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  • 2020 MLB Season Suspended over Coronavirus fears

    Major League Baseball on Thursday joined other major sports in immediately suspending spring training due to the coronavirus pandemic. The league also announced that Opening Day would be pushed back at least two weeks. The Red Sox followed with their…

  • wOBA: Weighed On-Base Average

    We fans want a number to measure and compare the quality of our baseball players. Trouble is, so many of the numbers we’re comfortable with don’t really give us a full picture. Batting average (abbreviated as BA or AVG), though…

  • Red Sox Sign Collin McHugh

    The Red Sox bolstered their pitching today with the signing of former Astros hurler Collin McHugh.

  • Martinez: Great respect for Alex Cora

    One by one Red Sox players, managers and executives have been talking with the press during the start to Spring Training in Florida. The brief question-and-answer sessions have been mostly predictable stuff, with the players clearly well-coached on what to…

  • Rules Change for 2020

    Major League Baseball announced changes to the official rules today that are effective this season, and even include Spring Training games as of March 2. Today’s announced changes include the much-discussed “Three-Batter Minimum” for MLB pitchers: What’s significant to note…

  • Sox to sign Kevin Pillar

    Sox to sign Kevin Pillar

    A familiar AL East face will soon be in Red Sox. Free agent Kevin Pillar, 31, the right handed outfielder who spent most of his career with the Blue Jays, inked a one-year $4 million deal with the Sox according…

  • Ron Roenicke named Red Sox interim manager

    Ron Roenicke named Red Sox interim manager

    Updated—Red Sox bench coach Ron Roenicke was officially named the new interim manager of the team on Monday. The appointment was anticipated after a report surfaced in the Boston Globe on February 7. Subsequent reporting in the Globe says the…

  • NESN Announces Spring TV Schedule

    NESN Announces Spring TV Schedule

    Spring Training is nearly upon us. As the Red Sox gear up for a new-look 2020 campaign, the New England Sports Network (NESN) announced its coverage plans for Grapefruit League Action. The first broadcast will come Friday, February 21 at…