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Kenley Jansen admitted his second season with the Boston Red Sox is not off to an enjoyable start. The 36-year-old Red Sox closer already is dealing with minor ailments, which have pushed back his ramp up period and jeopardized him starting the season on time. Jansen entered spring training with lat soreness and was scratched from what was supposed to be his second Grapefruit League appearance Monday due to lower back tightness, per The Boston Globe's Alex Speier. Jansen's spring schedule not going as planned certainly has dampened the mood of the veteran right-handed reliever.
Posted: March 19, 2024, 2:58 am
– Byron Buxton was scratched from Monday's spring training game against the Boston Red Sox because of lower back tightness on his right side, but it was a precautionary move after he dove for a ball in a defensive drill. "He hit during the game," Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. Buxton, who was not in the Twins clubhouse following the game, has had relatively few restrictions placed on him since he began playing in Grapefruit League games.
Posted: March 19, 2024, 1:16 am
The Boston Red Sox are set to take the field for their first game of the 2024 season in just three weeks, where they will honor longtime pitcher Tim Wakefield and his wife, Stacy.
Posted: March 19, 2024, 12:53 am
While a diagnosis is expected as soon as Tuesday, the Sox hardly need to wait to find out Murphy's status for reminders of the fragility of their profession. Nearby, Liam Hendriks still has months left in his rehab from Tommy John surgery; a best-case scenario might have him in the Sox bullpen sometime in the second half of the season. Veteran Red Sox pitchers have different theories.
Posted: March 19, 2024, 12:26 am
The Seattle Mariners named Luis Castillo as their Opening Day starter for their game against the Boston Red Sox on March 28.
Posted: March 19, 2024, 12:16 am
The Boston Red Sox don't have many left-handed pitchers to turn to out of the bullpen. Murphy will be shut down and undergo an MRI on his elbow in Fort Myers, Fla., on Monday. “Not recovering well from the last one in the elbow area,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora told reporters Monday at JetBlue Park, per MassLive's Christopher Smith.
Posted: March 18, 2024, 10:04 pm
Garrett Crochet's first career start will be one to remember. The Chicago White Sox will hand the ball to Crochet on opening day, showing their faith in his transition from the bullpen to the starting rotation. The hard-throwing Crochet has made 72 career appearances, but all have come in relief.
Posted: March 18, 2024, 9:33 pm
The Minnesota Twins will be in Kansas City for Opening Day in less than two weeks, and there’s already cause for concern on the injury front among the pitching staff.
Posted: March 18, 2024, 9:13 pm
SCORE : Twins 5, Red Sox 2 RECORD : 14-10-2 BREAKDOWN : In his penultimate spring start, Nick Pivetta built his workload to 79 pitches while working into the fifth inning, allowing two runs while striking out five and walking one. He threw 75 percent of his pitches for strikes, and now has 13 strikeouts and three walks over 12 innings. Though the Twins erupted for three runs against reliever Brendan Cellucci, bullpen candidates Greg Weissert and Isaiah Campbell looked sharp in scoreless innings of work. On an otherwise quiet day for the offense against Joe Ryan, catcher Connor Wong had a pair of hits, including a wind-aided two-run homer. Advertisement NEXT : On Tuesday, the Red Sox will host
Posted: March 18, 2024, 8:49 pm
– As the Twins announced four of their pitchers will begin the season the 15-day injured list Monday, Carlos Correa and Ryan Jeffers powered Minnesota to a 5-2 spring training win over the Boston Red Sox at Hammond Stadium. Correa reached base in all three plate appearances, lining a single to right field in the first inning, bashing a 421-foot solo homer to left field in the third inning and drawing a walk in the fifth inning.
Posted: March 18, 2024, 8:09 pm
Red Sox Eliminate Hurler From Rotation Competition As Roster Plans Come Into Focus Boston made the right choice for both the player and organization Author: Scott Neville Mar 18, 2024 3:37 PM EDT In this story: Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are less than two weeks away from Opening Day, leaving manager Alex Cora with limited time to set his rotation to begin the 2024 season. Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow talked heavily in the offseason about adding to the rotation this winter but failed to do so, leaving the organization with an open competition to fill a few holes. Brayan Bello, Nick Pivetta and Kutter Crawford can be penciled into the top three spots. The final two came down
Posted: March 18, 2024, 7:37 pm
It's hard to tell what was most unusual about last season in the AL East. Baltimore and Tampa Bay took the top two spots in the division, the first time that had ever happened. The AL East has changed a lot from the days when the big-market behemoths would overpower the rest of the division. Tampa Bay has been a formidable operation for a while now, and the Orioles capped a swift rise from the depths of a rebuild, winning 101 games and a division title in 2023.
Posted: March 18, 2024, 7:35 pm
Nick Yorke flashed his potential this weekend. The Red Sox prospect collected a pair of hits in Boston's all-prospect spring breakout game. Yorke showed off the hit tool by slapping an RBI single to right, and then he flexed his muscle by tagging a double off the center-field fence in the Sox prospects' win over Atlanta's youngsters Saturday at JetBlue Park. The breakout game performance was by far Yorke's best of the spring, and he was among the handful of players reassigned to minor league camp Monday morning.
Posted: March 18, 2024, 6:39 pm
Need a break from bad Red Sox news? You're in the right place. Welcome to No Negativity Week, where John Tomase explores reasons to be hopeful about the 2024 squad.
Posted: March 18, 2024, 4:24 pm
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Posted: March 16, 2024, 7:21 pm
FORT MYERS, FLA. – The Twins emerged from an offensive funk Friday night when Alex Kirilloff and Christian Vázquez hit a pair of homers, but it didn't solve their Grapefruit League road woes in an 8-5 loss to the Boston Red Sox at JetBlue Park. Kirilloff lifted an opposite-field solo homer over Fenway South's version of the Green Monster against Red Sox closer Kenley Jensen. Two batters later, ...
Posted: March 16, 2024, 1:07 am
The start of the 2024 MLB season is around the corner! Here's a look at the schedule for the last week or so of Florida spring training games.
Posted: March 15, 2024, 4:02 pm
Whose ADP is too high? What other players could be drafted instead? Jorge Martin dives into who are the most overrated players through Round 10 going into 2024 fantasy drafts.
Posted: March 15, 2024, 3:30 pm
Five teams in the league received dedicated versions of the classic Crocs.
Posted: March 15, 2024, 3:12 pm
Can Triston Casas be the Red Sox' best hitter in 2024? John Tomase highlights the slugger's upside, which he showcased Wednesday with a mammoth home run.
Posted: March 15, 2024, 2:22 pm
The Boston Red Sox hosting a baseball game on St. Patrick's Day has become a popular tradition during spring training.
Posted: March 15, 2024, 9:12 am
Just how bright is the future at Fenway Park? Here's what to expect from the top 10 prospects in the Red Sox' system during the 2024 season.
Posted: March 14, 2024, 9:55 pm
Hard-throwing Chicago White Sox right-hander Michael Kopech will pitch out of the bullpen instead of the starting rotation, another disappointing development in a career that hasn't lived up to expectations. The announcement about Kopech came one day after Chicago traded ace Dylan Cease to San Diego for reliever Steven Wilson and three prospects: right-handers Drew Thorpe and Jairo Iriarte, and outfielder Samuel Zavala. Acquired from Boston in the trade that sent Chris Sale to the Red Sox in 2016, Kopech had success in a primarily relief role in 2021 after missing two seasons because of Tommy John surgery and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Posted: March 14, 2024, 7:13 pm
For Boston, the news wasn't a complete surprise with righty Lucas Giolito likely done for the season following surgery. It wasn't the Tommy John version, though, which could mean a quicker return. For New York, things remain uncertain as ace Gerrit Cole continues to undergo tests on his elbow after experiencing issues in bouncing back following spring training starts.
Posted: March 13, 2024, 10:10 pm
Right-hander Brayan Bello can increase his $55 million, six-year contract with the Boston Red Sox to $99.2 million over seven seasons if the team exercises a 2030 option and he achieves $24.2 million in bonuses for Cy Young Award voting and All-Star appearances. Bello gets a $1 million signing bonus as part of the deal announced March 8 and salaries of $1 million this year, $2.5 million in 2025, $6 million in 2026, $8.5 million in 2027, $16 million in 2028 and $19 million in 2029. The deal includes a $21 million team option for 2030 with a $1 million buyout that if exercised would make the agreement worth $75 million over seven seasons.
Posted: March 13, 2024, 8:59 pm
The WooSox have promoted Brooke Cooper to executive vice president and GM. Cooper becomes the first woman in the organization to hold the GM position.
Posted: March 13, 2024, 5:32 pm