https://talksox.com/news-rumors/boston-red-sox/page/54/?d=21enhttps://talksox.com/news-rumors/boston-red-sox/boston-red-sox-2025-position-analysis-shortstop-r2354/Shortstop has been an issue of concern for the Red Sox since Xander Bogaerts left for San Diego. It hasn't been because of a lack of talent, but rather an inability to stay healthy at the position. This year, the Red Sox hope things will be different with both a healthy Trevor Story and depth in...2354Wed, 12 Mar 2025 10:54:01 +0000https://talksox.com/news-rumors/boston-red-sox/the-red-sox-need-to-extend-garrett-crochet-now-r2358/Last week, Garrett Crochet sat down with Alex Speier of the Boston Globe. Naturally, the topic of a contract extension with the Red Sox came up. There has been hope amongst the fan base that the front office would lock Crochet into a long-term extension at some point during 2025, but Crochet has...2358Tue, 11 Mar 2025 15:04:02 +0000https://talksox.com/news-rumors/boston-red-sox/boston-red-sox-2025-position-analysis-catcher-r2350/Last year at this time, Kyle Teel looked like the catcher of the future. Likely to make his major league debut some point in 2025, Teel appeared set to take over for Connor Wong as the starter. Fast-forward a year, and Kyle Teel has been traded to the White Sox in the Garrett Crochet deal, and W...2350Tue, 11 Mar 2025 14:07:00 +0000https://talksox.com/news-rumors/boston-red-sox/elbow-injuries-make-the-al-east-more-winnable-for-the-red-sox-r2357/Coming into spring training, any reasonable person would have pegged the Red Sox as the American League East team most likely to be victimized by elbow injuries. During the offseason, the team added Garrett Crochet, who underwent Tommy John surgery in 2022, Walker Buehler, who underwent his seco...2357Tue, 11 Mar 2025 10:56:00 +0000https://talksox.com/news-rumors/boston-red-sox/mo-vaughn-admits-hgh-usage/In an Monday-morning article, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic wrote that former Red Sox slugger Mo Vaughn admitting to using HGH. Vaughn had been mentioned in the 2007 Mitchell Report, but this is the first time that Vaughn has publicly acknowledged his "transgression." Vaughn told Rosenthal, "I w...2356Mon, 10 Mar 2025 16:04:00 +0000https://talksox.com/news-rumors/boston-red-sox/projecting-the-2025-red-sox-opening-day-roster-version-20-r2353/Almost exactly two months ago, I wrote the first Opening Day Roster Projection here on Talk Sox and people…. I had some thoughts about a certain lefty killer I left off the 26-man roster. Have I come to my senses? Do I actually hate Rob Refsynder? Will I accidentally list Justin Slaten twice?! L...2353Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:04:02 +0000https://talksox.com/news-rumors/boston-red-sox/with-brayan-bello-behind-the-red-sox-need-a-fifth-starter-r2355/Coming into spring training, Brayan Bello was one of the biggest question marks for the Red Sox. The 25-year-old starter is under contract through 2029, but he’s yet to have the breakout season the team has hoped for, running an ERA of at least 4.24 in each of his first three big-league seasons....2355Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:52:02 +0000https://talksox.com/news-rumors/boston-red-sox/luis-guerrero-is-already-a-bright-spot-in-the-red-sox-bullpen-r2352/Luis Guerrero was a surprising bright spot in the late 2024 season bullpen. He appeared in nine games, throwing ten innings with a zero ERA, nine strikeouts, and a 0.80 WHIP. He came up for a cup of coffee with the big league team and showed he had enough potential to be an essential piece of th...2352Sun, 09 Mar 2025 10:56:02 +0000https://talksox.com/news-rumors/boston-red-sox/red-sox-make-first-round-of-spring-training-cuts-r2351/Spring training has been going on for nearly a month now, and the Red Sox have made their first cuts this week. On Friday morning, the team announced the first series of cuts to their spring training roster as top prospects Luis Perales and Jhostynxon Garcia were optioned to minor league camp. T...2351Sat, 08 Mar 2025 11:56:00 +0000https://talksox.com/news-rumors/boston-red-sox/top-red-sox-prospects-on-display-during-spring-breakout-r2348/Major League Baseball’s second annual Spring Breakout event is set to take place next week, and 20 of the top 30 Red Sox prospects are set to showcase their talents. A lot of hype surrounds these prospects, especially the Big Three of Roman Anthony, Kristian Campbell, and Marcelo Mayer, who rank...2348Fri, 07 Mar 2025 15:04:01 +0000https://talksox.com/news-rumors/boston-red-sox/what-are-the-red-sox-gonna-do-with-marcelo-mayer-now-r2347/Marcelo Mayer has made his presence felt at spring training. As of this morning, he’s played in seven games, posting a .294/.368/.588 slash line. He's running a 26.3% strikeout rate, 10.5% walk rate and 145 wRC+ with one triple, one home run, and five RBIs. Defensively, he’s split time evenly be...2347Thu, 06 Mar 2025 15:07:00 +0000https://talksox.com/news-rumors/boston-red-sox/this-wasnt-the-second-base-competition-we-anticpated-r2346/Entering spring training, the general consensus around the Red Sox was that there would be a fierce competition for the starting job at second base. So far we’ve started to see this play out, except not with the names that we expected. Instead of Alex Bregman and Kristian Campbell battling it ou...2346Thu, 06 Mar 2025 11:56:02 +0000