Attention all sports fans! The Coronavirus is tearing through Earth at a rapid pace and yesterday the beginning of our worst fears came true. The NBA got the party started by suspending their season after Rudy Gobert tested positive for covid-19, causing a domino effect throughout sports. Today the NHL suspended their season; MLB is pushing back opening …
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In my last article, I ripped Red Sox president Sam Kennedy for pitching the Red Sox $9 student tickets and $99 family packs during the press conference in which Red Sox ownership denied that 2020 is meant to be a bridge year and that they did not trade Mookie Betts to get under the luxury tax. I …
9 Reasons To Be Excited For The 2020 Red Sox Season Read More »
There’s plenty of reasons for pessimism in Boston around the baseball team. Mookie Betts is gone, their World Series winning GM and manager from 2018 are both gone and Chris Sale’s health status is very murky. Still, you shouldn’t give the Red Sox a pass on the season. They may have lost their best player this offseason, …
The Red Sox Should Still Make the Playoffs Without Mookie Betts Read More »
This has been a tumultuous offseason for Major League Baseball. The trend of the top players going unsigned until February is thankfully gone, but in its place comes something vastly more serious: sign stealing and the repercussions for it. Many players believe the Astros got off lightly with their scandal, and the sign stealing scandal …
Why the Red Sox traded Mookie Betts has been subject to some debate. Was it to save money? Was it because Betts didn’t want to re-sign in Boston? Was it because they didn’t want to pay Mookie Betts what it would cost to keep him? Regardless of what their reasoning was, it highlights one of baseball’s biggest …
MLB Free Agency is Broken and it Should be Easy to Fix Read More »
Before you dismiss this headline as an overreaction, it’s important to understand that the declining interest of fans when it comes to the Boston Red Sox is real. While this decline can’t be attributed solely to any one cause, there is one major factor that is helping slowly but surely drive the interest of the …
Red Sox Ownership May Be Killing Baseball In Boston Read More »
After the Mookie Betts trade appeared to be falling apart at the seams, the Twins, Red Sox and Dodgers were able to come to an agreement Sunday evening to a revised deal that appeased all parties. In the new deal, the Red Sox will still be getting OF Alex Verdugo from the Dodgers. They will also receive Dodgers prospects …
Did the Red Sox Get Enough for Mookie Betts in the New Revised Deal? Read More »
After days of trying to rework the Mookie Betts trade, the Minnesota Twins have supposedly pulled out of the deal, per LaVelle E. Neal III of the Star Tribune. However, Neal later clarified the report saying the Twins merely don’t expect a deal to be done, but have not officially pulled out just yet. The Red Sox …
Well, the big news that we have all been dreading has finally broken. Mookie Betts and David Price have been traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Red Sox will be acquiring outfielder Alex Verdugo and pitcher Brusdar Graterol in a three-team deal that saw the Twins acquire Kenta Maeda. This deal is a complete and total embarrassment for the Red …
Poor Return for Mookie Betts Casts Negative Light on Red Sox Front Office Read More »
After an offseason full of fruitless speculation and devoid of any legitimate trade buzz, it appears the Red Sox have finally found a suitor for Mookie Betts. The Dodgers and Padres have both shown interest in the MVP outfielder over the past week or so. The question isn’t whether or not the Red Sox should trade …
