If the buzzword of Monday evening’s post-trade videoconference with Red Sox president Sam Kennedy and chief baseball officer Craig Breslow was “alignment,” then the theme of Rafael Devers’ media availability on Friday was ‘Don’t look back, you’re not going that way.’ Hours before his first game against the franchise he’d been a part of since he was 16 years old, San Francisco’s new slugger spoke to reporters (with a translator) in his new home dugout at Oracle Park. Over the course of the 12-minute media session, Devers maintained he didn’t want to talk about the past, so much so that…
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Boston Red Sox have reinstated outfielder Wilyer Abreu from the 10-day injured list and optioned Kristian Campbell to Triple-A Worcester.Abreu had been placed on the injured list on June 9 with a left oblique strain and will make his return when the Red Sox open a three-game series on the road against the San Francisco Giants on Friday night.The Red Sox also traded lefty Zach Penrod to the Los Angeles Dodgers for cash. The 28-year-old Penrod was designated for assignment on Sunday. He had a 4.91 ERA in seven games in the minors this season.Abreu…
The world’s most prominent and connected baseball reporter is out with yet another exposé on the Red Sox front office in the wake of the Rafael Devers trade. If you don’t want to read it, that’s fine — it covers a lot of the same ground as the others did. But there are a few pieces in here that are going to have people talking. The first is a refutation of the earlier rumor that Raffy was upset about Kristian Campbell working out at first (several sources denied it). The second is this: Since the cuts, Breslow’s circle of trust…
Following the injury to Triston Casas, Romy Gonzalez and Abraham Toro have been handling first base duties for the Boston Red Sox. They’ve performed admirably, but the position remains one the team may look to upgrade. The Athletic’s Jim Bowden wrote that the Red Sox could look to acquire Washington Nationals first baseman Nathaniel Lowe. The Nationals acquired Lowe in the offseason via a trade with the Texas Rangers. His stats at the plate aren’t exceptional right now. He’s hitting .227 with 10 home runs so far this season. The lefty has also seen his walk rate fall from a…
By JIMMY GOLEN, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Dozens of widows and other caregivers for former NFL players diagnosed with CTE say a published study is insulting and dismissive of their experience living with the degenerative brain disease that has been linked to concussions and other repeated head trauma common in contact sports like football. An open letter signed by the players’ wives, siblings and children says the study published in the May 6 issue of Frontiers in Psychology suggests their struggles caring for loved ones was due to “media hype” about chronic traumatic encephalopathy, rather than the disease itself.…
WORCESTER – If anyone has walked a mile in the shoes of the four players joining the Red Sox organization this week from the Rafael Devers trade, it’s Vaughn Grissom. Like them, he is, through no fault of his own, irrevocably linked to a franchise legend. The Red Sox acquired him right before New Year’s 2024, when they sent Chris Sale to the Atlanta Braves. “That was pretty crazy,” Grissom told the Herald of the Devers trade, which he and his WooSox teammates found out after boarding the bus to return to Worcester from a series with the Phillies’ Triple-A affiliate…
Friday Player Props for Today, June 20th, 2025 (6/20/2025)! In this video, I give you my favorite MLB player props for today’s slate. Plays: 6-Leg Parlay (+840 Odds on DraftKings) (1u) 1st Leg: Mike Burrows O3.5 Strikeouts 2nd Leg: Max Fried U5.5 Hits Allowed 3rd Leg: Josh Lowe U1.5 Total Bases 4th Leg: Elly De La Cruz O0.5 Hit 5th Leg: Matt Olson O0.5 Hit 6th Leg: Hunter Brown O5.5 Strikeouts Here is the Link for Today’s Plays Down Below: https://app.outlier.bet/picks/b8b62b4b-d9dc-4285-866f-45b79fcddd3f?utm_source=e8ed1dce-af78-441e-911b-f08f8741df00&utm_channel=interstitial Single Bet Record Tonight’s Single Bet Record: 0-0 Season Single Bet Record: 83-79 (-9.45u) Parlay Bet Record Tonight’s Parlay…
The Bruins didn’t wait to see if Pete DeBoer got fired by the Stars before hiring their new head coach Marco Sturm, but they did make a key hire from the Dallas staff. The B’s announced on Friday that they have hired long-time assistant Steve Spott, who had been running the power play under DeBoer for the last three season. The 57-year-old Spott previously was an assistant in Vegas, San Jose and Toronto. More to follow… Originally Published: June 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM EDT Source link
The Boston Red Sox sent Rafael Devers packing in a blockbuster trade to the San Francisco Giants that shook up the landscape of the league. One guy who could be impacted by this trade is former All-Star third baseman Matt Chapman. One of the biggest questions that popped up as a result of this trade is where Devers will end up playing for the Giants. As Red Sox fans know far too well, Devers was not happy with getting moved from position to position this year. At third base is Chapman, who is one of the best defenders in the…
Boston Red Sox (39-37, fourth in the AL East) vs. San Francisco Giants (42-33, second in the NL West)San Francisco; Friday, 10:15 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Hunter Dobbins (4-1, 3.74 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 42 strikeouts); Giants: Hayden Birdsong (3-1, 2.79 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, 51 strikeouts)BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Giants -132, Red Sox +110; over/under is 7 1/2 runsBOTTOM LINE: The San Francisco Giants start a three-game series at home against the Boston Red Sox on Friday.San Francisco has a 23-13 record at home and a 42-33 record overall. The Giants have gone 21-13 in games when they record eight or more…