Brandon Glick

I'd say it's about time for Tanner Houck to get his butt in gear this season. No better time than right now.

This is going to be a very fun pitching matchup. Let's get the series W here!

If you can believe it, the Red Sox are 0.5 games out of first place in the AL East. All that stands between them and the top spot is John Emerson Hancock and the Mariners.

Brayan Bello is back! A tough matchup against the Mariners, but still exciting to see him back!

Didn't even get a screen grab of the pitching matchup... sorry everyone. Let's just grab a W!

Holy crap totally forgot the Red Sox play at 11am today... let's get a win here.

Guess this year is the triennial occurrence of Martin Perez being a Cy Young contender. Hopefully someone gets to him before his ERA drops below 1.00.

The Red Sox ace cruised against his former team, giving fans hope that the rotation has finally found its bedrock. View full video

I'm certainly not opposed to giving the community more game thread responsibilities. I know that's how it worked before. The reason (Brock and) I are doing it this way for now is because the majority of community feedback has been about getting consistency into the game threads. If one of us is responsible for them, we can guarantee they'll be up around the same time every day. If we open it up to everyone, we don't want there to be an issue where a game thread is late or doesn't appear at all on a given day.

Listen, if Garrett Crochet pitching against his former team can't stop this sweep, this may be the worst week in Red Sox history in forever. How are we losing to the White Sox...

I, uh, don't wanna talk about yesterday. Let's just win today, yeah?

Hey all. Just wanted to open this up to get some community feedback on how we're handling game threads thus far. I've seen a bunch of comments for and against the way we've handled it, and I'd like to use this space as a chance to hear some ideas on what we could change/keep going forward. As a reminder for how the system currently works: On Gamedays: 1) A new thread is created for that day's game in the morning. It is pinned to the top of the forums. 2) During the game, a banner announcement at the top of the site (the floating bar thing) allows people to click into the thread from anywhere on the site. 3) The previous day's game thread is placed into the memorial game thread forum. It remains open for anyone to revisit and continue using, though it is removed from the main "Red Sox Talk" forum. On Days Off: 1) The previous day's thread remains in the main forum, though it is unpinned from the top. 2) No banner announcement is created, nor any new game thread. Again, please offer any suggestions you may have. We're open to trying anything that makes your experience on the site better.

Chase Meidroth is making his MLB debut tonight against the team that traded him (us). Hopefully he won't magically turn the sinking ship White Sox around.

Ah, gotcha. It's hard to keep everything on the main forum because it slows down processing times a lot if it gets cluttered. We'll see how things progress and change it as needed. Thanks for suggesting it. Meanwhile... thank god we won. This series was so depressing until that last inning.

Are you saying you want us to permanently delete old game threads? I'm not sure that benefits anyone — keeping them alive, even in a separate forum, allows people to always return to them. There aren't any "rules" about posting. You can always go back to old threads and post in them. We just move them around to keep clutter down on the main page.

We are open to a variety of ideas with game threads. We run them differently on each of our sites. The method we're using now is designed to 1) give people access to older game threads in one centralized place and 2) encourage people to participate in the salient daily game thread. I will note that on some sites, we leave two game threads active at a time (the previous day's and the current day game thread). Perhaps that's something we could try here if people are interested.

A deep dive into the Boston Red Sox's recovery from a slow start and their designated hitter's return to form from Take Me Out To the Podcast. View full video

Hey, you know what would be cool? If the Red Sox didn't get swept by their division rival at home!

With a win and Yankees loss tonight, the Red Sox can move back into first place in the AL East. I'm ready for the Tanner Houck of '24 to show up.

In "The Clubhouse: A Year With the Red Sox," Boston outfielder Jarren Duran opened up about personal traumas. Content Warning: This story features discussion about self-harm and suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health complications or struggles, you can call or text 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline in the United States. If you live outside of the US, the International Association for Suicide Prevention and Befrienders Worldwide have contact information for crisis centers around the world. As many of you are likely privy to, the Netflix series focusing on the Red Sox is available now. Depending on which news sources you read, you may also be aware that star outfielder Jarren Duran has made the rounds for a personal story he has chosen to share. Before diving in, I'll say that this is Duran's story, not any of ours. He was brave to share this in such a vulnerable space that he has little control over, and I won't try to pick oranges from the apple tree here. As a survivor of two separate suicide attempts throughout my lifetime, I can say that I know how hard it is to reach a space of mental clarity where you can accurately reflect on these events. There is no right way to go about this — Duran has found the means by which he has chosen to share his story, and for that I am grateful. Lastly, I will also note that our @Caleb Kohn will have more on the documentary as a whole, as well as Duran's story, later this week. Please stay tuned for that. In the fourth episode of the documentary, Duran opens up about his journey to the major leagues, describing the journey of becoming a top prospect in baseball. It's a conversation that everyone from prospect gurus to psychologists will find fascinating, but with that status came rapidly increasing expectations. "I remember when I first started struggling, I was like, just send me back down [to the minor leagues],” Duran recalled. “It honestly felt like there was a dark cloud over me, because it’s so easy to look past the positive things for me, and then to grab onto the negative things.” That last sentence will speak volumes to those who struggle with their own demons. It is an unfortunate facet of depression that individuals seek out the bad, even in good moments. It is an impossible thing to stop, even if you are conscious of the habit. Hearing Duran put it this succinctly was, at least to me, a reminder that this phenomenon is not an individual affliction. It remains the truth that many, many people understand what he is talking about. “I couldn’t deal with telling myself how much I sucked every day,” Duran said. “I was already hearing it from fans. And what they said to me, [it’s not like] I haven’t told myself 10 times worse in the mirror. That was a really tough time for me. I didn’t even want to be here anymore.” When asked what he meant by "here," Duran responded that he meant both in Boston and life. Duran has plenty more to say about his experiences in the episode, including a very thoughtful explanation about playing through suicidal thoughts. It's enlightening, if only to hear how people who we consider to be "mentally tough" deal with performing through the pain. Something I think Duran hints at is the idea that these thoughts... don't just go away. Even now, as an All-Star who has found tremendous success in the big leagues, Duran isn't immune to the walls closing in. He acknowledges the need for thick skin as a professional athlete, but the noise from the fans still gets to him; the voice inside him only more so. I have long been unable to explain the same idea myself, even in my films or books or articles or by any other means. Accepting happiness or achieving success or — insofar as it even exists — finding peace doesn't just banish depression from your mind. It's a part of you. You learn to "play through it" in Duran's parlance. I vividly remember Drew Robinson's story on ESPN a few years back. It was published at a time when I was going through my own suicidal bout and it took an eerily similar form to my own story. Reading that article was helpful, but not because it reminded me that I wasn't alone or because it was a pro athlete speaking the same I words I thought. It was helpful because I was watching someone else like me make it; not necessarily coming out the "other side," but at least reaching a point where he didn't feel controlled by it any longer. I have a strong belief that Duran's story will do the same for others. Even if he wasn't a superstar center fielder, that is something worth celebrating. Alex Cora did a nice job summing it up. "It takes a person with courage and being okay with being transparent and genuine to do that. I hope that’s how we see it — that he will impact others, and [he'll hopefully go] save lives with what he did on Netflix.” View full article