The Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs are taking their show on the road on Sunday. A nor'easter hitting Boston forced the playoff teams to relocate their regular-season finale to Tropicana Field in St.
The Boston Red Sox are just a few days away from kicking off a three-game wild-card series against the New York Yankees on the road for the second straight season.
A season ago, the Red Sox finished third in the American League East, winning 89 games. This season, depending on the result of a final game at Tropicana Field against the Chicago Cubs (a real sentence), the team will win 87 or 88 games.
Red Sox catcher Mickey Gasper sustained what manager Chad Tracy called a “significant biceps injury” during the first game of Boston’s doubleheader with the Cubs on Friday. Gasper was favoring his right arm in the aftermath of a fifth-inning strikeout, and Connor Wong replaced Gasper behind the plate prior to the top of the sixth.
The 2026 season has been headlined by young players emerging, but some wily veterans have also had their day. As we head toward the end of the regular season, these 30 players stand out as the biggest surprises on their teams.
One 92.3 mph sinker may have wrecked Boston’s postseason plans. Jakob Junis drilled Willson Contreras on the right hand near the knuckle on September 17, and the Red Sox have not had their biggest power threat in the lineup since.
On the eve of the regular season finale, Mike Muchlinski was standing squarely in the crossfire zone of choppers and line drives. He was the second-base umpire in the Boston Red Sox-Chicago Cubs matchup.
Wilyer Abreu broke a scoreless deadlock with a two-out, two-run double in the eighth inning, lifting the Boston Red Sox to a 2-0 win and a doubleheader sweep over the visiting Chicago Cubs on Friday evening.
The Boston Red Sox now know who they will be playing in the first round of the 2026 Major League Baseball postseason. For the second straight year, Boston will travel to New York to face the Yankees in a wild-card series at Yankee Stadium.
The Boston Red Sox will be facing the New York Yankees in the Wild Card round of the playoffs. That matchup was assured Red Sox defeated the Chicago Cubs by a 4-3 score in the first game of a doubleheader Friday.
Roman Anthony went 3-for-3 with three runs, including one on Connor Wong's tiebreaking RBI double in the seventh inning, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 4-3 win over the visiting Chicago Cubs in the first game of their Friday doubleheader.
The Boston Red Sox (86-74) leave their series opener against the Chicago Cubs (88-72) with a guaranteed postseason date with the New York Yankees, and some more unwanted injury troubles.
The Boston Red Sox have already punched their ticket to the postseason and will spend the final days of the regular season jockeying for seeding. Sonny Gray has been one of the biggest reasons they got there.
The Boston Red Sox will start Roman Anthony in left field and bat him leadoff Friday in the opener of a day-night doubleheader against the Chicago Cubs at Fenway Park.
Just when it looked like the Boston Red Sox were getting healthy ahead of their likely matchup against the New York Yankees in the AL wild-card series, an unfortunate injury update emerged after Thursday's loss.
Boston Red Sox center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela made a long-awaited but short-lived return to Fenway Park on Wednesday night, making a spectacular catch to record the first out of the game and lining a base hit off of the Green Monster in his first at-bat.
If Franklin Primera had the best stateside debut of any Red Sox position-playing prospect this season, then Sadbiel Delzine had the best stateside debut of any of the organization’s pitching prospects.
Normally, hitting 20-plus home runs and stealing 20-plus bases in a season is a sign of a solid all-around campaign. That is not the case with Boston Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran.
If the Chicago Cubs want to host a game in the National League Wild Card round, they will not only have to beat the Boston Red Sox this weekend on the road, but also overcome Mother Nature.
In his stateside debut this season, Franklin Primera emerged as the Red Sox’ top catching prospect and one of the top position-playing prospects in the organization.
What once seemed improbable became reality on Sunday, as the Red Sox secured their second straight postseason berth following the Astros’ loss to the Braves.
It will be all hands on deck for the Boston Red Sox during the AL Wild Card series. Red Sox lefty Garrett Crochet is expected to be available out of the bullpen for the team this postseason, Jon Morosi of MLB Network reported on Tuesday.
In addition to Franklin Arias, Red Sox power-hitting prospect Brooks Brannon was also named a 2026 Eastern League All-Star by Minor League Baseball on Monday.