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Is MLB deadline the solution for these boring winter meetings?
December 15, 2018 | 2:02pmIf shifts, launch angles and exit velocity weren’t bad enough, are the nerds now ruining the winter meetings, too? Does the Hot Stove League require its own regulations to avoid...
Red Sox bringing back World Series MVP Steve Pearce
November 16, 2018 | 6:52pmBOSTON — World Series MVP Steve Pearce is staying with the Red Sox. The journeyman first baseman agreed to a $6.25 million, one-year contract with Boston on Friday. The 35-year-old...
The breaking up of the World Series Red Sox will begin fast
November 8, 2018 | 12:13pmCARLSBAD, Calif. — Dave Dombrowski has the most dramatic disassembling of a champion on his ledger. In 1997, then-Marlins owner Wayne Huizenga claimed $30 million-ish in operating losses and was...
Playoffs show how fickle Brian Cashman's offseason can be
October 29, 2018 | 4:21pmTwo teams well represented in these playoffs symbolize just how difficult it is to win a championship. The Dodgers, obviously, are one. Kirk Gibson was part of the first-pitch ceremony...
Bizarre ALCS scandal: Astros spy on Red Sox to monitor cheating
October 16, 2018 | 11:33pmHOUSTON — In this era of baseball we see more homers, strikeouts and paranoia than ever. The concerns over spying — high tech and low brow — obsess all teams...
De Blasio has secret meeting with Red Sox management
September 19, 2018 | 6:33pmRed Alert! Mayor Bill de Blasio met secretly with Red Sox brass for a 90-minute lunch on Wednesday at the downtown offices of Goldman Sachs, The Post has learned. Hizzoner,...
Red Sox general manager ready to battle Yankees to the wire
July 7, 2018 | 1:36pmLongtime MLB exec and current Red Sox GM Dave Dombrowski deals with some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: How nerve-wracking was that 2009 play-in game loss against the...
Yankees and Red Sox GMs already are shaping rivalry battle
June 29, 2018 | 6:41pmA baseball roster is an organic entity, shifting and reshaping throughout a season. “One of the difficulties from the GM spot is that you address a weakness and something else...
One Yankee glad Hanley Ramirez's Red Sox days are over
May 25, 2018 | 6:53pmCC Sabathia was shocked to learn that Yankees nemesis Hanley Ramirez had been designated for assignment by the Red Sox on Friday, but he’ll take it. “Thank you,” Sabathia said...
The 5 MLB contenders whose windows can slam fast
March 3, 2018 | 5:14pmThe devastation of the Royals did not begin this offseason with the free agent departures of Lorenzo Cain, Eric Hosmer and -- we presume at some point -- Mike Moustakas. That...
Red Sox 17-year-old catching prospect dies of cancer
November 8, 2017 | 10:09pmBOSTON — The Red Sox say 17-year-old catching prospect Daniel Flores has died from complications during treatment for cancer. The Red Sox said Flores died on Wednesday. Flores was signed...
Red Sox cagey over reasoning behind John Farrell's firing
October 11, 2017 | 9:44amBOSTON — The Boston Red Sox fired manager John Farrell on Wednesday after the team's second straight loss in the AL Division Series. The Red Sox announced the move less...
Yankees showed MLB this proof of Red Sox sign-stealing scheme
September 6, 2017 | 8:37pmOne of the video clips the Yankees sent to the Commissioner’s Office that they claim shows the Red Sox illegal use of electronic gear in the dugout to help steal...
Yankees vs. Red Sox: Breaking down how the rivals match up
August 11, 2017 | 1:02amThe Yankees and Red Sox will meet for another critical series this weekend in The Bronx, with Boston streaking and having won eight straight games to wrest control of the...
What is wrong with the AL East's 'most talented team'?
July 29, 2017 | 4:04pmWhat if before this season we told you that the Red Sox’s trades for Chris Sale and Craig Kimbrel would prove golden? That Sale would be the best pitcher in...
Why Red Sox made the 3rd-base splash they insisted they wouldn't
July 24, 2017 | 5:08pmThe trade market for a third baseman was unappetizing. The need at the hot corner, in specific, and for a struggling offense, in general, lingered. The expectations to win the...
Red Sox camp is showing how the AL East can be lost
March 13, 2017 | 7:48pmDUNEDIN, Fla. — The Red Sox have enviable roster depth. The Red Sox have a crowded trainer’s room. The Red Sox have the unwanted honor of being the favorite in...
Red Sox boss: If we're the Warriors, then Yankees are the Cavs
February 14, 2017 | 11:22pmFORT MYERS, Fla. — Dave Dombrowski is not falling for Brian Cashman’s hype, comparing his talented Red Sox to the Warriors. “I heard that, and it was interesting,’’ Dombrowski told...
How MLB is smartly losing its perpetually middling teams
December 10, 2016 | 6:34pmYou will find copycats no matter where you look, right? The whole TV world tries to create the next “Mad Men” period piece. You stumble by a salad joint about...
GM banter doesn't reveal true state of Yankees-Red Sox
December 8, 2016 | 2:22pmNATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Rule 5 draft concludes the Winter Meetings and attracts pretty much every scout, executive and media member on assignment to a large ballroom for one...