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Peter Abraham @peteabeglobe.bsky.social · 1d

On Baseball: As the Red Sox look at improving their roster, nobody should be off the table in trade talks.

Well, except for a few guys.

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Except for a select few, every player on the roster should be on the table in trades to improve the Red Sox - The Boston Globe

This offseason does not require a seismic shift, but chief baseball officer Craig Breslow should be bold in trying to improve the rotation and add power to the lineup.

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Tim Healey @timbhealey.bsky.social · 1d

“We’ve talked a lot about how this window of contention is upon us.”

Full story on the Red Sox at the outset of an offseason of “urgency, certainty, and aggression”: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/06/s...

Red Sox leaders think the ‘window of contention’ is here, and they’re ready to make improvements for 2026 - The Boston Globe

Team president Sam Kennedy called the 2025 season “a great step forward,” but also acknowledged there's more to be done.

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Tim Healey @timbhealey.bsky.social · 3d

Red Sox roster reset: A look at each 2025 player’s contract status: trib.al/sJ3xSCJ

What will the Red Sox roster look like next year? Here’s a look at each 2025 player’s contract status. - The Boston Globe

Alex Bregman will be a primary story line until his contract situation is resolved. The Red Sox have four players eligible for free agency and 22 under team control with no arbitration rights.

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Tim Healey @timbhealey.bsky.social · 3d

New story from @alexspeier.bsky.social: The Red Sox insist that they will not draw back, and that 2025 represented a starting point.

"The commitment will be there to staying in October," Sam Kennedy said. 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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Tim Healey @timbhealey.bsky.social · 5d

A season that for me started in Port St. Lucie finished, fittingly, in New York.

Beginning to sudden end, it was a great time. I’m so fortunate to do this for a living. Shout out to Red Sox fans — and especially Globe readers — for welcoming me to a new beat. Excited for more!

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Tim Healey @timbhealey.bsky.social · 5d

The Red Sox’ end-of-season news conference is at 11 a.m. Monday. Sam Kennedy, Craig Breslow, and Alex Cora will speak.

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Tim Healey @timbhealey.bsky.social · 5d

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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Tim Healey @timbhealey.bsky.social · 5d

“That’s a guy I’ll root on for the rest of his career.”

Story on Alex Bregman, Trevor Story, and their opt-out calls: 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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Peter Abraham @peteabeglobe.bsky.social · 5d

On Baseball from the Bronx: Better days are coming for the Red Sox. But Game 3 was a painful lesson to take:

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Season-ending loss to the Yankees will serve as a lesson — a painful one at that — for the Red Sox - The Boston Globe

Over time, the 4-0 loss in Game 3 of the Wild Card Series could be remembered as a lesson that helped turn a young Red Sox team into a contender.

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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 5d

“The season coming to an end when you don’t expect it to kind of slaps you in the face.” Scenes from the end of the Red Sox season: 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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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 5d

“This was personal for me.” This Tara Sullivan column on Cam Schlittler funneling trash talk from his Massachusetts buddies into a historic performance is completely amazing. It’s like the Bill Burr SNL/Sam Adams sketch came to life at Yankee Stadium: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/03/s...

‘This was personal for me.’ Cam Schlittler’s motivation in Game 3 came straight from his own buddies. - The Boston Globe

"I didn’t talk to my friends for two days," said the 24-year-old righthander from Walpole who led the Yankees over the Red Sox in the Wild Card Series.

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Tim Healey @timbhealey.bsky.social · 5d

For 162 games across six months, the Red Sox navigated a turbulent and thrilling season, ultimately reestablishing a standard and reaching their goal: the postseason.

And after three games in 51 hours, it’s over. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/02/s...

Walpole native Cam Schlittler strikes out 12 as Yankees end Red Sox’ season with Game 3 victory - The Boston Globe

Schlittler ended the season of the team of his childhood by authoring an absolute masterpiece in his postseason debut: eight scoreless innings with 12 strikeouts and zero walks.

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Tim Healey @timbhealey.bsky.social · 5d

Red Sox’ plans for GM spot under Craig Breslow uncertain after ‘brutal’ loss for front office: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/02/s...

Red Sox’ plans for general manager uncertain after ‘brutal’ loss for front office - The Boston Globe

The plan to add a clear second-in-command under Craig Breslow is uncertain following the loss of Paul Toboni to the Nationals.

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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 6d

It’s been two amazing days between the Red Sox and Yankees. Of the 145 plate appearances thus far, the lead hung in the balance in 136 of them. On a series that deserves - and is now getting - a winner-take-all conclusion: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/02/s...

A winner-take-all Game 3 is exactly what this Red Sox-Yankees series deserves - The Boston Globe

The compelling best-of-three Wild Card Series will be decided on Thursday night at Yankee Stadium, with the winner advancing to face the Blue Jays.

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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 6d

Within this story -- the archived Globe photographs of Schlitter across amateur and pro levels offers wild insight into the physical development from Walpole High to Northeastern to now that has helped turn him into a monster on the mound for the Yankees: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/02/s...

Though his roots are local, Yankees Game 3 starter Cam Schlittler will look to end the Red Sox season - The Boston Globe

The hard-throwing rookie righty who grew up in Walpole helped stabilize New York's beat-up rotation, and will get the start in Game 3 of the Wild Card Series.

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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 6d

Walpole native Cam Schlitter is proud for the opportunity to represent New England baseball on Thursday -- but will be doing so for the Yankees, as he tries to end the season of the team he adored while growing up. About Schlitt: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/02/s...

Though his roots are local, Yankees Game 3 starter Cam Schlittler will look to end the Red Sox season - The Boston Globe

The hard-throwing rookie righty who grew up in Walpole helped stabilize New York's beat-up rotation, and will get the start in Game 3 of the Wild Card Series.

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Tim Healey @timbhealey.bsky.social · 6d

“The pitching part of it is the one that I’m like, wow, this could be fun for a lot of years,” Alex Cora said. “There’s some good arms.”

For Connelly Early and Payton Tolle, ‘what if’ becomes reality with Red Sox in postseason: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/01/s...

For Connelly Early and Payton Tolle, ‘what if’ becomes reality with Red Sox in postseason - The Boston Globe

The lefthanders, success stories in the club's revamped pitching development, made an unexpected rise to the majors this season.

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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 6d

Greetings from Yankee Stadium! We -- @timbhealey.bsky.social, @peteabeglobe.bsky.social, Tara Sullivan, and I -- are back with Game 2 updates for the @bostonglobe.com. Follow and join the fray! www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/01/s...

The Red Sox can advance to the ALDS with a win vs. the Yankees. Follow along. - The Boston Globe

First pitch of Wednesday's Game 2 is 6:08 p.m. on ESPN. Brayan Bello and Carlos Rodón are on the mound for Boston and New York, respectively.

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Peter Abraham @peteabeglobe.bsky.social · 7d

Too many Red Sox stories up at @bostonglobe.com to list them all here. Complete coverage from Game 1 with columns and stories from Dan Shaughnessy, Tara Sullivan, Alex Speier, Tim Healey and me. Plus photos from Danielle Parhizkaran.

All here:

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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 7d

As a kid, Nick Sogard was taken to a Sox-Yankees game in New York, where he defiantly wore his Pedroia jersey. On Tuesday, the 28-year-old rookie made his own unlikely mark on the field against the Yankees. “I feel like this is where I belong.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/01/s...

Nick Sogard challenged Aaron Judge, and ended up as an unlikely hero for the Red Sox in Game 1 - The Boston Globe

By stretching a single into a double against an outfielder with a questionable arm, the Red Sox' second baseman set up a go-ahead score.

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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 7d

Our team -- @peteabeglobe.bsky.social, @timbhealey.bsky.social, Tara Sullivan, and I -- will be offering in-game updates, analysis, and observations for Game 1 of the Red Sox-Yankees Wild Card Series at www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/30/s.... Join us!

The Red Sox are preparing to take on the Yankees in New York. Follow along live. - The Boston Globe

First pitch is 6:08 p.m. on ESPN. It'll be a battle of the lefties, with the Yankees starting Max Fried and Boston pitching Garrett Crochet.

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Peter Abraham @peteabeglobe.bsky.social · 8d

Very interesting story here on the game inside the game.

Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 8d

One potential swing factor in postseason series? The ability to identify pitch-tipping, a practice that opponents view as a strength of the Red Sox. Skubal: “Every team is doing it. (The Red Sox) just happen to be really good at it, and you know it.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/30/s...

Everyone is watching for pitch tipping. The Red Sox ‘just happen to be really good at it, and you know it.’ - The Boston Globe

Virtually all teams seek tells from opposing pitchers and try to eliminate them from their own. But some excel at the practice — and opponents believe the 2025 Red Sox are among them.

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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 8d

Lucas Giolito is out for the Wild Card Series due to elbow discomfort. @timbhealey.bsky.social looms at what that means for the Sox: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/29/s...

Red Sox righthander Lucas Giolito unavailable for Wild Card Series against Yankees because of elbow discomfort - The Boston Globe

Giolito traveled to Alabama to see Dr. Jeffrey Dugas, the orthopedist who performed an internal brace procedure on the pitcher’s right elbow in the spring of 2024.

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Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 8d

Within: There have been no formal complaints to MLB this year about coaches’ involvement in reading pitch tips. Still, MLB is instructing umpires for the playoffs to remind managers during lineup card exchanges that coaches, by rule, are required to stay in the coaches’ box.

Alex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 8d

One potential swing factor in postseason series? The ability to identify pitch-tipping, a practice that opponents view as a strength of the Red Sox. Skubal: “Every team is doing it. (The Red Sox) just happen to be really good at it, and you know it.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/30/s...

Everyone is watching for pitch tipping. The Red Sox ‘just happen to be really good at it, and you know it.’ - The Boston Globe

Virtually all teams seek tells from opposing pitchers and try to eliminate them from their own. But some excel at the practice — and opponents believe the 2025 Red Sox are among them.

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Peter Abraham @peteabeglobe.bsky.social · 8d

On Baseball from the Bronx: Garrett Crochet always wanted to be the type of pitcher who starts Game 1 of a playoff series. He will get that chance on Tuesday,

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Even in his first season with the Red Sox, Game 1 starter Garrett Crochet knows what a playoff series vs. the Yankees means - The Boston Globe

“This could be a once-in-a-lifetime trip for some of these guys,” he said.

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