Alex Verdugo, acquired in the Mookie Betts trade, will be healthy when the season starts, if there is one.
Boston Red Sox
Now 34 years later, ex-Mariners relive night when Roger Clemens struck out 20
Larry Stone: At age 23 and making his 39th start in the majors, Roger Clemens made history at Fenway Park (with just 13,414 fans watching) by striking out 20 Mariners.
Ex-Red Sox star Manny Ramirez, 47, wants to play baseball in Taiwan
According to reports, Manny Ramirez is itching to play baseball again and hopes to join a team in Taiwan as a player-coach.
Ortiz says sign stealing penalties unfair
Former Red Sox DH David Ortiz said what the Red Sox did, “everybody’s doing in the league right now.”
Sign-stealing penalties: Red Sox lose draft pick, Cora suspended until 2021
Former manager Alex Cora was cleared of wrongdoing while with the Red Sox, but is penalized for his role with the Astros.
Boggs negative for COVID-19, apologizes for saying he caught it from Chris Sale
Wade Boggs did have pneumonia, and said it was a joke when he suggested he was infected with coronavirus.
Former Sox GM has advice for the new boss
Ben Cherington, who built a World Series winner in Boston, says he would tell Chaim Bloom to embrace the scrutiny that comes with his job and embrace it.
Pearce retires, says Red Sox didn’t cheat
Steve Pearce, the MVP of the 2018 World Series, says, “we won it fair and square.”
In 1918, Babe Ruth drew big crowds in Hartford at worst possible time
As the Spanish Flu spread in New England, crowds still flocked to see Babe Ruth soon after the Red Sox won the 1918 World Series. It most likely had a significant impact on the spread of the virus.
Sale confident he’ll come back from surgery strong
Red Sox ace Chris Sale had Tommy John surgery on March 30 and is expected to miss 14-15 months.