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1 week ago | overthemonster.com | Dan Secatore

Photo by Joe Sullivan/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Red Sox publicly insist that they are not throwing in the towel on the 2025 season, which makes sense, given that they’ve climbed back over .500 and into the Wild Card race. Meanwhile, the Sox’ NL counterpart when it comes to disappointing seasons, the Atlanta Braves, remain under .500. This situation has led many to call the Red Sox potential buyers, and the Braves potential sellers.

1 week ago | overthemonster.com | Mike Carlucci

Photo by Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via Getty Images On Wednesday new broke about two sports franchises changing hands. First, the Tampa Bay Bay Rays, formerly of St. Petersburg, are close to being sold to a Jacksonville-based developer. Tampa Bay Rays principal owner Stu Sternberg is in "exclusive discussions" to sell the franchise to a group led by a Florida-based residential developer, the team acknowledged Wednesday.

1 week ago | overthemonster.com | Bryan Joiner

We’re not streakin’ anymore. Joe Nicholson-Imagn Images All’s well that ends well, but what about things that end poorly? What then? I guess if you’re gonna end a winning streak it’s fine to get punched in the mouth rather than fritter it away. Not subtle. But since the Sox are gonna win more games without Devers than with him, it’s just a speed bump, right? Are we in alignment on that?

1 week ago | overthemonster.com | Dan Secatore

Photo by Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Things are ugly in Red Sox Nation right now. And I have a bad feeling that we haven’t hit bottom yet. Here’s Joon Lee — a guy who previously worked for two media outlets you might have heard of called ESPN and Over The Monster — with a scathing look at the internal operations of the Red Sox front office, including in-fighting, hot mic moments, and more.

1 week ago | overthemonster.com | Dan Secatore

Photo by Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images The baseball gods, feeling generous towards someone if not Red Sox fans, gave us some goddamn poetry last night in Seattle. Roman Anthony, the youngest player in Major League Baseball and the next great star on a baseball club that tells the story of itself through its stars, hit his first big league home run.