FORT MYERS, Fla. — In an effort to have become more versatile, the Red Sox are having Michael Chavis move around the infield. Drafted as a shortstop, he was shifted...
FORT MYERS, Fla. — For all the success of the Red Sox minor league development system in recent years, the organization has struggled somewhat to produce a pure power hitter....
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Spring training games begin Friday, but Dustin Pedroia’s 2019 debut is going to have to wait. The Red Sox want to hold Pedroia out for a...
FORT MYERS, Fla. –– Nathan Eovaldi and Steve Pearce are doing things backward. They’ve already won a World Series with the Red Sox. Now, they’re currently experiencing their first spring...
FORT MYERS, Fla. — The first few weeks of spring training are a time of unbridled optimism. The weather is warm, every player is in the best shape of his...
FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Red Sox have long gushed about Eduardo Rodriguez’s repertoire and the raw stuff he’s capable of throwing. This spring, Rodriguez has been working to improve...
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Baseball’s free agent freezeout began to thaw some Tuesday with the news that Manny Machado had agreed to terms with the San Diego Padres on a...
The Red Sox are hopeful Dustin Pedroia, having undergone multiple knee surgeries in the last three years, can return and be a productive player again in 2019. But if he...
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Even as they let it be known that they had recently begun contract extension talks with starter Chris Sale, Red Sox principal owner John Henry and...
FORT MYERS, Fla. — In the modern analytics era, the Red Sox have proudly been in the forefront. From the time Theo Epstein became general manager before the 2003 season,...
FORT MYERS. Fla. — With the first full squad workout in the books, Red Sox’ spring training is officially up and running. Everybody’s here. Got questions about the bullpen? Thoughts...
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Last February, at this time, J.D. Martinez was still unsigned. His agent, Scott Boras, had predicted a contract in excess of $200 million, yet as teams...
FORT MYERS, Fla. — What does a busy basketball coach do with his free time during NBA All-Star weekend? Why, come watch a little spring training baseball, of course. Boston...
FORT MYERS, Fla. — A year ago, in his first spring as a vice president and special assistant to the Red Sox, Tony La Russa stressed to rookie manager Alex...
FORT MYERS, Fla. — In the relative privacy provided by a half-dozen pitching mounds, way in the back of Fenway South, the Red Sox spring training complex, the mainstays of...
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Xander Bogaerts can see what everyone else sees — a stagnant free agent market in which two of the game’s best players can’t attract offers despite...
FORT MYERS, Fla. — After all the surgeries — four, if you’re keeping track — all the hours of rehab, all the drills, Dustin Pedroia still doesn’t know. He can...
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Mookie Betts is two years from qualifying for free agency and has avoided contract extension talks while preferring to go year-by-year, said Thursday that he’d be...
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Roster churn is a given in baseball, turnover part of the norm. Free agency beckons, trades happen and players come and go. Except for the 2019...