll wait. Ah, yes. Warm weather...better than an arrow to the knee. The Red Sox are still apparently circling around Alex Bregman. The St. Louis Cardinals are still trying to trade Nolan Arenado. The Bregman circus has been compared to the long wait for J.D. Martinez, but with J.D. there was a sizeable David Ortiz—shaped hole the Sox needed to fill. Bregman requires other moves to accommodate him (ditto Arenad ..read more