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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 · 13h

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.

Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 2d

Cora on defense: “We made errors, but we were better.”

Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 2d

Cora: “The thing that excites me is the pitching. … What we have in player development now is real.”

Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 2d

Breslow on whether he’ll hire a GM before the GM Meetings: “I’m not sure exactly what a timeline might be.”

Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 2d

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.”

Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 2d

Kennedy: “we acted with urgency and aggressiveness (building for 2025). … We plan to continue that.”

Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 2d

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.

Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 2d

Breslow: “no one will sit in this seat and say there’s enough pitching in the organization.”

Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 2d

Carlos Narváez will have a procedure to address a meniscus tear in his knee.

Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 2d

Breslow on Bregman says he’ll keep conversations internal. But he praises Bregman’s contributions throughout the organization.

Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 2d

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.

Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 2d

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.”

Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 2d

Breslow says he and Cora are having ongoing conversations about the coaching staff, but he praises the work of the group.

Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 2d

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.

Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 2d

Breslow says emergence of young players and development of pitching pipeline are reasons for encouragement.

Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 2d

Breslow thanks the fans. “Fenway Park was electric this season. It was what we’d always envisioned when we thought about winning teams…. we didn’t accomplish what we set out to accomplish.”

Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 2d

Red Sox end-of-season presser opens with San Kennedy calling the year “a great step in the right direction.”

Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 2d

Yesavage's 10 strikeouts are the most through four innings in a single postseason game since Patrick Corbin had 10 strikeouts through 4 innings in NLCS Game 4 in 2019. No one else reached 10 Ks through 4 innings in a postseason game since at least 2008.

Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 2d

We are in Boston with Team 49 and ready to take part in the Jimmy Fund Walk!

Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 3d

Just because it was inevitable doesn't mean it isn't shocking! So, so great to hear from you and thank you so much for the support! It means the world.

Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you so much for your support! It means the world to think of him and support a cause he cared about deeply.

Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 3d

My son Max and I are joining Team 49 (I see you, @tcaron.bsky.social!) today in The Jimmy Fund Walk, honoring the legacy and commitment of Tim and Stacy Wakefield to the work of The Jimmy Fund. Please consider joining the fight and donating here! danafarber.jimmyfund.org/site/TR?fr_i...

I am walking for Dana-Farber patients

Together against cancer at the Jimmy Fund Walk

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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 3d

Talked to Sam Kennedy in the middle of the Wild Card Series about the Red Sox outlook beyond 2025: “The commitment will be there to staying in October.”
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/04/s...

What’s next for the Red Sox? Team president Sam Kennedy contemplates path moving forward. - The Boston Globe

After an 89-win season and a return to the playoffs, Kennedy insisted that 2025 represented a starting point to build from for the Red Sox.

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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 4d

The Red Sox committed to living in the moment, believing a next-pitch mentality was their best way of navigating the postseason. What happens when a season abruptly stops? "Next pitch for us is in five months," said Garrett Crochet. On the emptiness of the end: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/03/s...

For Red Sox, the sudden end to the season is followed by pain and emptiness in the clubhouse after Game 3 - The Boston Globe

"Most of us are going to be watching the World Series here in three weeks, wishing it was us, thinking it should’ve been us," ace pitcher Garrett Crochet said.

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Tim Healey @timbhealey.bsky.social · 4d

Included within, Trevor Story and Garrett Crochet on the “huge priority” of keeping Alex Bregman: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/03/s...

Alex Bregman, Trevor Story mostly mum on contract decisions, Red Sox futures - The Boston Globe

The third baseman and shortstop can opt out of their contracts and become free agents when the MLB playoffs conclude.

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