The Red Sox have won their first game without Rafael Devers. The Sox beat the Mariners 2-0 Monday night on the back of a strong 6.0 innings by Lucas Giolito, who retired ten. But it wasn’t just Giolito, or the combined 3.0 innings of work by Justin Wilson, Greg Weissert, and Aroldis Chapman. One week to the day of his Big League debut, Roman Anthony hit his first career home run. The Red Sox have won eight of the last nine. It was largely on the back of Lucas Giolito, who retired 10 batters over 6.0 innings. For more, check…
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Gang, I’m mad! I’m still dealing with two herniated discs, which kept me from going down to T-Mobile Park tonight and watching the Red Sox in person. That means I’m unable to commiserate with a bunch of displaced New Englanders during the very first game after the bombshell trade. Another missed opportunity for hard-hitting journalism. Sigh. Once again, if I say anything out of line, let’s blame it on the meds. One post-trade question was answered in the short-term: Kristian Campbell slotted in as DH, hitting from the #9 spot. Another question may have been partially answered too, as Roman…
The post-Rafael Devers Era began much like the end of the Rafael Devers Era: With a 2-0 Red Sox victory. After the front office made one of the most stunning trades in franchise history on Sunday evening, and hours after chief baseball officer Craig Breslow insisted the move was not “a waving of the white flag on 2025,” the team stepped into their unexpected new chapter on the right foot. That was intentional, starter Lucas Giolito told reporters after the win over the Mariners. “I think that that was hugely important for us, to continue the positive vibes, continue to…
“There was no mandate,” said Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow, of the San Francisco Giants taking on the entire remaining cost of Rafael Devers’ franchise-record contract. “The mandate is to assemble the best team that we possible could. And in order to do that, we needed to create a more functional roster and give certain guys more playing time, be able to rotate through the DH spot, potentially match-up there.” The way Breslow and Red Sox president Sam Kennedy spoke in a nearly-45-minute Zoom press conference before Monday game in Seattle, Sunday’s stunning trade was about doing what…
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Six weeks after being bounced by Boston in the opening round of the playoffs, the Orlando Magic pulled off the first major move of the NBA offseason. The Magic gave up a haul Sunday to add Grizzlies guard Desmond Bane to their young and talented core. In return for the 26-year-old, Memphis received four first-round draft picks, a future pick swap and veterans Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Cole Anthony. The blockbuster trade should help Orlando take another step toward true contention in a wide-open Eastern Conference. And the price it paid to land Bane, who’s entering Year 2 of a five-year,…
It’s not every day a star player gets traded. The Boston Red Sox did just that on Sunday when they traded Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants. Naturally, speculation behind the reasoning for the move swirled throughout the fanbase for the next 24 hours. Red Sox president Sam Kennedy took the podium on Monday night and explained the team’s reasoning for moving on from the star designated hitter. “We couldn’t find alignment with Raffy. It’s the truth,” Kennedy said. “We all worked at it over the last several months, going back to the offseason.” Kennedy later said that discussions…
With some Boston Red Sox fans only starting to recover from the infamous Mookie Betts trade, the club made another one of the most controversial moves in the franchise’s history. On Sunday, fresh off an uplifting three-game sweep of the New York Yankees, the Red Sox traded veteran slugger Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for right-hander Jordan Hicks, left-hander Kyle Harrison, minor-league outfielder James Tibbs, and minor-league righty Jose Bello. The deal’s bizarre timing left many, including former Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon, thinking the reports of Devers’ departure had to be fake. They weren’t. The…
CAMBRIDGE – In the latest showdown between Duxbury and Westborough for the Division 2 boys tennis championship, a senior-heavy Dragons squad scored a decisive victory. Duxbury’s three singles players dropped just two games across six sets, leading the No. 4 Dragons to a 5-0 win over the No. 7 Westborough Rangers on Sunday at MIT’s duPont Tennis Courts. Duxbury (20-3) won its second title in three years. The Dragons and Rangers (15-6) have faced off in each of the last three D2 finals, Westborough defeating Duxbury in 2024. “We knew we had a wagon in singles, and the kids really…
BOSTON (AP) — Brayan Bello struck out eight over seven innings, Rafael Devers homered and Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 2-0 on Sunday for a three-game sweep that extended their winning streak to five.Trevor Story added an RBI single for the Red Sox, who have won five straight over the Yankees since losing their first meeting this year. Boston’s winning streak matched its season high.AL East-leading New York went 0 for 5 with runners in scoring position and was swept in a series for the first time this year, getting shut out for the third time. The…