The Red Sox are letting Walker Buehler do just that. Boston released the starting pitcher Friday, ending a rough one-year, $21 million experiment for both sides. The 31-year-old was coming off several injury-marred seasons — he missed all of 2023 following Tommy John surgery — and struggled to find the form that made his a 16-game winner in 2021. Red …
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Payton Tolle didn’t need much polishing. The Red Sox are promoting the 2024 second-round pick for his MLB debut Friday in the middle of a pennant race, according to The Athletic. Oh, and he’ll face perhaps MLB’s best starter in Paul Skenes at Fenway Park. Red Sox prospect Payton Tolle. Minor League Baseball via Getty Tolle, 22, is MLB.com’s No. …
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BALTIMORE — Red Sox veteran Alex Bregman made a bold prediction during Roman Anthony’s first week in the major leagues, saying the 21-year-old would become “one of the best hitters in all of baseball.” “He’s already hit a ball 111 (mph exit velocity) in the big leagues. I don’t think I’ve ever done that in my career,” Bregman said back …
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BALTIMORE — Ceddanne Rafaela played the role of hero Wednesday, belting a go-ahead two-run home run in the ninth inning to lead the Red Sox to a 3-2 win over the Orioles. “(Bench coach) Ramon Vázquez actually won the game today,” manager Alex Cora said. Vázquez, the sole remaining coach from Cora’s 2018 World Series staff, suggested a strategic lineup …
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BALTIMORE — Instant reactions from the Red Sox’ 4-3 win over the Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Monday: 1) Jarren Duran’s three-run home run in the fifth inning gave Boston a 4-3 lead, providing a bright spot in what has been a challenging August for him. He entered Monday 15-for-71 (.211) with a .345 on-base percentage, .324 …
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NEW YORK — The New York Yankees salvaged a win Sunday night after a rough weekend against the Boston Red Sox in a divisional matchup with significant postseason implications. Carlos Rodón quieted the Red Sox offense and Dustin May gave up three homers as the Yankees won 7-2 to avoid their first sweep of four games or more by the …
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NEW YORK — Utility man Nate Eaton only has 33 plate appearances in the major leagues this season. Despite that, Eaton will find himself in the middle of the Red Sox’ lineup in primetime Sunday night. Eaton is starting in center field and hitting fifth for Boston as the club faces the Yankees and lefty Carlos Rodón in the Bronx. …
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NEW YORK – Slumping shortstop Anthony Volpe landed on the Yankees’ bench for Sunday’s series finale against the Red Sox, and manager Aaron Boone did not commit to it being a one-day absence, saying, “We’ll see.” Mired in a 1-for-28 skid and batting just .169 in August, Volpe has heard boos from the home crowd at Yankee Stadium this weekend. …
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NEW YORK — Anthony Volpe wasn’t in the Yankees’ starting lineup Sunday, and in a possible sign that his status as the team’s everyday shortstop could be in question, manager Aaron Boone didn’t guarantee that Volpe, who is healthy, would start Monday either. “We’ll see,” Boone told reporters before New York’s series finale against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee …
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As has been the case far too often since Aaron Boone’s hiring after the 2017 season, the Yankees displayed the difference between losing and getting obliterated in their biggest series of the season. With the lowest of bars to clear – a single win in four tries at home against the Red Sox, losers of three straight entering the series, …
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