Boston Red Sox: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights

Red Sox's Franklin Arias Spoils Double-A Debut of Phillies Pitching Prospect

The Boston Red Sox's top prospect, infielder Franklin Arias, continued his strong start to the 2026 season with a multi-homer performance on Friday. And one of those home runs came against the Philadelphia Phillies' top pitching prospect, who was making his Double-A debut.

Features

The Morning Bark

The Quiz of the Day

How Chad Tracy has rewritten the Red Sox lineup — and what comes next

Chad Tracy stepped into this role with an interesting résumé. Years developing hitters in the Red Sox minor league system, building lineups with pieces that weren’t quite ready for prime time.

MLB News / New Baseball Media / May 23

2026 Injury Report: Updates on Crochet, Muncy, Story

A flurry of players landed on the injured list to start the Memorial Day weekend, as Mickey Moniak and Matt Shaw were among those who are sidelined due to injury.

MLB News / Over The Monster / May 22

Red Sox 6, Twins 8: Bullpen spoils Tolle’s stellar start in Friday loss

Look, did Tolle have a rough second inning? For sure. But this was a truly professional outing for Tolle that he hunkered down and put down Twin after Twin through the remaining four frames.

New York Yankees News / Yardbarker Quizzes

The 'ERA leaders since 2003' quiz

How many ERA leaders from both leagues since the 2003 season can you name in five minutes?

MLB News / Sport Relay / May 22

Red Sox Lose to Twins

The Boston Red Sox lost, 8–6, to the Minnesota Twins on Friday night at Fenway Park. Despite a three-run lead in the seventh inning, Justin Slaten gave up four runs to get himself the loss for this game.

MLB News / Yardbarker

The 25 greatest rookie seasons in MLB history

Not every all-timer has instant success at the next level. For many baseball players, it takes a few bumps in the road out of the gate before they ever reach stardom.

Willson Contreras News / Boston Red Sox on SI / May 22

The Willson Contreras Trade Buzz No Red Sox Fan Saw Coming

Despite a terrible start to the 2026 Major League Baseball season, Boston Red Sox fans shouldn't give up on this team yet. The Red Sox are actually above .500 with interim manager Chad Tracy leading the charge.

Trevor Story News / Field Level Media / May 22

Red Sox SS Trevor Story undergoes sports hernia surgery

Boston Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story will likely miss several weeks after undergoing surgery to repair a sports hernia on Thursday in Philadelphia. The Red Sox confirmed the procedure on Friday but didn't present a timeline for Story's return.

Roman Anthony News / Boston Red Sox on SI / May 22

Roman Anthony Bluntly Criticizes His Performance Before Hand Injury

Roman Anthony being injured as been one of the biggest letdowns of the season for the Boston Red Sox thus far. But even when he was playing, he wasn't the player he hoped he'd be.

MLB News / Yardbarker

Which 20 players have hit four home runs in an MLB game?

The only two things rarer in modern-day baseball than the four-homer game is the Triple Crown and the unassisted triple play. The former is, of course, done over an entire season, while there's a large level of lucky in the unassisted triple play.

Click here to get Yardbarker's Quiz of the Day emailed to you!

The 'ERA leaders since 2003' quiz

The '35-5-5 Conference Finals games' quiz

The 'NBA MVPs' quiz

The 'NBA steals-per-game leaders' quiz

Boston Red Sox News / Yardbarker / May 22

What Red Sox could do after SS Trevor Story's latest injury

Boston Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story had successful sports hernia surgery, the team announced Friday, but could miss several weeks. Story said the injury was too difficult to manage and that he received multiple opinions from doctors before electing to have surgery.

Yankees could target an injured star before the trade deadline

Cubs promoting No. 2 prospect Pedro Ramirez prior to Astros series

Examining Matt Chapman's poor start to season for Giants

Boston Red Sox News / Inside The Diamonds / May 22

Boston Red Sox Notes: Kelly Optioned, Portland Makes Franchise History, and More

The Boston Red Sox start a series tonight with the Minnesota Twins tonight at home, they’re 22-27 entering the series. They’re 11.5 games back of the Rays for first place in the American League East.

Boston Red Sox News / Boston Red Sox on SI / May 22

Red Sox Already Active in Trade Talks to Fix Struggling Offense

Boston Red Sox president and chief executive officer Sam Kennedy joined "The Greg Hill Show" on Friday on WEEI and was refreshingly candid. Kennedy was asked about Roman Anthony's status and specifically if he is dealing with a torn ligament in his hand.