Minnesota Twins top Boston Red Sox 5-4
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Jordan Hicks was ready to pitch the ninth, but had to wait out wind and rain. When the game resumed 90 minutes later, he, predictably, wasn't sharp.
The Boston Red Sox shipped Rafael Devers out of town because he refused to take accountability for his behavior this season, but one of the players they got in return, reliever Jordan Hicks, is pulling the same act after melting down on Monday.
The Boston Red Sox are in a position to add to their team in the coming days, but that does not mean they won't be willing to part ways with any of their current contributors.
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The Red Sox suffered an utterly brutal loss in Minnesota on Monday... and had to wait through a 90-minute ninth-inning rain delay to do so.
Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow put lofty expectations on Jordan Hicks after the Rafael Devers trade. He's not quite lived up to the billing.
The Boston Red Sox announced Aroldis Chapman news after leaving Sunday's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
MINNEAPOLIS — The Red Sox’ need for a starting pitcher reached a new level of obviousness Tuesday. That leaves the Sox mulling their options. Fitts’s spot comes up again Sunday, but thanks to an off day on Thursday, they can wait till as late as Tuesday if they want.
The Red Sox will send Lucas Giolito to the mound. At 6-2 with a 3.97 ERA, Gioito has rebounded nicely after a poor first month. But the last two outings have resulted in some slippage, as he’s allowed nine earned runs over the last 9.1 innings.
MLB insider Jim Callis believes the Boston Red Sox are going to let go of minor-league position players, while holding onto pitchers, at the trade deadline.