Five takeaways as Orioles beat Red Sox at Fenway Park originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The first home series of the season for the Boston Red Sox started with a beautiful tribute to the late Tim Wakefield and the 2004 World Series team. It was all downhill from there. The reigning champion Baltimore Orioles… Read More »
Who’s hot, who’s not for Red Sox heading into Opening Day originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston Red Sox are ready for Opening Day after wrapping up spring training on Tuesday. With a 4-1 victory over defending champion Texas Rangers, the Red Sox ended the spring with a 19-12-3 record. Now they will… Read More »
Spring Training isn’t over yet, but with the Dodgers and Padres playing a regular season game in South Korea on March 20 and the U.S. version of Opening Day just over a week away, the teams are very close to finalizing their selections. . In an effort to help fantasy managers distracted by basketball, hockey… Read More »
Right now, all over the sun-drenched diamonds of Florida and Arizona, there are very wealthy and talented men who wish they were somewhere else. For many in the sport, spring training is too long: four weeks of goal-oriented work, stretched into seven weeks of trudging, a marathon before the marathon. Although the regular season is… Read More »
There weren’t many relevant changes to the stadiums during the offseason, with the possible exception of Toronto eliminating some foul grounds. Of course, Rogers Center surprisingly dropped its home runs last season (-4%) increasing them an MLB-high 28% in 2022 despite renovations which were expected to make Toronto an even bigger launchpad. Whether that’s a… Read More »
Imagining a roster the Red Sox could have built will boil your blood originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston It turns out that the next great Red Sox team could actually have been the last great Red Sox team THIS WHOLE TIME. It’s no longer just fans and media frustrated by the aimless rebuild, but… Read More »
If you solve the pitching better than your opponents, the kingdom is yours. But pitchers are the most fickle part of fantasy baseball: the maddening chase. You keep waving that wide butterfly net, but the butterfly is always out of your reach. Here are a series of ranks and guesses. It’s going to look absurd… Read More »
FORT MYERS, Fla. – The 2024 Boston Red Sox will be must-see TV whether they like it or not. Netflix, the streaming giant, has already started filming a behind-the-scenes docuseries about the upcoming Red Sox season. The show, which will debut in 2025, follows in the footsteps of other successful, fully accessible sports docs on… Read More »
Even Red Sox folks in Fort Myers seem to be embarrassed because it originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston this offseason FORT MYERS, Fla. – Greetings from a week of training in Florida, where the Red Sox begin their search for… what exactly? To exist? John Henry want to save some money? Fill Fenway Park… Read More »
Royals, of all teams, show us where Red Sox went wrong this winter originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Between the Dodgers signing everyone and the Marlins signing no one, there is a reputable middle ground. The Red Sox have largely abandoned it, but it’s instructive to consider a team that didn’t: the Royals. Imagine… Read More »