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Who will the Yankees start against the Red Sox in the looming playoff matchup?

KANSAS CITY, MO - MAY 27: New York Yankees starting pitcher Gerritt Cole (45) watches his team play from the dugout during a MLB game between the New York Yankees and the Kansas City Royals on May 27, 2026, at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO. (Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Good morning! Today, Keagan makes a case for giving the ball to Payton Tolle in Game 1 of the all but inevitable Wild Card Series in New York. Aaron Boone in

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Payton Tolle should be the Game 1 starter for the Red Sox in the playoffs

BOSTON, MA - SEPTEMBER 13: Payton Tolle #70 of the Boston Red Sox celebrates a strike out during the game between the Kansas City Royals and the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on Sunday, September 13, 2026 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Joe Sullivan/MLB Photos via Getty Images) | MLB Photos via Getty Images Payton Tolle. Ranger Suarez. Sonny Gray. The Boston Red Sox don’t have to think very long about what their starting rotation should look like for their inevitable wild card matchup with

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Looking back on September 2006: What a difference the Wild Cards make for the 2026 Red Sox

Staff Photo by Gordon Chibroski, Friday, June 23, 2006: Devern Hansack is starting pitcher for the Sea Dogs vs New Hampshire. (Photo by Gordon Chibroski/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images) | Getty Images The Red Sox were on the cusp of the World Series in 2003. They made history in 2004. They lost to the eventual World Series Champion Chicago White Sox in the 2005 ALDS. Heading into 2006, with acquisitions like Coco Crisp, Mike Lowell (after the fact at least), and Josh Beckett, expectatio

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Red Sox News & Links: Payton Tolle enters Pedro territory

BOSTON, MA - SEPTEMBER 13: Payton Tolle #70 of the Boston Red Sox looks on during the game between the Kansas City Royals and the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on Sunday, September 13, 2026 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Joe Sullivan/MLB Photos via Getty Images) | MLB Photos via Getty Images We’ve talked a lot around these parts about how Red Sox baseball this September — particularly after the disappointing late-August Yankees series in the Bronx — has been looking a little sleepy. With

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Red Sox Minor Lines: Late heroics in Worcester as Franklin Arias homers

Franklin Arias of the Portland Sea Dogs is present during a Minor League Baseball game at TD Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, United States, on May 1, 2026. (Photo by Dan Squicciarini/NurPhoto via Getty Images) | NurPhoto via Getty Images Worcester: W, 8-7 (BOX SCORE) I’ve used the word “penultimate” seemingly endless times in the last month or so, so here’s one more. The WooSox capped off their finale in Lehigh Valley (Phillies AAA), finishing the PENULTIMATE series of 2026 in dramatic fashion

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The Red Sox will finish over .500 in 2026

BOSTON, MA - SEPTEMBER 13: Adley Rutschman #31 of the Boston Red Sox slides home with a run during the ninth inning of their 4-1 win over the Kansas City Royals at Fenway Park on September 13, 2026 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images) | Getty Images Good morning! As I wrote last night, yesterday’s win against the Royals was subtly important for the Sox. I was looking at things in the context of the team’s recent sluggish play heading into a tough roadtrip. But it w

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How should the Red Sox use Tanner Houck down the stretch?

BOSTON, MA - APRIL 03: Tanner Houck #89 of the Boston Red Sox takes the field during player introductions prior to the game between the San Diego Padres and the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on Friday, April 3, 2026 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Michael Owens/MLB Photos via Getty Images) | MLB Photos via Getty Images Tanner Houck’s last appearance for the Boston Red Sox was July 9, 2025. That was more than 14 months ago. A month after that start, he underwent hybrid right-UCL reconstruct

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Immaculate Tolle and the Sox roll the Royals 4-1

BOSTON, MA - SEPTEMBER 13: Pitcher Payton Tolle #70 of the Boston Red Sox celebrates the final out of the sixth inning against the Kansas City Royals at Fenway Park on September 13, 2026 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images) | Getty Images We need to see Payton Tolle on the Fenway mound this October. We NEED to see it. Tolle is forging a real connection with the fans the stands at Fenway. It’s not just the hugs. It’s not just the strikeouts. It’s everything. It’s t

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Rain threatens to further delay the Red Sox game against the Royals

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - JULY 18: The Boston Red Sox grounds crew pulls out the rain tarp prior to a game between the Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park on July 18, 2026 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images) | Getty Images UPDATE AGAIN: We have a start time: 4:55 PM. UPDATE: Well, with less than 30 minutes before first pitch, the Sox have finally acknowledged meteorological science and announced an indefinite delay. It’s going to be a waiting game today at

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Royals at Red Sox in the rain

Boston, MA - May 9: A Boston Red Sox fan in a poncho looks out at Fenway Park as the night's scheduled game is postponed due to rain. (Photo by Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) | Boston Globe via Getty Images OTM weather guru Matt Gross is confident that this game is going to happen eventually. Will it still be a wet, messy affair and will the number one priority be keeping everyone healthy? Yes, especially you, Peyton Tolle. You too, Willson Contreras, who was activated by th

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Red Sox News & Links: Sox pitching staff may get an unexpected boost

FORT MYERS, FLORIDA - MARCH 23: Johan Oviedo #29 of the Boston Red Sox takes the mound for the first inning of a game against the Minnesota Twins at JetBlue Park at Fenway South on March 23, 2026 in Fort Myers, Florida. (Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) | Getty Images Remember Johan Oviedo? He’s not so much the forgotten man of the Red Sox pitching staff (that’s very much Tanner Houck) he’s more like the guy we never even got to meet in the first place. But, like Houck, he

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No-Danger Ranger, Red Sox beat Royals 5-1

BOSTON, MA - SEPTEMBER 12: Catcher Adley Rutschman #31 of the Boston Red Sox talks with pitcher Ranger Suarez #55 after the seventh inning against the Kansas City Royals at Fenway Park on September 12, 2026 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images) | Getty Images Were you worried about Ranger Suárez coming into this afternoon’s game? It’s okay to admit it if you were. Hell, it’s okay to still be worried a tad. The man put up a 5.70 ERA in the month of August, culminatin

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Red Sox try to break losing streak behind Ranger Suárez

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - SEPTEMBER 04: Ranger Suarez #55 of the Boston Red Sox pitches against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on September 04, 2026 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images) | Getty Images It’s September and the Red Sox are heading to the playoffs. And yet a certain listlessness seems to have overtaken Fenway Park in recent days. With several players resting up with minor injuries while others work their way back into playing shape, it almost fe

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Red Sox Minor Lines: Willson Contreras drives in a pair, Tanner Houck throws three

NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 30: Willson Contreras #40 of the Boston Red Sox bats during the game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on Sunday, August 30, 2026 in New York, New York. (Photo by CJ Lauretani/MLB Photos via Getty Images) | MLB Photos via Getty Images Worcester: L, 4-1 (BOX SCORE) The WooSox fell to the IronPigs (Phillies AAA) in more of a game of circumstance than anything. For every good thing that happened, there was a counter. The team only walked

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How concerned are you about the Red Sox losing to bad teams?

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - SEPTEMBER 11: Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals and Kyle Isbel #28 of the Kansas City Royals celebrate after winning a game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on September 11, 2026 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Edward Monigan IV/Getty Images) | Getty Images Once the Red Sox lost the final game of the four game set at Yankee Stadium in late August, the team found themselves in a strange state of affairs. Four games behind the Yankees (five if you i