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The Boston Red Sox are in a transitory phase this winter. New general manager Chaim Bloom inherits a team that blew past the luxury tax threshold this season, underperformed throughout the 2019 campaign en route to missing the playoffs, and now threatens to trade 2018 American League MVP Mookie Betts. However, in a survey conducted […]

Boston Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts plans on testing the free-agent market next offseason, and with the Red Sox deep into the luxury tax with no relief in sight, there has been some speculation that they could trade Betts this winter. However, if you were expecting your favorite team to make a push for the […]

The Boston Red Sox had a tremendously disappointing season in 2019. Not only did they fail to make the playoffs, but they also spent the latter half of the year dealing with internal dramas. Former president Dave Dombrowski was fired after bringing Boston’s payroll to a whopping $234 million (the highest in the majors), and […]

Boston Red Sox president Sam Kennedy says that the club has not yet engaged outfielder Mookie Betts in contract extension talks, saying that the two sides will “have conversations at the appropriate time,” according to Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com. Betts’ future in Boston has been a hot topic of discussion throughout much of 2019. The […]

Boston Red Sox designated hitter J.D. Martinez has decided to forgo his opt-out clause and remain with the team, according to MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand. By not exercising his opt-out clause, Martinez chose to stay with the team for the time being, although the franchise’s financial restrictions could potentially make his stay with the team on […]

The Boston Red Sox were one of the most explosive offenses in baseball in 2019, but center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. had yet another disappointing season at the dish. Bradley slashed .225/.317/.421 with 21 homers, but he also posted OPS+ and wRC+ values of just 90 for the season, rating as a below-average hitter. Though […]

What a 2019 MLB regular season it has been – filled with ups and downs, unexpected twists and turns and outcomes that were both expected and not even thought of to be possible. But what can top an awesome regular season is an offseason that is not only full of lots of player moves but […]

The Boston Red Sox were officially eliminated from playoff contention on Saturday, becoming the second team in the last four years (joining the 2016 Kansas City Royals) to miss the postseason the year after winning the World Series. Naturally, the focus has begun to shift to the future of superstar outfielder Mookie Betts. The 2018 […]

CLUTCH SUMMARY: The Boston Red Sox are reportedly willing to listen to trade offers for star Mookie Betts.  Betts has regressed a bit after his MVP season, but he’s still one of the best players in baseball. Trading Betts would be a big mistake, and the Red Sox should get creative in order to keep […]

CLUTCH Summary: Major news sweeping MLB is that the Boston Red Sox are willing to listen to trade offers for Mookie Betts in the offseason. The talented Betts is coming off a 2018 voyage that saw him win the American League MVP award. In theory, the Boston Red Sox can receive a major haul if […]

For a team coming off a World Series victory, the Boston Red Sox were expected to regress a bit in their 2019 campaign, as most championship winners in any sport tend to do. What was not expected was how much this team stumbled out of the gate, especially after how many of their key pieces […]

Undergoing a pretty disappointing season, the Boston Red Sox currently sit 11 games back (that is not a misprint) of the first-place New York Yankees and 7 back of the second-place Tampa Bay Rays. Coming off of a very successful season that culminated in the BoSox winning the 2018 World Series over the Los Angeles […]

The American League is reminiscent of an MLB video game arcade mode, in such that any plethora of players on the top of their game can be chosen on any given night and it shows simply how dominant they truly can be. Pitchers and position players alike, the AL seems to be the best conference […]

The 2019 MLB season has already been filled with surprises. The Seattle Mariners–the preeminent “sellers” of this past offseason–have the best record in the bigs. The Red Sox, Yankees and Astros all have losing records. The Chicago Cubs lead the majors in batting average and on-base percentage, and yet have stumbled out of the gate […]

Even with the all of the money that has been thrown around these past few weeks by MLB teams to lock up their players, there still are certain major leaguers who are not being paid what they deserve, due to their potential and their production so far. Mostly early in their careers, franchises are still […]

With the constant stream of money being funneled to players recently in the MLB, big-time contracts are being handed out to any players who have been on the level of what a superstar is. Bryce Harper, Manny Machado, Nolan Arenado, Mike Trout, Blake Snell, and Paul Goldschmidt have all been forced into a new tax […]

So much for a quiet MLB offseason. While the first few months of the winter felt fairly quiet, the signings of Manny Machado and Bryce Harper appear to have created a butterfly effect on the rest of the league. The Los Angeles Angels–feeling the pressure of retaining the best player in baseball–awarded Mike Trout with […]

The Boston Red Sox were the story of the 2018 season, and at the center of it all was right fielder Mookie Betts. Betts led all of baseball–including pitchers–in fWAR (10.4), batting average (.346) and slugging percentage (.640) while hitting 32 homers, stealing 30 bases and winning his third consecutive Gold Glove. In one of […]

Coming off a season that resulted in yet another World Series championship earned, the Boston Red Sox do not have that many areas that need to be improved. However, their bullpen, after inevitably losing Craig Kimbrel (even though he still remains unsigned) will need to reshuffle and figure out who will slot in at the […]

Coming off a magical season that ended with another World Series title for the franchise, the Boston Red Sox have visions of a repeat on their minds going into Spring Training in 2019. Coming off a championship victory, there are surprising moves that can make or break clubs in their first season post-championship. Riding on […]

Last season, the Boston Red Sox set a club record with 108 wins and were the best team in the MLB from wire-to-wire, losing just two games in the postseason on their way to the ninth World Series title in franchise history. No team has repeated as a World Series champion since the Yankees dynasty […]