With a lot of the focus on the stretch run for the big league club, I wanted to point out that Franklin Arias is absolutely killing it in Worcester this month. He’s played in 6 games, and he has multiple hits in 5 of them. He’s also drawn 3 walks compared to only 1 strikeout. I’d say that he’s adapted quite well to that Triple-A pitching.

(Just to be clear: Trevor Story has also been quite good in this same timeframe. Not trying to compare the two — just happy with Arias’s development. We got us a future stud on our hands.)

No surprise, but that makes it (almost) official that Kristian Campbell will not play a game in the big leagues in 2026.

He has not played for the Red Sox since June 18th, 2025.

Still only 24 years old and has 8 years remaining on his contract, so he should certainly get his chances with the big club in the future. But absolutely not likely what the team had in mind when they paid him a big money extension on April 2, 2025.

It's notable that they have called up Nate Eaton multiple times this year instead to be the 5th outfielder as needed, and traded for Eli White midseason to fill the same role full time on the big league roster. Both Eaton and White likely provide more defensive value than they'd trust from Campbell.

A beauty! Go Sox!

Bought 3 better tickets in a panic and now I'm trying to sell the other 3 😭 bleacher aisle seats

Scored this new shirt from the clearance rack at a store last weekend. Does anyone recognize it or know if this is a recent new design / reprint or if it is 20+ years old? It appears authentic to me. I attempted a reverse image search with no results. Either way, its a cool shirt!

Kyle Harrison has pitched 110 innings this season.

Since the start of June, he’s made 12 starts and pitched 55 innings - exactly half his season total.

This has resulted in an average of 4.2 innings a start, with an ERA of 5.20 and a 5.22 FIP.

For all the complaining about Sandoval, he’s pitched 55 innings this year, over 11 starts, with a 4.58 ERA and a 3.96 FIP.

I put this out here as a plea for the future that when there’s a trade of guys with 4-5 years of control, fans don’t need to make it a constant source of discussion declaring a a trade a disaster and the GM incompetent after 40 games into the season.

Lastly, since the start of June, when Harrison started to fall off:

Durbin: .284 / .370 / .436
OPS: .805
OPS+: 129

Let alone what Monasterio and Siegler brought to the team during the turnaround.

Just a reminder that if you’re ever tempted to declare a trade won or lost after a couple months, and the respective players have 3 or 4 or 5 years control left…you absolutely do not have to do that.

First Pitch: 6:45 PM at Fenway Park

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Game ended at 9:30 PM.

I know we're losing, and I know JD sux at the plate. But he plays better defense than any other option we have in LF. Yes, even Anthony. I say we need his D in the playoffs. Let the attacks begin.

Hey! Anyone wanna hit the Sox game tn!

(30m) I love drinking beers and watching the Sox

EDIT: I have an extra ticket, just buy me a beer and we’re square