https://talksox.com/news-rumors/boston-red-sox/page/50/?d=21enhttps://talksox.com/news-rumors/boston-red-sox/will-jarren-duran-hit-a-wall-in-2025-r2293/Let’s start off with a graph, shall we? This is straight from Jarren Duran’s player page on FanGraphs. The point I‘m trying to make by leading off with it is that Duran's stardom came out of nowhere. In his first two stints with the Red Sox in 2021 and 2022, Duran put up negative WAR...2293Wed, 05 Feb 2025 11:58:00 +0000https://talksox.com/news-rumors/boston-red-sox/red-sox-road-trip-no-6-evil-empire-state-of-mind-r2290/New York Yankees - June 6-8 Yankee Stadium - Capacity 46,537 2024 Attendance: 3,309,838 (Averaged 41,896, ranked 1st in AL, second overall) In 2024, the Red Sox entered the enemy's lair seven times and came away victorious in three of them. The first July game saw an extra-inning win an...2290Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:03:01 +0000https://talksox.com/news-rumors/boston-red-sox/will-the-red-sox-throw-the-fewest-fastballs-again-in-2025-r2289/During the 2024 season, the Red Sox didn’t just throw the fewest fastballs in the league; they came in last by a lot. Four-seamers and sinkers made up just 36.9% of Boston’s pitches. That was more than 10 percentage points below the league average of 47.7%. No other team was below 42%, and 10 di...2289Tue, 04 Feb 2025 11:50:02 +0000https://talksox.com/news-rumors/boston-red-sox/making-the-hall-of-fame-case-for-luis-tiant-r2288/Last week, I took a look at Dwight Evans’ Hall of Fame case and made the argument for his well-deserved election into Cooperstown. Yet Evans is hardly the only Red Sox player who has been overlooked by the Hall of Fame voters, so today, I will make the case for pitching great Luis Tiant to earn...2288Mon, 03 Feb 2025 15:34:02 +0000https://talksox.com/news-rumors/boston-red-sox/seven-random-predictions-for-the-2025-red-sox-season-r2286/A lot can happen over the course of 162 games. Good moments, bad moments, some weird and unusual, and some never before seen feats, all over the course of 162. From inside-the-park home runs to the number of times Alex Cora gets ejected, here are seven random predictions for the 2025 Red Sox sea...2286Mon, 03 Feb 2025 11:53:01 +0000https://talksox.com/news-rumors/boston-red-sox/what-should-rob-refsnyders-role-be-for-the-red-sox-in-2025-r2284/I already know what the first few comments will say, and yes, I did leave Rob Refsnyder off my first 2025 Red Sox roster projection. I made my case for that decision in the comments, and I was hoping Boston’s group of right-handed hitters would look different. They don’t, so I’m sorry Rob. If I...2284Sun, 02 Feb 2025 14:33:00 +0000https://talksox.com/news-rumors/boston-red-sox/will-the-red-sox-let-wilyer-abreu-face-left-handed-pitching-r2283/Alex Cora spent pretty much the entire 2024 season protecting Wilyer Abreu from left-handed pitchers. The rookie started just six games against lefties all season, and only one of them came after May. Of his 447 plate appearances, 18% came against lefties, one of the lowest rates in all of baseb...2283Fri, 31 Jan 2025 11:52:34 +0000https://talksox.com/news-rumors/boston-red-sox/steamers-new-splits-projections-for-the-red-sox-arent-pretty-r2282/Here at Talk Sox, we have been writing for months about how the Red Sox need to balance their lineup with a right-handed hitter. We were writing about it before Tyler O’Neill left, and we’re still writing about it now that he’s an Oriole. If you Google the phrase “right-handed power,” the first...2282Thu, 30 Jan 2025 11:58:01 +0000https://talksox.com/news-rumors/boston-red-sox/for-the-red-sox-one-year-deals-are-the-order-of-the-day-r2281/For the second year in a row, this was the offseason when the Red Sox were going to turn it all around. They were going to put the pedal to the metal, sign all the big free agents, and get back to competing for a World Series trophy. However, it hasn’t exactly happened just yet, and that sounds...2281Wed, 29 Jan 2025 11:57:02 +0000https://talksox.com/news-rumors/boston-red-sox/dwight-evans-is-overdue-for-a-date-with-cooperstown-r2280/Last week, the 2025 class for the National Baseball Hall of Fame was officially announced, with CC Sabathia, Ichiro Suzuki, and Billy Wagner earning their rightful place alongside Veterans Committee selections Dave Parker and Dick Allen. While it's worth celebrating anytime five deserving Hall o...2280Tue, 28 Jan 2025 16:19:29 +0000https://talksox.com/news-rumors/boston-red-sox/the-four-seam-fastball-is-the-key-to-brayan-bellos-success-r2279/The 2024 season got off to a rough start for Brayan Bello, but it ended with him finding his groove and becoming the one Red Sox starter who could be counted on to toss solid innings every five days. I’ve written before about the first few months of Bello's season and the bounce-back process aft...2279Tue, 28 Jan 2025 11:53:01 +0000https://talksox.com/news-rumors/boston-red-sox/fanatics-and-the-parameters-of-mlbs-antitrust-exemption-r2278/The lack of quality options in the licensed sports market is increasingly frustrating for fans, especially as apparel prices continue to rise and quality declines. One company is at the heart of this discontent. If you’ve spent any time on social media in the past year, you’ve probably seen comp...2278Mon, 27 Jan 2025 11:58:01 +0000