5:39 AM EDT, Thu March 28, 2024
MASN: Steve Melewski

The Jackson Holliday news headlined a day of some O's roster clarity

As it turns out the bigger surprise may have come during the Winter Meetings in Nashville in December. For anyone then pondering whether Jackson Holliday could make the O's Opening Day roster after just 18 Triple-A games (22 counting playoffs), there was logic and reason to say that that was just too few. The kid could use more seasoning.So reporters might have expected Mike Elias to say something like sure they love the kid, he’s a remarkable talent and they’ll take a long look in spring training.Instead, he raised a few eyebrows when he stated he was “a very strong possibility” to...

MASN: School of Roch

More thoughts on Holliday's reassignment and some unexpected spring developments (lineup vs. Rays)

SARASOTA, Fla. – To say that Jackson Holliday’s exclusion from the Opening Day roster is a stunning development wouldn’t be accurate. I felt like I kept advising people to brace for bad news, that it wasn’t a sure thing.It ain’t on ‘till it’s on.I gave Holliday less than a 50 percent chance before the Winter Meetings, jumped into the 60-70 percent range while flying out of Nashville, and came back down as Holliday’s strikeouts rose.The improved at-bats and overall impressive play moved me again, but never to the point of feeling secure in his placement on a mock roster. I...

MASN: Steve Melewski

Jackson Holliday may be closing in on an Opening Day roster spot

On Dec. 4, Jackson Holliday, the No. 1 prospect in baseball, turned 20. He was a teenager no more. The next day at the Winter Meetings in Nashville, O’s executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias let the world know the kid had a good chance to make the O's 2024 Opening Day roster."It's definitely a very strong possibility,” Elias said that day, getting reporters attention in stating it so strongly.Fast forward to this spring camp and the kid that is 20 is starting to really swing it well in spring games. After getting two hits versus the Yankees in Tampa Monday afternoon, he...

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Yankees 2024 Season Preview: Alex Verdugo

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via First, it was Johnny Damon. Then, briefly, came Andrew Benintendi. Now, Alex Verdugo becomes the latest 2000s Boston outfielder to cover left for the Yankees. As the Winter Meetings continued and rumors of Juan Soto to the Yankees swirled, Jeff Passan dropped a bomb that shocked the American League East, announcing that the Yankees had acquired outfielder Alex Verdugo from their archrivals, the Boston Red Sox, in exchange for reliever Greg Weissert and a pair of minor league pitchers. Although the deal caught us a bit off guard,...

Dave Dombrowski joins Tom Caron to talk about Red Sox 2019 season

Red Sox President of Baseball Operations Dave Dombrowski joins NESN's Tom Caron during the MLB Winter Meetings in Las Vegas to discuss the analytics of trades throughout the league and what the future holds for the Boston Red Sox.

Winter Meetings News Conference: Red Sox re-sign Nathan Eovaldi

RHP Nathan Eovaldi addresses the media from Las Vegas, NV to discuss re-signing a four-year contract with the Boston Red Sox.