OTM Open Thread 10/4: It is Wednesday

Loud and clear good buddy

Happy Wednesday. Wild Card Day One is in the books and the winners yesterday were the Texas Rangers, Minnesota Twins, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Philadelphia Phillies. We’ve got game two of the Rangers vs the Tampa Bay Rays at 3: 08 PM ET on ABC (will any fans show up today?), the Toronto Blue Jays vs the Twins at 4:38 PM ET on ESPN, D-Backs vs the Milwaukee Brewers at 7:08 PM ET on ESPN 2, and Miami Marlins vs Phillies at 8:08 PM ET on ESPN.

Will any of...

The One About Pitching

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Jake, Keaton, and Bob reminisce about the life of Tim Wakefield and the managerial career of Terry Francona, before attempting to fix the starting rotation from top to bottom in 2024.

Welcome back to The Red Seat Podcast, episode number 298. This week, Jake Devereaux, Keaton DeRocher, and Bob Osgood look back on the life and career of the great Tim Wakefield, the managerial career of Terry Francona, and attempt to...

Christian Arroyo elects free agency

Christian Arroyo elected free agency on Monday, according to his transaction log on MLB.com. The Red Sox designated him for assignment in August after he slashed .241/.268/.369 in 66 games for the big league club.

Red Sox News & Links: The Search Begins

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The Red Sox hope to begin interviews to replace Chaim Bloom this week

Well it’s time to find someone new to run the Boston Red Sox. Yesterday, Sam Kennedy told the media that the club expects to start the formal interview process this week or next. Notably, the Sox intend to conduct multiple interviews of candidates both internal and external, in apparent contrast to 2019, when Chaim Bloom was the only person interviewed for...

Countdown to Red Sox Opening Day 2024

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Game 1 awaits

Today is the first day of the offseason for the Red Sox, if not all of baseball, and with Alex Cora already announcing Chris Sale as his Opening Day starter agains the Seattle Mariners…why not count down to March 28, 2024?

Gives us all something to look forward to.

Assuming Sale is the starting pitcher who else do you have on the roster that day? It’s a good time to make predictions in the comments months and months in advance with...

OTM Open Thread 10/3: It is Tuesday

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Here we go...

Happy Tuesday. Well, according to the poll, Red Sox Nation is pulling for the Baltimore Orioles.

In Wild Card action today we have the Texas Rangers at the Tampa Bay Rays at 3:08 PM ET on ABC. The other AL Wild Card series starts with the Toronto Blue Jays at the Minnesota Twins at 4:38 PM ET on ESPN. In the National League the Arizona Diamondbacks travel to face the Milwaukee Brewers at 7:08 PM ET on ESPN 2. The day...

What are the Red Sox looking for in their next GM?

Red Sox president and CEO Sam Kennedy addressed members of the media on Monday, alongside manager Alex Cora. 

Tim Wakefield Was Once The Best Pitcher On The Planet

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And don’t you forget it.

I came of age as a baseball fan knowing with absolute certainty that the Red Sox would never win the World Series. While I was too young to actually have witnessed the atrocity of Game Six in 1986 myself, the toxic miasma of the game still hung over the fanbase as I awakened to baseball consciousness a few years later. We still loved the Sox — we watched them all summer, talked about them all winter, and...

OTM Open Thread 10/2: It is Monday

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Who you gonna call / root for?

Happy Monday. The 2023 season for the Boston Red Sox is over.

Talk about what you want and be good to one another.

Red Sox Legend Tim Wakefield Passes Away at 57

Tim Wakefield, an integral part of two Red Sox World Series Championship teams in 2004 and 2007, passed away on October 1. He was 57. Tim Wakefield meant a lot to Red Sox Nation, not just on the field but off of it as well.

Red Sox 6, Orioles 1: Deja Vu

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Chaim Bloom promised last offseason that the Red Sox would be better this season. He wasn’t right. But he barely wasn’t.

The Boston Red Sox finished the season with a 78-84 record, the exact same measure as last year.

I’ll talk a little about the baseball today, but with a heavy heart. Rest in peace, Wake.

Maybe it was fitting to see the pitching step up today, with Tanner Houck carrying a no-hitter through 5.2 innings. He ended up tossing a...

Red Sox close season with combined two-hitter to beat O's

Tanner Houck and three relievers combined on a two-hitter and the visiting Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-1 in the teams' regular-season finale on Sunday.

Tim Wakefield Was the Best of Us

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This is heartbreaking.

Tim Wakefield, who died today, was probably the most universally loved Red Sox player this century — a century that the team has, until recently, dominated. The fans loved him, his teammates loved him and ownership loved him, to the point that toward the end of his career, Wakefield had a perpetual player option at $4.5 million a season — if he wanted to be on the Red Sox, it was his call, because he was as much a...

Tim Wakefield, one of the most important Red Sox of the last 30 years, passes away at 57

From the Red Sox today: The Boston Red Sox mourn the loss of Red Sox Hall of Famer Tim Wakefield, who passed away this morning at the age of 57. The honorary chairman of the Red Sox Foundation, Wakefield spent 29 years in the organization as a player, special assistant, and broadcaster.

Tim Wakefield never intended to be a pitcher

Tim Wakefield's beautiful career as a knuckleballer is all the more impressive given that he was actually drafted as a position player.

Tim Wakefield passes away at the age of 57

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Absoultely heartbreaking.

Our hearts are broken with the loss of Tim Wakefield.

Wake embodied true goodness; a devoted husband, father, and teammate, beloved broadcaster, and the ultimate community leader. He gave so much to the game and all of Red Sox Nation.

Our deepest love and thoughts are with… pic.twitter.com/ah5kV2Yt8j

I have very few words other than heartbroken. Wake epitomized what it...

Ex-Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield dies at 57

The Boston Red Sox are mourning the loss of former pitcher and famed knuckleballer Tim Wakefield. The Red Sox on Sunday announced that Wakefield has died at age 57.

Former Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield dies at 57

Tim Wakefield, a two-time World Series champion who was known for his use of the knuckleball, died on Sunday following his bout with brain cancer. He was 57.

Game 162: Red Sox at Orioles

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The final countdown

Mercifully the season is at an end.

Red Sox:

162. pic.twitter.com/M56QDk6zv5

Baltimore Orioles:

We made it to Game 162. pic.twitter.com/P478Tl9uQY

The final first pitch of 2023 is at 3:05 PM ET on WEEI and NESN.

Statistics Do Not Warrant a Contract Extension for Verdugo, Red Sox

It has been an underwhelming four seasons for Alex Verdugo in Boston. Verdugo is a fan-favorite who plays with one hundred percent effort, energy, and a larger-than-life personality that a team needs to be successful.