Photo by Brian Fluharty/Getty Images The Red Sox lose yet another game. A gloomy day at Fenway to end the homestand! Could the Red Sox pull a rabbit out of the hat or would they hop on a plane to the Steel City steeled by their own sorrows? Key Moments T2: Pickoff! Given an early lead, what a slick pickoff move from Brennan Bernardino, appearing as an opener. T3: A Comedy of Errors The Sox lead the Majors with 20 errors. This isn’t fun! They also wouldn’t hold a lead for the rest of the game. B6: First off, let’s admire the wheels on Jarren Duran to wheel into third with a two-run triple. Bu ..read more

Photo by Jaiden Tripi/Getty Images Day ball Coming of the lowest of lows the Red Sox hit the highest of highs last night. And today they roll out a getaway roster against the Cleveland Guardians. Rafael Devers is on the bench along with Masatake Yoshida. Triston Casas moves up to second in the lineup. Bernardino is the opener. Let’s win this one and head to Pittsburgh. First pitch is at 1:35 PM ET on WEEI and NESN ..read more

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images He may not be an immediate plug-and-play, but it’s good to know help is on the way. Good morning! Tanner Houck had the best night of his Major League career yesterday. Although three of the four Red Sox farm games were decided by 9:03 PM, when the last Cleveland out was recorded (!) and Boston had won the game, I think I can joke around and say he inspired at least the upper minor league pitching on how to sling it on the mound. Worcester: W, 6-2 (BOX SCORE) Although you’d be hard pressed to find a performance as electric as 89’s at Fenway ..read more

Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images In this episode of the show Jake and Keaton get you caught up on the first three weeks of the season. Good morning and welcome back to another episode of “The Red Seat” podcast. It’s been a while since we were able to record an episode so this show is absolutely jam packed with information. During this episode Keaton and I get you caught up on where the Red Sox stand at this point in the early season. Where do they rank in starting pitching, relief, defense, and offense? Are any of these ranks surprising? The Red Sox have suffered myriad injuri ..read more

Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Also Tanner is our King Happy Thursday. Tanner Houck tossed a Maddux last night - a complete game in less than 100 pitches. And he also decided to make it a shutout. We already have a strong contender for Red Sox game of the year. That’ll be hard to top. Remembering 2004 The Curse Breakers won again to bring their record to 13-6 on the season (current Sox at 10-9). Beating the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6-0, Boston got a home run out of Jason Varitek and doubles from Manny, Bellhorn, Ortiz, and Mueller. NESN’s own Lenny DiNardo tossed a clean ninth i ..read more

Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images The Anatomy of an Inning Shows you how the rule 5 Pick is locking down the middle innings. Welcome back to another edition of The Anatomy of An Inning. My name is Jacob Roy, and I pretend to know pitching better than the pitchers themselves. If you’re new here or need a reminder of what this is all about, I take an inning from the previous week or so and break it down, one pitch at a time. Each pitch should have a purpose, I’m looking at each of them individually to try to go beyond the box score and tell the full story. The Situation Let’s go ..read more

Best game of his life imho. | Eric Canha-USA TODAY Sports THAT’s something you don’t see every day. The Red Sox and Guardians did battle for the third time in three days and, readers, I missed the first few innings. It’s a long story. My car died and I lost my house keys and it’s a whole thing. Obviously I got back in the house. When I did, I learned that the Sox struck first on a freakin’ balk in the third inning by Guardians starter Ben Lively, fresh off the IL: Red Sox get their first run of the day on a balk from Ben Lively. Stephen Vogt was not happy. pic.twitter.com/V7tHd4fY5u — Tyler ..read more

Photo by Jaiden Tripi/Getty Images Win it for Whitlock Welp. Whitlock to IL. Cora expects to be short stint. Jacques called up — Rob Bradford (@bradfo) April 17, 2024 So the good vibes and hope from this morning that the Red Sox had dodged a bullet with Garrett Whitlock are (slightly) gone as he once again hits the IL. The Sox are hopeful it’ll be a minimum stay. In the meantime…well, the season that started 7-3 is has turned into a 2-6 run. Rafael Devers is in the lineup at DH as he’s still banged up from the season so far. This sends Yoshida to the bench. Pablo Reyes covers third base ove ..read more

Better times. | Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports How low can they go? Stay tuned. When I think of private equity, I think, for better or worse, of Mitt Romney. The former governor of Massachusetts and presidential candidate is one of the pioneers of the hollowing out of corporate America that’s destroying our country, its airlines, our sport, its uniforms and even its radio feeds... well, Mittens nonetheless is, without a question, a family man with a bedrock moral code. I can’t even begin to square this moral code with his life’s work — save his groundbreaking work on health care in the state ..read more

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Happy Wednesday. The Red Sox seem to have dodged a bullet with Garrett Whitlock: Garrett Whitlock said he was removed for precautionary reasons. He felt it during the third inning and doesn’t see it as something that will hold him back from his next start — Christopher Smith (@SmittyOnMLB) April 17, 2024 Better to not let something linger on given the many question marks about who would fill those innings if it got worse during the night. The Sox fell to 9-9 and are back in last place in the AL East. They’re only one game back of the Tamp ..read more