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Los Angeles has lost 13 games in a row but the most recent came at a greater cost, with Mike Trout suffering an injury in Tuesday's loss to Boston. Our MLB betting picks don't expect the banged-up Angels to challenge the Red Sox. The Los Angeles Angels were so close to snapping their 12-game losing streak on Tuesday, but the Boston Red Sox scored…

I can't decide what's more bewildering: That the Red Sox really feel like they did something on Wednesday morning, or that so many of the rest of us don't. The clearest emotion to find is joy for Rafael Devers, his evolution from a 16-year-old Dominican free agent to the unquestioned face of the franchise complete in a shade less than a decade.…

Believe it or not, Red Sox spring training opens in just about five weeks. The roster is not complete quite yet, but the large majority of the 2023 team has already been put together, and it looks quite different than the group that last took the field at Fenway Park in early October. Boston's chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom entered the winter…

The moment that echoed into last offseason occurred during the 2021 wild card game vs. the Yankees, an afternoon that saw baseball roar back to Boston like a time machine to 2003, or a house dropped on a witch of the wicked variety. Bobby Dalbec batted against Yankees ace Gerrit Cole and Fenway Park thundered his name. It was the moment when…

While St. Louis's offense has struggled on the road this year, the Red Sox thrive in the confines of Fenway Park. We're taking Boston to win on Friday night and improve to five games over.500 - read more in our Cardinals vs. Red Sox betting picks. The St. Louis Cardinals and the Boston Red Sox will open a rare interleague series at Fenway Park on…

Memphis posted its eighth consecutive season of at least six victories last fall. Coach Ryan Silverfield's squad hopes to aim a little higher in 2022, especially with quarterback Seth Henigan returning to pilot an offense that averaged 30.1 points a game last fall. After a standout freshman season, Henigan will be asked to shoulder even more of the…

The Tampa Bay Rays will face off with the Boston Red Sox in the regular season finale at Fenway Park on Wednesday afternoon in Boston. With that said, it's a good time to check out our MLB odds series, which includes a Rays-Red Sox prediction and pick, laid out below. Tampa Bay has secured the third and final AL Wild Card spot, entering the final…

A couple weeks ago 30 SB Nation baseball writers got together and conducted the annual SBN GM Simulation. For three days we acted as the GM of a team - I represented the Red Sox once more - with one goal: prepare the 2023 roster. Each GM is given a roster of current players as of the end of the season, so any move the real teams made during the…

Eight. In. A. Row. We have now won eight straight bets, including a 3-0 day yesterday. We had the Giants defeat Corbin Burnes at home at+175. You can't give me a Giants ML that high and expect me not to take it. We had the Blue Jays over the Red Sox, which I will speak on more today. We also took the Phillies, who trounced the Rockies. We have now…

It was September 4, and Trevor Story was getting hot again. Already he had 10 hits in his first six games back from a broken wrist, and that afternoon Story added a no-doubt home run to the top of the Green Monster, a line-drive double to right-center field, and a deep single to straightaway center. For good measure, he made a leaping catch deep in…

As the Red Sox embark on a fresh season, a different kind of optimism surrounds the club. Last year at this time, coming off a brutal 2020 campaign, the "bridge year" narrative was in full force. Yet the Red Sox surprised many across baseball, pushing deep into the postseason with a flexible roster and strong chemistry while embracing their…

A month into the offseason things have still been relatively quiet. Only a small handful of big-ticket free agents have signed with new teams, and the Red Sox have so far only made small additions on the fringes. Yet with the Winter Meetings approaching in a little over a week, the Hot Stove could heat up in a hurry. The Red Sox have a lot to do…

Dusty Baker finally got his long-awaited ring as the Houston Astros secured their second World Series title in six years, suffering just two postseason losses at the end of an outstanding regular season. Well done, Houston. Now, can you become the first back-to-back champion in more than two decades? An awful lot will change before Major League…

The Boston Red Sox (7-11) will try to halt a four-game losing skid on Wednesday against the Toronto Blue Jays (12-6), with first pitch at 7:07 PM ET at Rogers Centre. The Red Sox are road favorites (+122) versus the Blue Jays (-143). The Toronto Blue Jays will hand the ball to Ross Stripling (0-0, 1.88 ERA) looking for win No. 1 on the season, and…

Get your coffee ready as we've got some morning baseball on tap. The Boston Red Sox host the Minnesota Twins with first pitch at 11:10 a.m. for the annual Patriots' Day matinee. We like the BoSox to keep dominating the Twinkies in our betting picks. The Minnesota Twins will have to set an early alarm as they battle the Boston Red Sox on Patriots'…

The New York Yankees have taken two close games to start their season-opening series but a series sweep - especially against a division rival - is never easy. We break down the matchup - and why the Red Sox should fight back - in our SNB betting picks. The first Sunday Night Baseball game of the season features a rivalry matchup between the Boston…

With the 2022-23 season merely days away, more and more predictions for who places where in the conference come out hour by hour. Among those who have made predictions is former Boston Celtics legend, Kevin Garnett. While on the show "All the Smoke" with his former Celtics teammate Paul Pierce, the two of them, along with former Golden State…

We have no idea when, and based on what has been made public essentially no progress has been achieved, but eventually this lockout will end and baseball will resume. When that happens, we can expect a frenzy of activity as teams try to get their rosters set for camp and then the regular season. For the Boston Red Sox, they did a fair amount of…

A few teams enjoyed a planned off day and two others got an impromptu break on Monday, but we're back to the full 15-game card on Tuesday. Not only that, but we have seven interleague games to add a little bit of spice to the April 12 menu. This is a really interesting day in baseball because we have some pitchers making their second starts against…

Aaron Judge came agonizingly close to tying Roger Maris' Yankee and American League record on Thursday night. With the game tied in the bottom of the ninth, Judge squared up a pitch from Matt Barnes, but hit it to the deepest part of the park. Thus, the ball landed in Kike Hernandez's glove instead of Cooperstown. Judge will get another go at…

The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees will play the second of their four-game rivalry series with a Friday night showdown at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. With that said, it's a good time to check out our MLB odds series, which includes a Red Sox-Yankees prediction and pick, laid out below. Boston lost another heartbreaking game last night to…

This offseason had a few highlights for Dallas Mavericks fans. Dallas traded for Christian Wood ahead of the NBA Draft, signed JaVale McGee to a three-year deal, and drafted Jaden Hardy, who showed some serious potential during Summer League. Then, fans got to watch superstar Luka Doncic ball out at EuroBasket. However, none of the highlights…

It's rankings and projections season. Farm systems, prospects, teams themselves, playoff odds, World Series pics. Well, we're not quite there just yet. First MLB and the MLBPA need to reach an agreement to end the lockout. Then the offseason and free agency for major league players resumes. Then spring yraining, etc. You know the drill. None of…

Considering what happened to the team in 2020, even in a pandemic-shortened season that produced a lot of silly results, it was very, very difficult for anyone to have predicted what would happen for the Boston Red Sox in 2021. If nothing else, the season once again reminded us that things are often not as they seem, and predicting baseball is a…

For the start of their second set of the campaign, the Boston Red Sox and Texas Rangers will gather at Fenway Park Thursday night. When they met in mid-May, Boston took the first two by a combined 18-4 score before the Rangers dodged a sweep with a 7-1 win in the finale. Before we get into our Rangers vs. Red Sox picks, let's size up the…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Xander Bogaerts hit a grand slam and drove in five runs, J.D. Martinez also homered to back Michael Wacha's strong start for Boston and the Red Sox held on to beat the Minnesota Twins 6-5 on Wednesday night. Bogaerts and Martinez went deep during a five-run third inning against Minnesota starter Joe Ryan. Bogaerts added an RBI…