Alex Speier
Sports Reporter at The Boston Globe
Boston Globe; Author of “Homegrown”; Moonlights on NESN as Stat Masterson; Team 49 - walking for Wake - in the Jimmy Fund Walk 10/6 https://t.co/rAexXYuFfV
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1 week ago |
bostonglobe.com | Peter Abraham |Alex Speier
It was a deal that shook the baseball world and exposed the deep rift between the Red Sox and their highest-paid player. Based on conversations with Devers, executives from both teams, Red Sox players and coaches, and others from around baseball, details of the split emerged. The day after Casas was injured, a few hours before the Sox played the Twins, Devers sat alone in the home dugout in a state of evident and significant distress.
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2 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Alex Speier
Restlessness is almost unavoidable for prospects. There’s always another level above, so it’s difficult not to look ahead — or become weary of a single stop while imagining the next one. And so, Blaze Jordan could have been forgiven had he been a bit exasperated to go back to Portland coming out of spring training.
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3 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Alex Speier
WORCESTER — When is a day off not just a day off? It sounds like a surrealist exploration by René Magritte (“Ceci n’est pas une pipe!”), yet in the case of top Red Sox prospect Roman Anthony, the notion holds. Ordinarily, Triple A Worcester manager Chad Tracy would give a player a day off without a second thought.
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3 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Alex Speier
Though Wednesday’s walkoff victory permitted the Red Sox a chance to take a deep breath entering an off-day before a series against the Yankees, there’s no obscuring the reality of the Red Sox’ position. Their 30-34 record means that, as they play their foremost rivals for the first time this year, the Sox have almost no chance of catching the Yankees atop the division, and they have an uphill race over the duration of the season if they’re to chase down a playoff berth.
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3 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Alex Speier
Kristian Campbell represents a critical part of the Red Sox’ future. But at a time when the rookie has looked underwater for a full month, would it be in his and the team’s best interest for him to go to Triple A? Sox manager Alex Cora didn’t close the door to such a possibility. “We don’t rule anything out,” Cora said. “But right now, he’s going to play here, he’s going to get at-bats here, and we’re going to keep pushing him to be better.”There are two questions related to that objective.
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It's been interesting to see Anthony talk to Bregman in the dugout. Bregman has been a difference-making voice with young players throughout the organization. Blaze Jordan cites a talk from Bregman this spring as a major factor in his breakthrough year: https://t.co/pT1rEYP0hT
Hello from Fort Myers. I’ve migrated over to bluer skies for social media, in search of a healthier ratio of information sought vs information provided. Hope some of you will find me there and look forward to our future interactions! https://t.co/opMKYeOJy6
Mike Rikard, a key contributor to the Red Sox scouting efforts for the last 20 seasons, is leaving the Sox front office to join the Diamondbacks. https://t.co/szp9GifBnY
