Three days after the NFL’s 53-man roster deadline, the Patriots are releasing veteran safety Jabrill Peppers in a surprise move, a source confirmed to the Herald. Peppers once projected to start for New England, having spent most of training camp with the first-team defense. The 29-year-old safety did take several snaps in the team’s preseason finale last week against the Giants, a decision coach Mike Vrabel explained by saying the coaching staff wanted him to get reps with fourth-round rookie Craig Woodson, another projected starter. “Pep’s played a couple of different spots and I wanted to just see him play…
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When this past week’s crucial eight-game road trip began, the Red Sox were 27-34 away from Fenway Park and coming off a disappointing 2-3 homestand. With the postseason chase heating up, the Red Sox needed to turn things around on the road in a hurry, and boy, did they ever. Thursday the Red Sox completed their best road trip of the season, beating the Baltimore Orioles 3-2 to finish a four-game sweep and cap off a 7-1 trip. Romy Gonzalez drove in the go-ahead run with an RBI single in the top of the eighth, and Garrett Whitlock and Steven…
The New England Patriots worked hard on revamping their wide receiver room this offseason, with Demario Douglas and Kayshon Boutte being the only holdovers from 2024 on the roster currently. After signing Stefon Diggs and Mack Hollins in free agency and selecting Kyle Williams in the third round of the 2025 NFL Draft, the Pats already had the makings of a much better group than the one they had last season. Making things even better for the Patriots is the fact that they may have unearthed a diamond in the rough in undrafted rookie Efton Chism III. Chism earned the…
I won’t begrudge you for feeling like the world is mostly a hopeless cesspool right now. It very much is!But there are still things to get excited about, e.g.:Yes, Paul Skenes, the best young pitcher of his generation, is in town tonight. And the Red Sox are countering with Payton Tolle, the best pitching prospect the organization has produced in years, making his MLB debut. Skenes comes into tonight’s game having compiled a league-high 6.2 bWAR and a league-low 2.07 ERA this season. Tolle, on the other hand, will be playing on his fourth level of professional baseball in 2025…
The Patriots should not be finished amending their roster after Tuesday’s roster cuts and Wednesday’s waiver claims and practice squad signings. They should continue to scour the waiver wire for potential post-cutdown additions and keep calling teams about trades. Most trades occur before roster cuts, but there are some high-profile names still available. At the very least, the Patriots should be adding players to their practice squad who didn’t spend the summer in Foxboro. So far, 13 of the 17 practice squad players spent training camp with the Patriots. Since cuts, the Patriots claimed quarterback Tommy DeVito (Giants) and slot…
Associated Press (AP) — Romy Gonzalez hit a go-ahead single in the eighth inning, Rob Refsnyder homered in his return from a strained left oblique, and the Boston Red Sox earned a 3-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles to complete a four-game sweep Thursday.Trevor Story also homered for Boston, which went 7-1 on a two-city road trip that began against the New York Yankees. The Red Sox lead the Yankees by a game for the AL’s top wild card.Alex Jackson went deep for Baltimore, which went 1-7 on its homestand against Houston and Boston. The last-place Orioles are a season-high 18…
Only 21 players in Major League history have hit four home runs in a single game, and Kyle Schwarber is now one of them. The former Boston Red Sox slugger had a game for the ages on Thursday night, going 4-for-6 with four homers and nine RBI to pace the Philadelphia Phillies’ 19-4 rout of the Miami Marlins. Schwarber electrified the 41,293 fans at Citizens Bank Park with his quartet of homers. He went yard in his first at-bat in the bottom of the first, drilling a 450-foot solo shot into the second deck in right field off Cal Quantrill…
In the Season 2 premier of “The NFL Oracle”, Tasos breaks down all 32 NFL teams, going through the changes they each made in the offseason, what their schedule looks like for 2025, and his prediction on each team’s win total for the new year. In part one, Tasos covers the entire AFC and gives a win total O/U pick for all 16 teams in the conference. 📊 Join our 2025 NFL Survivor Contest: https://app.splashsports.com/contest/45cec92f-e35f-4ac0-a68d-d44dcf35907c/detail?utm_source=SplashWeb&utm_medium=InviteManager&utm_content=btn_invite&utm_campaign=45cec92f-e35f-4ac0-a68d-d44dcf35907c&utm_referrer=7a08cd27-626b-4c7c-9c56-b15ecc13291d 2025 NFL Win Totals (AFC Edition) I am using DraftKings for all of these odds & picks, just for reference. AFC EAST Buffalo Bills –…
The Patriots shuffled their practice squad Thursday, adding ex-Chiefs defensive tackle Fabien Lovett, ex-Giants and Rams defensive lineman Cory Durden, journeyman defensive back Corey Ballentine and ex-Steelers linebacker Mark Robinson. Lovett is in his second season after spending last year on Kansas City’s practice squad. Durden crossed paths with high-ranking Patriots executives in recent years: vice president of player personnel Ryan Cowden (Giants) and vice president of football operations and strategy John Streicher (Rams). Ballentine is the most experienced of the four players, having played seven seasons with the Giants (2019-20), Jets (2020) Lions (2021) and Packers (2022-24). Robinson spent…
Less than six months after making his professional debut, Payton Tolle is on his way to the big leagues. The Red Sox are calling up their top pitching prospect to the majors to start Friday’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, multiple club sources confirmed. The 22-year-old left-hander will make his big league debut in the midst of a pennant race, and he’ll take the mound Friday night against Pirates phenom Paul Skenes. Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic was first to report Tolle’s promotion. Red Sox top pitching prospect Payton Tolle expected to make his MLB debut tomorrow night at Fenway…