Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images Wilyer Abreu is back, too. Rafael Devers will see how the DH role fits him this afternoon as the Red Sox host the Braves at JetBlue Park. Wilyer Abreu is also back on the field, hitting eighth in what is a very big league-looking lineup. And when say big league-looking, I’m including pitcher Quinn Priester, too. With Lucas Giolito and Brayan Bello both delayed, Priester is highly likely to open the season in the rotation, along with Richard Fitts. It’s a beautful spring day in New England. Get outside, get some sunshine, and then catch the game ..read more

What the headline says. The Boston Red Sox make many transactions. A shocking number of them, especially this time of year, are for players of whom you’ve never heard. Introducing: Two transactions and a lie, the ONLY game that tests your knowledge of, uh, Red Sox transactions. [Extreme dad voice] Let’s rock and roll! Transaction 1: Edgar Vicioso, a 20-year-old starting pitcher from the Dominican Republic, was officially assigned to the team. A potential two-way player, he had a 3.95 ERA in rookie ball last year while hitting three pinch hit home runs. Transaction 2: Yohander Linarez, a 19-ye ..read more

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images And apparently his shoulders are totally fine. Rafael Devers spoke to the media after taking cuts in an intrasquad scrimmage and addressed the two biggest issues of Red Sox spring training so far: his position and his shoulders. Regarding the former, it appears as if Devers has finally come to terms with his future as the team’s DH, saying he is “good to do whatever they want.” Regarding the latter, he insists that his shoulders are fine and have been fine all camp, and that the only reason he has yet to appear in a game is because he did no ..read more

Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images Should Anthony break camp with the big league team? This is the second year in a row of the MLB Spring Breakout, and the second year in a row of me being confused about what exactly the MLB Spring Breakout is. But, hey, I’m not going to complain about something that gives the Big Three a chance to introduce themselves to the wider world like they did last night. All three of Roman Anthony, Marcelo Mayer, and Kristian Campbell homered as the Sox breakout team lost to the Rays prospects. Mayer and Campbell’s homers were back-to-back: But it was A ..read more

PORT ST. LUCIE, FLORIDA - MARCH 13: Nick Sogard #20 of the Boston Red Sox bats against the New York Mets in the third inning during a spring training game at Clover Park on March 13, 2025 in Port St. Lucie, Florida. | Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images Let’s get irrational TGIF. The Red Sox were well-represented in the Spring Breakout game. Quite a night for Boston's vaunted Big 3. The entire trio went deep here tonight at Charlotte Sports Park, capped by Roman Anthony's titanic shot that landed on top of a building behind the wall in right field. — Ian Browne (@ianmbrowne.bsky.social) 2025 ..read more

Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images You deserve a second act with Red Sox Nation. Mo Vaughn was, I believe, the last of a particular kind of Boston sports superstar that used to be in abundance during the lackluster ‘90s: the Boston sports superstar whom everyone was always bitching and moaning about. It’s hard to convey to younger fans just how different the pre-Tom Brady Boston sports scene was. Since the dawn of professional sports in the mid-19th century, the 1990s was the only decade in which a Boston-based team did not win a championship. (And, yes, I’m going all the way back to the found ..read more

Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images Two weeks until Opening Day We need a name for the first night game of spring training, which is a low-key important milestone on the road to the baseball season. Truck day, pitchers and catchers, and the Northeastern scrimmage get all the attention, but it’s that first night game that really signals that baseball is almost here, that the game is about to once again become a part of our daily lives, supplying each day with its peculiar rhythm. The Red Sox took on the Twins at JetBlue Park last night as Opening Day fast approaches. Did you enjoy the game? NE ..read more

FORT MYERS, FLORIDA - MARCH 12: Marcelo Mayer #39 of the Boston Red Sox looks on during the ninth inning of a spring training game against the Minnesota Twins at JetBlue Park at Fenway South on March 12, 2025 in Fort Myers, Florida. | Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images Opening Day! Happy Thursday. We’re down to just two weeks left for the Red Sox to open their season on the road against the Texas Rangers. Two short weeks. Alex Cora needs to figure out: the rotation order who is in line for save opportunities who plays third base does Kristian Campbell open the season in the majors and probab ..read more

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Trevor Story, Lucas Giolito not expected to miss much time. No team gets through spring training with a healthy roster. This is particularly true with respect to pitchers, whose injury risk is highest between February and May. We saw this last year with Lucas Giolito, who missed his entire first season with the Red Sox after injuring his arm in Spring Training. This year, we may be seeing it again this year with... Lucas Giolito. The righty left yesterday’s game with another injury. Thankfully, though, this one is to his hamstring, not his a ..read more

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Fingers crossed Happy Wednesday. Rafael Devers was expected to play today, Wednesday, but that’s been pushed off until Saturday. Lucas Giolito, who famously has never pitched for the Red Sox, made his return to games and was bad (eh, spring, whatever) but also pulled a hamstring. Alex Cora said that Lucas Giolito will get an MRI tomorrow. He hopes to have more of an update on the situation by Thursday. "Hopefully it's nothing major and he can make his next start," Cora said. — Ian Browne (@ianmbrowne.bsky.social) 2025-03-11T20:46:19.451Z ..read more