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A dominant theme surrounding the Boston Red Sox right now is who will be their leadoff hitter. Last year, Alex Cora played roulette at that position after Kike Hernandez went down with an injury. A lack of consistency at this position in the lineup was a key factor in some of their failures, and as […] READ MORE
The Boston Red Sox continued their bullpen revamp with two quietly consequential trades over the past week. After designating relief pitcher Matt Barnes for assignment, Boston decided to trade him for Miami Marlins veteran Richard Bleier. Only days later, Chief Baseball Officer Chaim Bloom dealt the unproven Franklin German to the Chicago White Sox for […] READ MORE
Much like Joe Buck said when Boston won the World Series in 2004, “Red Sox fans have longed to hear it!” According to ESPN’s Jeff Passan, Rafael Devers and the Boston Red Sox have agreed to an 11-year, $331 million deal. Rafael Devers Gets His Extension The 26-year-old third baseman inked the longest contract in […] READ MORE
The 2022 Atlanta Braves have pushed themselves to the limit and beyond. Their predecessors from the previous season had a similar experience, and it brought them a world title. However, the 2022 Atlanta Braves have seen a season that, in some respects, has been even better. Time will tell if they are successfully able to […] READ MORE
The Boston Red Sox lost their second of a two-game series at Fenway to the New York Yankees on Wednesday. Their chances of making the playoffs are now less than 1%. Two and a half months ago, Boston had an 80.3% chance of making it. They have proceeded to go 27-42 since that mark and […] READ MORE
Matt Carpenter revitalizes Yankees Heading into All-Star Break The first half of the New York Yankees 2022 season is now in the books. The Yankees ended a streak of turbulent play with a 2–1 series win against the Boston Red Sox. After dropping the first game, the Bronx Bombers rebounded with back-to-back double-digit wins: 14–1 […] READ MORE
The AL MVP race is way tighter than the NL MVP race — Paul Goldschmidt is cruising. Among NL players, Goldschmidt ranks first in AVG, OBP, SLG, and OPS. With Bryce Harper being out for some time, the NL MVP looks like it belongs to Goldy, for now. So let’s check in on the AL […] READ MORE
Red Sox 7, Rangers 1 ARLINGTON, Texas, May 13 — The Texas Rangers lost to the Boston Red Sox by a final score of 7–1 on Friday evening. Alex Verdugo and Franchy Cordero were big contributors in this one for Boston. They each had RBI doubles to lift the Red Sox to the win. […] READ MORE
It was June in the Bronx and the New York Yankees were playing the Boston Red Sox. The New York Yankees trailed their historic rival by three games in the standings and were about to start a three-game set. The Red Sox sent Nathan Eovaldi to the mound to face off against 26-year-old righty, Michael […] READ MORE
The 2022 season got off to a fairly auspicious start for the New York Yankees. Facing their arch-rival, the Boston Red Sox, who knocked out the Bombers in last year’s AL Wild Card Game, New York took two out of three games this weekend. Although they couldn’t complete the sweep Sunday by virtue of stranding […] READ MORE
Lewis Masella is a contributing writer for Last Word on Baseball. He graduated from SUNY Albany in 2018 after majoring in both journalism and political science. A New York native, he is a lifelong Yankees fan. Baseball is his favorite sport, but he is also a devoted fan of other NY sports teams, including the Giants, Rangers, Knicks and Syracuse basketball. Lewis's other interests include movies, TV, music, trivia and history.