BOSTON (AP) — Left-hander Ranger Suárez and the Boston Red Sox finalized their $130 million, five-year contract on Wednesday.Suárez gets a $3 million signing bonus, payable within 30 days of the deal’s approval by Major League Baseball, and salaries of $7 million this year, $15 million in 2027, $30 million in each of the following two seasons and $35 million in 2030. The deal includes a $35 million mutual option for 2031 with a $10 million buyout.Also Wednesday, Boston traded infielder Tristan Gray to Minnesota for minor league catcher Nate Baez, opening a roster spot.An All-Star in 2024, Suárez had…
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As the Boston Celtics emerge from the NBA All-Star break, all eyes will be on Jayson Tatum as he gears up for a (potential) return. But the Celtics also did some end-of-the-roster shuffling Thursday that shouldn’t be overlooked. Boston officially signed two players to 10-day contracts: free agent Dalano Banton and recently-acquired two-way player John Tonje. With those moves, the Celtics now have 14 players on their active roster and two players on two-way deals (Ron Harper Jr. and Max Shulga), with one open NBA roster spot and one open two-way spot. Why are Brad Stevens and Co. handing out…
FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Red Sox play their first baseball of 2026 Friday at JetBlue Park, also known as Fenway South. The Northeastern Huskies are in town for the annual exhibition game, but will face more major leaguers than usual due to the upcoming World Baseball Classic. Nate Eaton and Masataka Yoshida are batting in the top spots in the lineup before they report to Team Britain and Team Japan, respectively. Yoshida will play five innings Friday and Saturday before he leaves to report for the WBC, manager Alex Cora said pregame. Pitching prospect Tyler Uberstine will start for…
There was a long stretch of Red Sox history in which you could roll into spring training and write down the guy who would dominate the DH position in permanent ink.For 14 years from 2003 through 2016, it belonged to David Ortiz. Then, after he retired and the Sox tried Hanley Ramirez there for a season in 2017, J.D. Martinez took over and led the team in games played from the position for five years from 2018 through 2022. Basically, if you wanted to get in the lineup and your last name didn’t end in a z, you’d better have…
Expectations have been significantly raised for the Patriots in 2026. In Year 1 under new head coach Mike Vrabel, the Patriots went 14-3 during the regular season and unexpectedly made the Super Bowl after finishing 4-13 in consecutive seasons. Now it’s about figuring out how to get back to the Super Bowl and win it all. Vrabel and top front-office executives Eliot Wolf, Ryan Cowden and John Streicher have over $40 million in cap space (with other means to free up more) and 11 selections in the 2026 NFL Draft. This is the final installment in the Herald’s daily series…
It’s been more than a week and a half since pitchers and catchers reported to Red Sox camp, and while spring training games won’t officially begin until this weekend, several players have already stood out — for better or worse. Who has gotten off to a good start? And who has fallen behind out of the gate? Here’s a look at where things stand after the first week of spring workouts. Three up Wilyer Abreu, RF If there’s one player on the roster who looks primed to take a big step forward it’s Wilyer Abreu. Having won back-to-back Gold Gloves…
In today’s video, I break down every NBA game on the Thursday, February 19, 2026 slate and share my predictions, early leans, and betting picks for spreads, over/under totals, and NBA player props. Plays: Alperen Sengun Over 8.5 Rebounds (1 unit, -128 DraftKings)❌ Nickeil Alexander-Walker Over 22.5 Points + Assists (0.75 units, -122 FanDuel)❌ Additional 0.25 units, +103 FanDuel Boosted (1 unit total) Ausar Thompson Over 7.5 Rebounds + Assists (1 unit, -120 MGM)✅ Grayson Allen Over 19.5 PRA (1 unit, -110 MGM)🅿️ Devin Book Over 1.5 3PM (1 unit, -122 FanDuel)❌ Nikola Vucevic Over 2.5 Assists (0.75 units, -125…
When the Celtics visited Golden State last January, they won by 40. Through three quarters, their latest visit was similarly one-sided. Boston led by 29 with less than 12 minutes remaining Thursday night — then needed to survive a furious Warriors comeback to secure a 121-110 victory at the Chase Center in both teams’ first game back from the NBA All-Star break. “At the end of the day, coming off the break, I thought our guys had great attention to detail, had a great purpose to what we did,” Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla told reporters in his postgame news…
BOSTON (AP) — David Pastrnak scored 15 seconds into overtime and the Boston Bruins beat the Nashville Predators 3-2 on Tuesday night.Pastrnak tipped a pass from Charlie McAvoy past Juuse Saros for the winner as the Bruins held on after Nashville rallied from a 2-0 deficit to force overtime.Pastrnak scored his 22nd goal and had an assist, extending his point streak to eight games one night after becoming the sixth Boston player to reach 900 career points. Pastrnak has 10 assists in his last six games.Morgan Geekie scored his 30th of the season and Hampus Lindholm also scored for Boston after…
The Boston Celtics will begin the second half of their 2025-26 season with a Thursday night showdown against the Golden State Warriors. Former Celtics standouts Kristaps Porzingis and Al Horford will suit up for Golden State in their first game against Boston since parting ways last summer. The Warriors acquired Porzingis from the Atlanta Hawks before the NBA trade deadline, and Horford signed with Golden State in free agency before the season. The C’s (35-19) hope to pick up where they left off after finishing the first half as the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference. The Warriors (29-26)…