Mac Cerullo

For the second straight offseason, the Red Sox have had a young front office executive hired away to run another organization. www.bostonherald.com/2026/10/19/r...

MLB wants a salary cap, but how would it actually work? The players are vehemently opposed, so what are they proposing instead? A look at each side’s initial proposals as the ongoing labor talks heat up. www.bostonherald.com/2026/10/18/m...

The Red Sox boast one of the best outfields in baseball, but some of the club’s young standouts enjoyed better seasons than others. www.bostonherald.com/2026/10/17/r...

A long, long World Series drought will be ending this month. Cleveland: 78 years (1948) Milwaukee: 57 years (Never won) Tampa Bay: 28 years (Never won) All three are among MLB’s smallest markets too.

The Red Sox have heavily tapped their pitching pipeline, which at some point must produce some new arms to replace everyone who has been traded recently. Fortunately for Boston, one arm took a notable step forward in his first year of pro ball. www.bostonherald.com/2026/10/13/e...

The Red Sox announce that Caleb Durbin underwent a successful left fifth finger PIP joint reconstruction last week. The procedure was performed by Dr. Matthew Leibman at Newton-Wellesley Surgery Center in Wellesley.

Which Red Sox players are most at risk ahead of the upcoming roster crunch? And who is most likely to be non-tendered? Those and more reader questions answered in today’s Herald mailbag. www.bostonherald.com/2026/10/11/r...

Was the 2026 Red Sox season a success? And what's the club's best path forward heading into an uncertain offseason? @gfstarr1.bsky.social and I discussed all that and more. www.bostonherald.com/2026/10/09/r...

An unheralded Red Sox pitching prospect who just signed this past March turned heads within the organization in his first year of professional baseball. www.bostonherald.com/2026/10/08/u...

Who's got Red Sox mailbag questions?

Red Sox fans, what's on your mind? Doing a year-end mailbag for Sunday's Herald, if you have any burning questions or want to get anything off your chest, send your submissions my way.

After Sonny Gray and Willson Contreras expressed frustration with the Red Sox following last week's playoff loss, Craig Breslow and Chad Tracy said they've met with the veterans since the season ended. www.bostonherald.com/2026/10/05/r...

With a lockout looming, the Red Sox have a lot of decisions to make. Will Sonny Gray come back? Who else is set to hit the market? How will the club handle its imminent roster crunch? All of that and more here. www.bostonherald.com/2026/10/04/m...

The Red Sox will hold their year-end press conference on Monday at 11 a.m.

The Red Sox announce that Mickey Gasper has undergone a successful Distal Biceps tendon repair. The procedure was performed by Dr. Matthew Leibman at MassGeneral Brigham in Boston.

"I would have liked to have been trusted in that moment." Sonny Gray had only thrown 70 pitches when Chad Tracy gave him the hook with two outs in the fifth inning, and that decision didn't go over well with the veteran and some of his teammates. www.bostonherald.com/2026/10/01/r...

Sonny Gray just put together one of the best seasons of his career, but the veteran right-hander acknowledged postgame that he is considering retirement. www.bostonherald.com/2026/10/01/i...

"I don't know what the future holds for me," Gray said. "I do know that I walked off that mound with my chest back and my chin up, and I can definitely be proud that I left it all out there until the ball was taken out of my hands."

Garrett Crochet on how he feels: "Shitty. I feel healthy but I feel like shit, for our season to end the same way that it did last year against obviously what the media would probably would portray and a lot of the guys in this clubhouse would say is our biggest rival, it sucks."

Sonny Gray says he’s undecided about his future, but emphasizes that he still has a lot of baseball left in him if that’s the path he chooses. Also made it clear he wasn’t happy with being taken out as early as he was.

Garrett Crochet: “At the end of the day I did what I wanted to do out there and it wasn’t good enough.”

The Red Sox lose 9-2, their season is over. The knockout blow came in the sixth inning, when the Red Sox played their big card in Garrett Crochet. It did not work. www.bostonherald.com/2026/09/30/c...

Nick Sogard goes deep. Red Sox trail 8-2 in the seventh.

Cody Bellinger goes deep for a three-run homer. That will probably do it.

Danger zone for the Red Sox. The Yankees have the bases loaded with nobody out and Tracy has no choice but to go to Garrett Whitlock.

Garrett Crochet gets Spencer Jones swinging but the Yankee reaches on a dropped third strike. He then steals second, takes third on the bad throw and scores on an RBI single by George Lombard Jr. Yankees lead 3-1.

Garrett Crochet's first two pitches are a pair of 97 mph sinkers.

For the first time since late April, Garrett Crochet is on to pitch for the Red Sox.

Willson Contreras leaves the yard. The Red Sox are finally on the board after Contreras' solo shot.

Garrett Crochet is warming in the Red Sox bullpen.

Nate Eaton guns down the runner at the plate on Luis Garcia Jr.'s single to end the inning. Red Sox very fortunate to only be trailing 2-0 here. Only chance the Sox have now is to score, which has proven impossible so far in this series.

Miller allows an RBI single to Cody Bellinger. It's 2-0 Yankees.

Chad Tracy goes to get Sonny Gray after allowing a single to Ben Rice. He walks off the mound to thunderous boos from the Yankee fans. Erik Miller is on with runners at the corners and two outs in the fifth.

Really nice double play turned at first there by Willson Contreras. That helps get Sonny Gray out of the inning after only 14 pitches, but the Red Sox need some runs now trailing 1-0.

Luis Garcia Jr. goes deep for a solo shot. Yankees lead 1-0.

Sonny Gray has been great so far. Two hits allowed through the first three innings, both harmless singles. He retired the first five batters he faced and has two strikeouts. It's still scoreless headed into the fourth inning.

That was wildly aggressive by Nate Eaton, but the throw to second isn't good and he makes it in safely. Red Sox have their first scoring chance in the third inning.

Red Sox get a first-inning single but nothing else. Sonny Gray about to take the mound for the bottom of the first.

For the second straight day Adley Rutschman works a 10-pitch at bat his first time to the plate, but this time he strikes out after narrowly missing what would have at minimum been a double that landed just foul.

Jahmai Jones steps to the plate to face Max Fried, and Game 2 is officially underway.

Curtis Mead had long been viewed as a longshot to return for the playoffs, but after a fruitful workout on Monday the trade deadline acquisition believed he might be able to contribute. Now, with Roman Anthony out, his number is being called. www.bostonherald.com/2026/09/30/r...

Roman Anthony says he hurt his hand fouling off a pitch during his first at bat. He knew then something was wrong but took a second at bat anyway just to make sure. Once he checked his swing again in that at bat he knew it was time to get it looked at.

Curtis Mead confirms he’s been activated for tonight. He took his first live BP on Monday but he feels confident in his ability to contribute.

This morning’s imaging “showed additional damage to some muscles in his wrist that weren’t there before.” “We’re trying to replace him, we have paperwork in on that but it’s enough there that we’re not going to have him.”

Roman Anthony was driven back to Boston following last night’s game to get an MRI first thing this morning. He’s on his way back to New York now.

Chad Tracy says Roman Anthony has been sent home to have further imaging done on his hand. They’ve identified several new problem areas in addition to the original injury. He will miss the foreseeable future and the club is working on replacing him on the Wild Card roster.

The Red Sox will be without a key contributor tonight as they look to stave off elimination. www.bostonherald.com/2026/09/30/r...

Roman Anthony is not in the Red Sox lineup. Jones DH, Rutschman C, Contreras 1B, Abreu RF, Rafaela CF, Durbin 3B, Sogard 2B, Story SS, Eaton LF, Gray P

After getting blanked by Cam Schlittler in another playoff game, the Red Sox reacted to the Yankee ace's dominant performance and the prospect of facing elimination. www.bostonherald.com/2026/09/30/i...

Roman Anthony did not speak to the media postgame about his injury. The Red Sox said he'd already left the ballpark by the time the clubhouse opened.