BOSTON -- If the Red Sox had held the lead and emerged victorious on Wednesday night, the focal point would have been Tanner Houck grinding without his best stuff and throwing a career-high 112 pitches over 5 2/3 innings and again finding a way to keep the opposition at bay.

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Six weeks into the Minor League season, we have witnessed plenty of pleasant prospect developments. Athletics 2023 first-rounder Jacob Wilson is batting a sizzling .438 and already has reached Triple-A. Mets right-hander Jonah Tong has been a revelation with elite fastball characteristics and a Minors-best 0.33 ERA. As one Chourio

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BOSTON -- Romy Gonzalez wound up as the walk-off hero on Tuesday night at Fenway Park. But it never happens if not for some impressive rookie resilience by Ceddanne Rafaela in what wound up a 5-4 win by the Red Sox over the Rays in 12 innings.

BOSTON -- For the first time this season, Kutter Crawford has an ERA north of 2.00. It’s 2.24, to be specific, which is tied with teammate Tanner Houck for ninth best in the Majors. It’s a noteworthy jump from Crawford’s 1.75 ERA going into Monday night’s opener against the Rays,

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The Statcast era of baseball research has reached another milestone: bat speed is live on Baseball Savant. You can check out this page for more thorough details on what bat speed entails and how it’s calculated. But in the meantime, we’re kicking things off by breaking down the best of

This story was excerpted from Ian Browne’s Red Sox Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. BOSTON -- The most toolsy prospect in the Red Sox’s farm system will play his 100th game in professional baseball this week. It’s

BOSTON -- After missing 17 games with right lat tightness, Brayan Bello returned from the injured list to make his first career start against the Nationals in Sunday’s 3-2 series-finale win at Fenway. And with his return came a surprising corresponding roster move: Josh Winckowski was optioned to Triple-A Worcester

Break out the caps and gowns. It’s time for a whole bunch of graduations and an updated Top 100 Prospects list. Young players who began the 2024 season on a Major League Opening Day roster with zero MLB service time exhausted their prospect status Sunday by way of the 45-day

BOSTON -- Rafael Devers had been struggling with runners in scoring position of late, like nearly everyone in the Boston batting order. But he is still Rafael Devers, which made it surprising that Nationals manager Davey Martinez ordered up an intentional walk of Tyler O’Neill and dared the most impactful

BOSTON -- For the Red Sox, this offensive rut started in Boston, continued on in Minneapolis and Atlanta, and then reared its ugly head back at Fenway Park on Friday night. It is bound to end soon, because that’s how these things go. But it doesn’t make it any easier

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ATLANTA – No matter what uniform Chris Sale wears, the following is indisputable: When his fastball is powerful and his slider is in full dive mode, he is dominant. Pitching for his new team (the Braves) while facing his most recent former team (the Red Sox), Sale had his two

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Big league closers can come from all areas of the pitching world. Some are guys who have always been relievers, from college all the way up to the big leagues. Some were starters whose power stuff (and perhaps lack of command) were better suited for shorter stints coming out of

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ATLANTA – With one swing, Tyler O’Neill seemed poised to turn the tide on what had been a night of futility and frustration for the Boston bats. There were two on and two outs in the top of the eighth in a tie game, and O’Neill placed a drive that

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MINNEAPOLIS -- With an offense like the Red Sox have, it was just a matter of time before the lineup had a breakout game. The latest came just in time to end a couple of long streaks. Ceddanne Rafaela’s two-run homer in the fifth inning gave the Red Sox the

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MINNEAPOLIS -- For the second time in just over 48 hours, Red Sox relievers carried the entire load during a game. Boston came up short in both games, including Saturday’s 3-1 loss to the Twins, but the bullpen was not to blame. Manager Alex Cora cobbled together eight innings out