Alright, Enough of This Spring Training Malarkey
Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/ You take it on faith, you take it to the heart, the waiting is the hardest part. Have you ever seen Uncut Gems? Kevin Garnett’s performance in the 2019 thriller is one of the best acting performances from an athlete that Hollywood has ever seen. The Boston Celtics legend and Hall of Fame power forward brought an intensity to the silver screen that mirrors the attitude he provided on the hardwood. He played a key role in raising the anxiety and stress-inducing suspence of the film, and he did so convincingly. One scene of his...
2023 Positional Preview: Right Field
Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/ If Alex Verdugo is going to make the leap, now’s the time. Coming off a rather mediocre 2022, there may not be anyone on the Red Sox this season who has more to prove than right fielder Alex Verdugo. Backed up by 2022 OBP stud Rob Refsnyder and a pleasant surprise this spring in Raimel Tapia, the position is one of the more secure ones on the roster entering this season. The Starter – Alex Verdugo The key return in the Mookie Betts trade with the Dodgers, the key question that we as a fanbase ask each year is whether Verdugo...
OTM Open Thread 3/23: It is Thursday
Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/ One week! Happy Thursday. Opening Day is one week from today! Make like the Barenaked Ladies and celebrate. Is that reference too old? The Red Sox are down to 12-10 in the Spring, not that it matters. Today though they get a rest and face the Pittsburgh Pirates at 1:05 PM ET on NESN360 and WEEI. Pedro complimenting Shohei is Fantastic. ❤️[And Shohei looking embarrassed to get all that praise] pic.twitter.com/fWJJtrRNRD— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) March 22, 2023 Truly an honor to get compliments like that from...
A Red Sox Fan’s Guide to the 2023 Fantasy Baseball Season
Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/ Here’s a look at who to draft on the Red Sox and when to draft them. The MLB regular season starts in exactly one week, meaning there is just one week left to get your ducks in a row for fantasy baseball season. There is a deluge of content examining the best strategies and providing the rankings to help you succeed, but what if you wanted guidance from just a Red Sox perspective? Well, you’ve come to the right place. Below you will find advice on which Red Sox players you should consider drafting and when you should...
After Mastaka Yoshida, Who Are The Next Stars From Asia Who Could End Up In MLB (Or On The Red Sox?)
Photo by Jasen Vinlove/Miami Marlins/ Remember the name Roki Sasaki I have argued in this space before that viewing the exploits of players in Japan’s NPB and Korea’s KBO solely through the lens of what they might accomplish in Major League Baseball is reductive and a little insulting. And I hope that Japan’s triumph in the greatest World Baseball Classic to date inspires American fans to pay a little bit more attention to the second and third best baseball leagues in the world, and enjoy them for their own sake. But I also understand that following these league...
OTM Open Thread 3/22: It is Wednesday
Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/ A week from tomorrow Happy Wednesday. Did you see the World Baseball Classic championship game? What an ending. Ohtani vs Trout. Congratulations to team Japan and Masataka Yoshida. The Red Sox take on the Minnesota Twins this evening at 6 PM ET on NESN and WEEI. Tanner Houck will try to outduel Joe Ryan. Masataka Yoshida is a WBC champ! See you soon at Fenway! pic.twitter.com/24f2y3nma1— Red Sox (@RedSox) March 22, 2023 Talk about what you want and be good to one another.
Red Sox Links: Let’s Not Start Worrying About Chris Sale Just Yet
Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/ Plus, news on Brayan Bello, Triston Casas, and World Baseball Classic champion Masataka Yoshida Welp. Chris Sale got rocked by a division rival yesterday in his second-to-last start of Spring Training, but he’s not worried. This is a good time to remind everyone of something: Spring Training stats don’t matter. At all. (Julian McWilliams, Boston Globe) More bad news from yesterday! Triston Casas was scratched and is considered day-to-day with “left fifth finger pain,” which, I think means he has an ouchie on his...
Mar 21, 2023
Masataka Yoshida Just Hit One Of The Most Iconic Homers Of The 21st Century
Photo by Mary DeCicco/WBCI/MLB Photos via Really. What elevates a home run from being merely an exciting baseball moment, to an iconic baseball moment? There are many factors involved, and these factors elevate certain homers in a way that doesn’t always seem to make purely rational sense. Carlton Fisk’s Game 6 homer in 1975 didn’t end the World Series, and it wasn’t even hit for the team that won the World Series. And yet, it is far more iconic than Joe Carter’s 1993 homer, which did both. The fact is that iconic moments are born of a number of different...
The Red Seat Podcast: So, Who Is In The Red Sox Rotation, Anyway?
Photo by Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via Jake, Keaton, and Bob rundown the fifth starter race, 40-man roster decisions, and “leadoff by committee”. Welcome back to The Red Seat Podcast, episode #272. On this episode, Jake Devereaux, Keaton DeRocher and Bob Osgood discuss the #5 spot in the rotation, weather Triston Casas should lead off from the jump, and a possible 40-man roster crunch for Opening Day. We opened the show discussing the Red Sox rotation, where there are a lot of moving parts right now. Tanner Houck’s shaky spring could be explained by working in...
OTM Open Thread 3/21: It is Tuesday
Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports USA vs Japan Happy Tuesday. It’s a big day for baseball. The Red Sox take on the Baltimore Orioles at 1:05 PM ET on NESN360 and WEEI. It’s a Sale Day and he’s looking...like Chris Sale! Will Team USA repeat or will Team Japan go undefeated for its 3rd #WorldBaseballClassic title?Find out Tuesday night at 7 PM ET on @FS1! pic.twitter.com/NkzfX0BShk— MLB (@MLB) March 21, 2023 And then tonight at 7:00 PM ET on FS1 is the championship game of the World Baseball Classic. It’s Team USA vs Team Japan. There are current and...
Brayan Bello Is Back. For Now.
Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/ The young Red Sox pitcher is healthy — thank God. In life as in baseball, we spend so much time thinking about the future. We plan for it, we pin our hopes on it, we look to it to help us get through the often dully unsatisfying present. It’s for this reason that few things break our hearts more than a potential future being taken away. And if you’re a Sox fan of a certain age, there might be one name more than any other that breaks your heart as you contemplate all the futures that didn’t come: Juan Peña. Juan Peña...
Best of the Red Sox 2023 Promotional Schedule
Come for the knick knacks. Stay for the tchotchkes. Many, Vegas included, are down on the Red Sox this year. The fine people over at Fenway Sports Group know that, and want to do whatever they can to keep attendance up, sell $11 beers, and maintain that bottom line. As we all know, high ticket prices and concessions are how we can afford to spend like the Dodgers and Yankees. John Henry: “What has enabled us to spend like the Yankees and the Dodgers is your support. And that comes through ticket prices.”Fans booed and then Kennedy interjected.— Boston Sports Gordo...
Red Sox Links: Masataka Yoshida Will Hit Cleanup
Photo by Mary DeCicco/WBCI/MLB Photos via Plus, updates on Brayan Bello, Tanner Houck, and Richard Bleier Brayan Bello is back! And he’s already putting some of the lessons imparted by Pedro Martinez in the offseason to work. Well, that’s one less thing to worry about. (Alex Speier, Boston Globe) Bello isn’t the only young pitcher hoping to have a regular spot in the rotation this year. And to that end, Tanner Houck is trying to expand his arsenal in hopes of being looked at as more than just a bullpen arm. (Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic) Richard Bleier is the...
OTM Open Thread 3/20: It is Monday
Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Last full week of Spring Training Happy Monday! The sun is shining, birds are singing, it’s a beautiful day in Boston. We’re starting the last full week of Spring Training with the season rushing upon us in just 10 days. The Red Sox take on the Pittsburgh Pirates today at 1:05 PM ET on WEEI and NESN. It’s the 10 year anniversary of the Sox magical 2013 season. Is Ben Cherington counting on that for the Pirates? Can it happen again in Boston? Bello's back. pic.twitter.com/XBek5AOiCF— Red Sox (@RedSox) March 19,...
OTM Open Thread 3/17: It is Friday
Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/ Less than 2 weeks Happy Friday. And Happy St. Patrick’s Day. The Red Sox become the Green Sox for one day a year. Today those Green Sox will take on the Atlanta Braves at 1:05 PM ET led by Tanner Houck. It’s on NESN and WEEI. In World Baseball Classic new Puerto Rico faces Mexico at 7:00 PM ET on FS1 for the cnace to play Japan in the semifinals. Talk about what you want and be good to one another.
