Boston Red Sox prospect Franklin Arias walked into Fenway Park on Friday dressed for a ceremony rather than a game. The Red Sox honored him as the organization’s minor league offensive player of the year, and the young infielder spent the afternoon in the stands instead of the dugout.
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.
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.
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.
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 Red Sox and Cubs will play their regular-season finale on Sunday afternoon at Tropicana Field after the league relocated their series from Boston because of the forecast for inclement weather.
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 Red Sox are again adjusting their schedule, moving the start of the second game of Friday's doubleheader with the Cubs up by a half-hour because of concerns about an impending storm.
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 outfielder Roman Anthony missed over 100 games this year recovering from a right finger injury and torn ligament suffered back in May. It was a huge loss at the time for Boston, but even without him they managed to turn their season around and play like one of the best teams in the league.
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.
Less than three innings into his return from the injured list, Boston center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela exited the Red Sox's 1-0 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday night due to another issue with his right leg.
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.
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.