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Alex Speier
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Boston Globe reporter. Registered in the Ecktionary as “Stat Masterson.” Author of “Homegrown” (https://bookshop.org/p/books/homegrown-how-the-red-sox-built-a-champion-from-the-ground-up-alex-speier/8023395)
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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 12h
Cal Raleigh: “It took so long. Holy s—.” MVP-caliber synopsis.
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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 12h
Josh Naylor looks like he strains his oblique with, like, half his swings.
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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 13h
First time as a big leaguer that Bazardo has thrown 2 2/3 innings.
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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 13h
14!
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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 13h
And we have the second-ever 13-inning winner-take-all playoff game - which means, the best one, since that Rockies-Cubs one was a mess.
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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 14h
4th winner-take-all postseason game of 12+ innings. The others:

2018 Rockies-Cubs WC (13)
2014 Royals-A’s WC (12)
1924 Senators-Giants WS G7 (12)
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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 13h
I now officially think it was an oversight for me not to put Bazardo on any Red Sox top 30 lists (during down years for the system!).
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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 13h
And we have the second-ever 13-inning winner-take-all playoff game - which means, the best one, since that Rockies-Cubs one was a mess.
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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 14h
4th winner-take-all postseason game of 12+ innings. The others:

2018 Rockies-Cubs WC (13)
2014 Royals-A’s WC (12)
1924 Senators-Giants WS G7 (12)
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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 13h
Carpenter joins Kenny Lofton (1995) and Stan Hack (1945) as the only players ever to reach base 6+ times in a playoff game.
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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 14h
4th winner-take-all postseason game of 12+ innings. The others:

2018 Rockies-Cubs WC (13)
2014 Royals-A’s WC (12)
1924 Senators-Giants WS G7 (12)
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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 14h
7th winner-take-all playoff game ever to go at least 11 innings, and the first since the Cubs-Rockies 13-inning Wild Card Game in 2018 (the longest winner-take-all playoff game ever).
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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 1d
RIP, Mike Greenwell. The former Red Sox outfielder - the successor to the incredible Williams/Yaz/Rice lineage of left fielders who spent their entire careers with the Sox, passed away at 62: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/09/s...
Former Red Sox left fielder Mike Greenwell dies at 62 after cancer diagnosis - The Boston Globe
Greenwell, who spent his entire 12-year major league career with the Red Sox, announced in August that he had been diagnosed with medullary thyroid cancer.
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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 2d
Where does Red Sox payroll sit for 2026 at the start of the offseason? Probably closer to next year’s luxury tax threshold ($244M) than expected… www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/09/s...
Where does the 2026 Red Sox payroll stand in context of the luxury-tax threshold? We broke it down. - The Boston Globe
The Red Sox, per sources, spent past the threshold in 2025. They had the seventh-highest payroll in baseball. And they'll likely need to spend more to make the most of the "window of contention."
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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 3d
Raleigh’s homer was so impressive in a park that gives nothing to lefties hitting oppo. It went 391 feet. It was the longest opposite-field homer by a lefthanded hitter at Comerica this year.
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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 5d
Cora on defense: “We made errors, but we were better.”
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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 5d
Cora: “The thing that excites me is the pitching. … What we have in player development now is real.”
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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 5d
Breslow on whether he’ll hire a GM before the GM Meetings: “I’m not sure exactly what a timeline might be.”
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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 5d
Breslow on Kristian Campbell: “A ton of confidence both in the work he’s going to put in this offseason and what he’s going to mean to this organization.”
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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 5d
Kennedy: “we acted with urgency and aggressiveness (building for 2025). … We plan to continue that.”
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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 5d
Breslow on whether he’d move an OF from the big league roster: “The surplus in the outfield is where we got really thin. … (But) everything has to be on the table” for roster-building in ‘26.
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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 5d
Breslow: “no one will sit in this seat and say there’s enough pitching in the organization.”
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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 5d
Carlos Narváez will have a procedure to address a meniscus tear in his knee.
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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 5d
Breslow on Bregman says he’ll keep conversations internal. But he praises Bregman’s contributions throughout the organization.
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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 5d
Is Casas the 1B? Breslow: “I don’t think it makes sense on Oct 6 to say someone is or isn’t the first baseman.” Breslow says Sox anticipate his full recovery but he’s hesistant to discuss timetables.
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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 5d
Breslow says remaining postseason teams have strong rotations, “which we have.” He says other playoff teams “hit the ball out of the park more than we do. … That’s a consideration.”
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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 5d
Breslow says he and Cora are having ongoing conversations about the coaching staff, but he praises the work of the group.
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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 5d
Breslow says Sox can’t be complacent about improving and assume they’ll pick up where they left off. He cites defense, offensive performance with RISP (too many strikeouts) as ways to improve.
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