Peter Abraham

Braiden Ward is 16 of 17 on stolen bases in 15 games for the Red Sox.

He's playing there because that's where Mexico needed him. Nothing to do with the Sox.

Nate Eaton has returned from the WBC.

Cora was excited about the play Duran made in the WBC last night when he dug a ball out of the corner in RF and made a perfect relay throw when Roman Anthony was thrown out at the plate.

Duran has only 4 innings in RF the last 3 years and Sox coaches had worked hard with him on making that play.

Garrett Whitlock. 🇺🇸

Have a day, Jarren Duran. Mexico has made this a game.

I don't think he expected the 3B coach to send him.

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Brayan Bello really sharp for the DR today:

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Jarren Duran throws out Roman Anthony at the plate. It's a world gone mad.

It's unlikely he came up with the idea. But the people he hired did, so maybe it's the same.

As other media outlets move quickly to hire former Washington Post sportswriters, do the people who run the Post realize how foolish they were? Probably not, which is the problem in the first place.

Crochet put four runners run in the second inning and allowed a run. He has since retired 8 in a row.

4 IP
3 H
2 R/2 ER
0 BB
1 K
43/30

Slick 4-6-3 by Meyer and Story to help Crochet avoid a bigger mess. Mayer can really play defense.

RHP Chase Shugart is with the Phillies. He was a 2018 Sox draft pack who made his debut in 2024. He was traded to the Pirates before the '25 season then to the Phillies in January.

Red Sox lineup and roster today.

Or you could put together a better-balanced roster.

Red Sox roster moves:

LHP Jake Bennett was optioned to minor league camp.

Catchers Nate Baez and Ronald Rosario, RHPs Osvaldo Berrios, Hobie Harris, Vinny Nittoli, and Devin Sweet, and LHP Jeremy Wu-Yelland were reassigned to minor league camp.

58 players remain in camp.

Marcelo Mayer is working on swing decisions and ready for the challenge of earning his spot on the Red Sox - The Boston Globe Mayer hit .228 with a 30 percent strikeout rate in his 44 games in the majors last year, but he knows he can do better this season.

Marcelo Mayer had an offseason of agitation- not due to Marte trade rumors (seen as a compliment), but instead because of what he failed to show in the big leagues. “I don’t want to just be a regular MLB player. I know I’m more than capable of that.” On his quest: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/09/s...

Fairly sure the Gold Glove CF who had not played 2B in spring training is not playing 2B.

Masataka Yoshida’s standout performance in the WBC is no surprise to Red Sox manager Alex Cora - The Boston Globe The Red Sox outfielder is 5 for 10 with a double, two home runs, six RBIs, two walks, and four runs scored in three games for Japan.

Masataka Yoshida is tearing up the WBC. Is this a sign of things to come for the Red Sox? Yes, says Alex Cora.

“Now that we have the healthy version it should be fun.”

www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/08/s...

.318 with an .874 OPS in the first half of '24 before he was injured. Invisible, I guess. But because he had major shoulder surgery. Have a little heart.

Pirates starter Carmen Mlodzinski warming up to "Freebird."

He hasn't really worked with the hitters for several years now. Last season was somebody asked him a question and he answered it.

Garrett Whitlock did not pitch in Team USA's first two WBC games. Alex Cora spoke to Mark DeRosa and was assured Whitlock would get in the game against Mexico on Monday night.

Wasn't very invisible when he started 18 games in September last season and had an .837 OPS then started all three playoff games.

Sox will make their first round of cuts tomorrow, Alex Cora said.

Lineup and roster for today.

Masa in 10 career WBC games: 14x32 (.438), 2 doubles, 4 HRs, 19 RBIs, 6 walks, 2 Ks, 9 runs.

Good morning from the press box at McKechnie Field in Bradenton, which opened in 1923. All the greats played here.

Masataka Yoshida did it again. His two-run homer in the 7th inning gave Japan the lead against Australia in what proved to be a 4-3 win.

He's 5x10 with 3 XBHs and 6 RBIs this years in three games.