Associated Press Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker says the state's five professional sports teams -- the Boston Red Sox, Boston Celtics, Boston Bruins, New England Patriots and New England Revolution -- can resume practicing at their respective facilities on June 6. But Baker made clear the reopening of those facilities must be done in accordance with the health and safety rules that each of the leagues are developing.
Major League Baseball teams have released hundreds of young players with the minor league season in doubt due to the coronavirus pandemic. Though most of the names have not yet been divulged by clubs, one local name reported to be among the cuts is Garnet Valley graduate Joe DeCarlo, who was with the Boston Red Sox organization. More than 200 players were cut Friday, and some 400 have been released in the past month, according to transactions posted at MiLB.com.
The Red Sox will pay all of their minor league players $400 a week for the duration of what would have been their season, according to major league sources. Major League Baseball previously had committed to supporting all minor leaguers through the end of May, but left it to teams to extend payments beyond that date. All minor leaguers in the Red Sox system who aren’t covered by a major league contract — meaning those who aren’t on the 40-man roster — will receive the $400 weekly stipend.
The Red Sox informed team employees Friday night that they will not lay off or furlough any full-time staff members through the end of the season, but they will make pay cuts for those earning over $50,000, according to multiple team sources. The group of affected employees includes front office members, major and minor league managers and coaches, and scouts and player development staff, as well as those in the team’s business operations.
Associated Press Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker says the state's five professional sports teams -- the Boston Red Sox, Boston Celtics, Boston Bruins, New England Patriots and New England Revolution -- can resume practicing at their respective facilities on June 6. But Baker made clear the reopening of those facilities must be done in accordance with the health and safety rules that each of the leagues are developing.
Max Scherzer took to Twitter Wednesday night in response Major League Baseball’s latest economic proposal. The players reportedly aren’t pleased with the latest proposal, and the Washington Nationals ace voiced his frustration on Twitter saying “there’s no reason to engage with MLB in any further compensation reductions. As of Thursday, there is no update to the latest proposal, but that doesn’t mean the two sides won’t reconvene in the near future.
A 47-year-old part-time library assistant and gig musician, Kantor has been playing the organ at Red Sox games since 2003, filling the Fenway air with players’ walk-up music and keeping things light during replay reviews and rain delays. After this year's baseball season was put on hold because of the coronavirus outbreak, a friend suggested that Kantor put on a livestream concert to mark what would have been the Red Sox opener on March 26.
He would spent six years with the Brewers as a middling utility player, and after a year with the Mets was traded to the Red Sox in a deal involving Pumpsie Green, and Mantilla enjoyed the best years of his career with Boston. Fenway just suited his swing, and he put up a 131 OPS+ with the Red Sox, making the All-Star team in 1965 and receiving MVP votes that year as well.
Rafael Devers quickly is becoming one of the league’s top third basemen. At just 23-years-old, the Boston Red Sox third baseman has displayed elite offensive ability, and over the 2019 season his defense came around quite a bit. In due course, he could be in the conversation with the Alex Bregman’s and Anthony Rendon’s of Major League Baseball as one of the best options at the hot corner.
The financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic could cause Mookie Betts to miss out on over $100 million in free agency, according to Peter Gammons.
Fans chose the rosters. Now Dodgers manager Dave Roberts and Giants manager Gabe Kapler will choose starting lineups for the APBA SoCal vs. NorCal I-5 series.
Mack Wright covered quite a large amount of ground to steal the show with a dazzling catch Friday, especially when you factor in the distance the Bitterroot Red Sox center fielder traveled during his move from Tennessee to Montana just five weeks ago. Wright’s full-extension diving catch after of an all-out sprint to left-center field preserved the shutout of the Bitterroot Bucs, while his clutch hitting jumpstarted the Red Sox in a 9-0 win that kicked off the return of Class A Legion baseball t...
Evans sits sixth all-time on the Red Sox franchise list, ahead of Boston icons like Pedro Martinez and David Ortiz, and well ahead of fellow outfielder and contemporary Jim Rice (we could write an entire article about how if anyone in that Boston outfield should be in the Hall of Fame it should be Evans over Rice, but I digress). Evans is a three-time all star, eight time Gold Glove winner, and he led the American League in home runs in a strike-shortened 1981, and led the league in walks three ...
The Boston Red Sox still have one of the better hitting lineups in fantasy baseball. Boston's batting order ahead and behind him led to fewer RBI chances (410 – 440 in 2018) and a decline in his run rate (40) for the second straight year. Despite Fenway being good for hitters, surprisingly, Martinez hit better on the road (.333 with 18 HRs and 62 RBI over 294 at-bats) than at home (.274 with 18 HRs and 48 RBI over 316 at-bats). August was his best hitting month (.394 with 10 HRs and 29 RBI), then he struggled in September (.228 with three HRs and 13 RBI).
Former Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was hospitalized following surgery for a gunshot wound after being ambushed by a man in a bar in his native Dominican Republic. Ortiz's father said his son is out of danger and that the bullet had not hit any major organ.
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The Red Sox are projected to take UCLA outfielder Garrett Mitchell with their first-round pick in next month’s draft, according to the latest mock draft from MLB.com’s Jonathan Mayo. Boston has the No. pick in the draft, which begins June 10.
Red Sox' Kennedy optimistic there will be a season
Ortiz, 44, was a ten-time All-Star, a three-time World Series champion, and seven-time Silver Slugger Award winner. One of the most beloved Sox players of all time, he's probably on his way to Cooperstown for a Hall of Fame induction ceremony in 2021.
The COVID-19 pandemic might prove costly to baseball’s top free agents in the coming years, according to MLB Network’s Peter Gammons. In fact, the pandemic might cost former Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts more than $100 million. Appearing on 670 The Score’s Mully & Haugh show in Chicago, Gammons said Betts -- a free agent after this season -- will be lucky to receive $250 million on the open market.
About six weeks after receiving a "brand-new elbow" for his birthday, Boston Red Sox left-hander Chris Sale updated the status of his recovery in an ESPN interview published Tuesday. "I'm really happy with where we're at," said the seven-time All-Star, who had Tommy John surgery on his left elbow on his 31st birthday on March 30. Sale said that his rehab regimen includes a shoulder program and "soft-tissue stuff," as well as "pushing stuff" and rowing.
We can kind of start, as they say, tearing it down to the studs. I can work from the ground up. I can completely tear my body down and build it back up,” he said.
Red Sox ace Chris Sale is six weeks removed from Tommy John surgery on his left elbow, early on in the rehab process that he seems to be attacking with infinite optimism. In a wide-ranging interview with ESPN, Sale noted that with no games being played and no paychecks being sent out by MLB teams, his salary in the first year of his five-year, $145 million contract extension with Boston can’t be held against him.
Chris Sale is as extreme a competitor as they come. Yet against all odds, the left-hander is handling his temporary absence from baseball with aplomb. Granted, he hasn’t had to actually miss any games yet, as MLB remains shut down during the coronavirus pandemic.
Regardless of whether or not there’s a 2020 Major League Baseball season, we won’t be seeing Chris Sale. However, he’s doing well on his journey back to the mound. The Boston Red Sox starter underwent Tommy John surgery at the end of March, ruling him out for the 2020 season, and his absence likely will extend into the 2021 campaign, as well.
So we have a 1-0 Félix win over the Red Sox, but not the 1-0 win over Boston that I hold above all other Félix starts. That game took place April 11, 2007 at Fenway Park with Hernández, just three days past his 21st birthday, firing a one-hitter against the Red Sox in the much anticipated home debut of their big offseason acquisition Daisuke Matsuzaka.
Former Boston Red Sox skipper Alex Cora had an interesting response to a fan on Twitter who told him his "managing days are over".
Sale, who is due to make $30 million in the first season of the five-year, $145 million extension he signed with the Red Sox next spring, previously lamented the fact he is letting down the club by getting hurt less than a year after signing a large contract. Speaking to ESPN’s Marly Rivera this week, Sale joked that his current lack of income would prevent critics from remarking that he is overpaid.
"Let me be clear: I believe what the Astros did was wrong. That is first and foremost. But it doesn’t matter.
The Boston Red Sox weren't about to be outdone by the New York Yankees. The Red Sox accepted the Yankees' All In Challenge nomination and offered a softball game at Fenway Park managed by legends David Ortiz and Pedro Martinez: The Red Sox's All In auction closed at $400,000 on Monday night after 45 bids were submitted with all funds going toward COVID-19 relief.
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is open to sports returning to Fenway Park and TD Garden this summer despite the still-present coronavirus pandemic, but not with fans in the stands. Walsh spoke with the Boston Globe Friday and told Michael Silverman that if he was comfortable with the safety of any league’s plan that he wouldn’t stand in the way of the Red Sox, Bruins or Celtics hosting games in their home venues.
HOUSTON (CBS) – Police said it appears a 5-year-old boy and a woman who tried to save him both drowned Saturday in Texas during an incident at the pool of former MLB outfielder Carl Crawford, who played two seasons with the Boston Red Sox. It happened just before 3 p.m. in Houston.
The Rangers lefty came back after that first and tossed a perfect second. And then he did the same in the third. And then the fourth.
Former Red Sox manager Alex Cora has largely stayed quiet since being let go by the club in January, but he might have tipped his hand about his future on Twitter Friday night. Responding to a Twitter user who told Cora his “managing days (were) over,” Cora threw cold water on the idea of him returning to a managerial job once his suspension ends after the conclusion of the 2020 postseason. Maybe I want to do something else,” Cora responded.
On Saturday afternoon, two Red Sox players will put their video game abilities on display for charity. Reliever Matt Barnes and slugger J.D. Martinez will participate in a Call of Duty tournament dubbed “Warzone Charity Royale. Barnes is co-hosting the event with Nationals left-hander Patrick Corbin and Martinez is participating along with other big leaguers like Seattle’s Taijuan Walker, Washington’s Juan Soto, the Mets’ Pete Alonso.
The Greek God of Walks was in the — virtual — building Friday. On the 16-year anniversary of Kevin Youkilis’s Major League Baseball debut, the former Boston Red Sox first basemen and two-time World Series champion joined NESN’s Tom Caron on Friday’s edition of “At Home With TC. Youkilis spent the first eight and a half seasons of his 10-year Major League Baseball career patrolling first and third base for the Sox earning himself three All-Star appearances, to go along with the 2007 American Leag...
The former smacked a one-out double in his first at bat and Verdugo followed it up with a base hit to bring the run home and give the Red Sox an early 1-0 lead. That was all they’d get, but Shoemaker had a lead to work with and was coming off a very strong start his last time out in his Red Sox debut. This one, uh, did not go so well.
When you write approximately 5,000 sports columns over 32 years, you are going to make some wrong calls. I can, for example, affirm that on the front page of the Oct. 17, 2004, Boston Globe (hours after the Red Sox lost to the Yankees, 19-8, in Game 3 of the ALCS), I stated, "So there. For the 86th consecutive autumn, the Red Sox are not going to win the World Series.
Rodriguez actually allowed a pair of runners to start off the bottom of that inning as well with a walk and a hit batter, but came back with a pop up and a double play to avoid any damage. With the game still scoreless heading into the third, Andrew Benintendi started his nice day at the dish, ripping a double down the first base line to kick off the inning.
Gary DiSarcina has been around the block. The Billerica, Massachusetts native spent his entire 12-year Major League Baseball career as a member of the California/Anaheim Angels before making a stop with the Pawtucket Red Sox in 2002. After he hung up his cleats, DiSarcina spent a brief time as an analyst for NESN before venturing into the coaching ranks starting with the Lowell Spinners from 2007-09 and then with the Paw Sox in 2013.
In the top of the second, though, the Red Sox had a chance for a big inning when Xander Bogaerts led things off with a base hit and Alex Verdugo followed it up with a double. That put a pair in scoring position with nobody out, but the opportunity would be mostly squandered. Michael Chavis struck out for the first out, and then Mitch Moreland did bring one home, but it was on a sacrifice fly.
As a Boston Red Sox beat writer Chris Cotillo found himself with a lot of spare time after the baseball season was suspended, and a nagging desire to help those affected by the coronavirus pandemic. He didn’t have any medical training or a secret stash of N95 masks. What he did have was a collection of signed baseball cards and pictures he accumulated as an autograph-hawking teen.
Still waiting to hear more (Tuesday) or the next day,” Bush said. But from what I understand, we’d have at least three weeks in training camp, or a little bit longer. Three weeks is the shortest program I put together.
So, a game was played between the Red Sox and Braves in our fake world on Tuesday and we have the play by play, but it will be extra imaginary tonight. My bad! Anyway, our Fake Sox are coming off a tough series up in the Bronx in which they dropped two of three to the Yankees and lost their division lead in the process, and are looking for a rebound in Atlanta against the Braves.
As a Boston Red Sox beat writer, Chris Cotillo found himself with a lot of spare time after the baseball season was suspended, and a nagging desire to help those affected by the coronavirus pandemic. He didn't have any medical training or a secret stash of N95 masks. What he did have was a collection of signed baseball cards and pictures he accumulated as an autograph-hawking teen.
Even with no game action, the Boston Red Sox were able to amaze at Fenway Park. As the world continues to struggle with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the medical professionals on the front-line still are doing everything in their power to keep us safe and healthy. While the medical professionals most certainly are under appreciated, May 6 was a day to honor them as National Nurses Day and the Red Sox did their part.
The following simulation and images are courtesy of Out of the Park Baseball 21. Our Fake Sox have had a tough start to their weekend, coming into the Bronx with a one-game lead and after two games they are trailing New York by a game in the standings thanks to a pair of blowout losses. They were looking for a rebound on Sunday Night Baseball to finish off the series and leave the Bronx with a tie in hand.
Even more than 15 years after the Red Sox won the 2004 World Series, two of the men who led Boston to the historic championship still have a hard time believing it happened. While watching a replay of Game 4 of the 2004 ALCS against the Yankees on ESPN in recent weeks, former Sox manager Terry Francona received a text from former Sox general manager Theo Epstein.
Like most everywhere else in the world, the Dominican Republic has been hit hard by the coronavirus crisis. One of its most famous baseball legends, Pedro Martinez and his wife Carolina have been instrumental in forming a coalition of major leaguers to help COVID-19 relief efforts there.
Major League Baseball is reportedly hoping to propose a plan to start the season in July and play close to 80 games. Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic made it clear nothing is official. He said MLB will discuss the idea in a conference call with owners Monday.
Boston Red Sox fans have booed Alex Rodriguez for so long many have forgotten why they even do such a thing. MLB.com on Wednesday named the legendary infielder as the player Red Sox fans most love to hate. The roots of Rodriguez’s infamy in Red Sox Nation are grounded in his tenure with the New York Yankees, and MLB.com credits two incidents in 2004 for securing his status as Red Sox fans’ “favorite nemesis.
Major League Baseball is reportedly hoping to propose a plan to start the season in July and play close to 80 games. Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic made it clear nothing is official. He said MLB will discuss the idea in a conference call with owners Monday.
What is the most important home run in Red Sox history? This is an easy choice, people. Don’t overthink it.
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