Why the Red Sox should trade for Yonder Alonso
Everybody wants pitching, but adding a great hitter could help too. Boston could improve at first base while keeping Alonso away from the Yankees as well.
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56-47, 1st in AL East
Trade Deadline Daily: Boston's bullpen issue
The Red Sox are still exploring the relief market, but might not necessarily move on to names like Addison Reed or AJ Ramos with Pat Neshek off the board.
Prodigal son Theo Epstein returns home to Fenway Park
The greatest leader in the world? Or just Theo from Brookline? The Cubs exec enjoys celebrity status, and some humbling reminders, in his homecoming.
Sale continues mowing down hitters
Chris Sale has 14 10-strikeout games in 21 starts this season. If he keeps up his pace of two 10-K games for every three starts, he'll set a Red Sox record and become the fourth pitcher with 20 10-K games in a single season, joining Randy Johnson, Nolan Ryan and Sandy Koufax. (ESPN Stats & Info)
Red Sox can't send Rafael Devers back to the minors now
The 20-year-old's first major league hit was a homer that traveled 427 feet. The good news for Boston? There are about that many reasons to keep him.
Devers, Sale snap Red Sox losing streak (0:51)
Sox's summer certainty: Sale remains hot
With 11 strikeouts in Wednesday's 4-0 win at Seattle, Chris Sale has fanned 56 batters in 34 2/3 innings during July.
Scott Lauber ESPN Staff Writer
Still no Red Sox move to create spot for Eduardo Nunez, but Rafael Devers has to stay, right? "He hasn't hurt his cause by any means with what he's done in a very short look," manager John Farrell said. "We've talked quite a bit recently about the need to get offense, and today is a display of what he's capable of doing. So, he's taking care of what he can on his end."
Sale Away: Red Sox ace Ks 11 in 4-0 win over Mariners
Chris Sale pitched seven innings of three-hit ball, top prospect Rafael Devers became the youngest Boston player to hit a home run in more than 50 years, and the Red Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 4-0 on Wednesday to salvage the final game of the series.
Sale fans 11 in strong outing (0:33)
Scott Lauber ESPN Staff Writer
Red Sox 4, Mariners 0: Chris Sale did it again, while Rafael Devers achieved a few firsts. Sale tossed seven scoreless innings and fanned 11 batters, marking his career-high 14th double-digit strikeout game this season. Devers recorded his first career hit -- a home run, no less -- against Mariners starter Andrew Moore in the third inning. Between them, the Cy Young favorite and the youngest player in the majors led the Red Sox to a victory that capped a 2-4 trip to the West Coast.
Devers' first hit is a homer (0:26)
ESPN Stats and Information
Chris Sale registered his 14th game with double-digit strikeouts this season. That's the 3rd most in a single season in Red Sox history, trailing only Pedro MartÃnez, who had 19 10-K games in 1999 and 15 in 2000.
Scott Lauber ESPN Staff Writer
Mariners lefty Marc Rzepczynski has given up eight hits this season to left-handed hitters and held lefties to .220 average in his career, but Rafael Devers notched a two-out single against him in the top of the seventh.
Red Sox's Devers launches HR for 1st MLB hit
Rafael Devers became the first Red Sox player since Daniel Nava in 2010 to homer for his first major league hit when he took Mariners right-hander Andrew Moore deep Wednesday at Safeco Field.
Scott Lauber ESPN Staff Writer
Rafael Devers (20 years, 275 days old) is the youngest Red Sox player to hit a home run since Tony Conigliaro in September 1965, according to the team.
Scott Lauber ESPN Staff Writer
Rafael Devers' first big-league hit is a solo homer to straightaway center field at Safeco. That's one way to convince the Red Sox to keep him around.
Scott Lauber ESPN Staff Writer
Red Sox don't seem to be considering a DL stint for Xander Bogaerts, who has dealt with groin injury, bruised hand and illness and is 4-for-34 with eight strikeouts in his last nine games. Timing, not injury, is the problem, according to John Farrell. "When you watch him in his early work, watch the BP he takes, it's hard to suggest any ailment is affecting his swing because he's driving the baseball out of the ballpark with routine ability," Farrell said.
Deadline deals for every team: Samardzija to Boston?
The Giants and Red Sox just made a deal, and another trade would make sense. Boston could use insurance in the rotation, while San Francisco could get a few nice pieces in return.
Red Sox add clutch threat in Nunez
Traded to Boston by San Francisco late Tuesday night, Eduardo Nunez has been one of baseball's best hitters with runners in scoring position this season. The utility man is batting .358 since June 1, the fourth-highest average in the majors over that span (min. 100 at-bats), according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Trade grades: Did Red Sox overpay to get Eduardo Nunez from Giants?
He's a useful utility guy and an upgrade at third, but he might not be worth what Boston shipped to San Francisco.
BBTN: Trade Market Watch, Red Sox Leadership, Hosmer
Before a conversation with Royals 1B Eric Hosmer, Buster Olney and Jerry Crasnick go rapid-fire on the trade market. Plus, Tim Kurkjian on David Price, the asking price for Yu Darvish, Sonny Gray, the Dodgers' deadline strategy and more. Also, "Gone Fishin'" with ESPN's John Fisher.
Eduardo Nunez can help the Red Sox, but they can't stop there
Boston hopes the former Giants infielder will ease offensive woes, but with six days until the deadline, the club still craves an impact bat.
Mariners edge Red Sox in 13 innings (1:15)
Scott Lauber ESPN Staff Writer
Eduardo Nunez won't join Red Sox until Friday. No decision yet on whether Rafael Devers stays or returns to minors, according to Dave Dombrowski.
2017 AL East Standings
Team Leaders 2017
- Batting
- Pitching
Home Runs
Batting Average
Runs Batted In
Earned Run Average
Wins
Strikeouts
Team Stats
- Batting
- Pitching
Runs47912th
Batting Average.2609th
On Base Percentage.3318th
Slugging Percentage.40226th
Earned Run Average3.693rd
Quality Starts591st
WHIP1.255th
BAA.2479th
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