Heading into their weekend showdown with the New York Yankees in the Bronx, the Boston Red Sox made a modest move to bolster their bench, Thursday night.
Bryce Harper has become the youngest unanimous MVP winner in baseball history, capturing the NL award during a season in which his Washington Nationals missed the playoffs.
Harper turned 23 in mid-October, after the postseason had already started...
Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia is back in the lineup for Tuesday's game against AL East-leading Toronto after missing seven weeks with a strained right hamstring.
The 32-year-old Pedroia was activated from the 15-day disabled list before the game after missing 57 games...
The Colorado Rockies and Toronto Blue Jays have swapped
star shortstops.
The teams confirmed the blockbuster trade Tuesday that sends Jose
Reyes and right-handed pitchers Miguel Castro, Jeff Hoffman and
Jesus Tinoco to the Rockies for Tulowitzki and right-handed
reliever LaTroy Hawkins...
The Boston Red Sox hoped to work out a new deal for manager John Farrell before they opened camp.
They nearly got it done.
So while Boston pitchers and catchers held their first official workout Saturday, the team announced that Farrell's contract had been extended through the 2017 season, with a team option for 2018...
David Ortiz hit the 452nd and 453rd home runs of his career, moving past Boston great Carl Yastrzemski into 36th place on the all-time list, and the Red Sox won their fifth straight game Monday night, routing the Toronto Blue Jays 14-1.
Ortiz matched Yastrzemski with a two-run blast to center off left-hander Brad Mills in the fourth, then broke the short-lived tie with another two-run shot off Mil
Melky Cabrera and Jose Bautista belted back-to-back homers in the first and Mark Buehrle spun seven strong innings, as the Toronto Blue Jays completed a three-game sweep of the Boston Red Sox with a 7-2 triumph Thursday at Fenway Park...
Pinch hitter Mark DeRosa hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the seventh inning, Mark Buehrle pitched seven innings to win his fourth straight decision and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 2-1 on Thursday night.
Brett Lawrie singled home the winning run in the 10th inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat Boston 4-3 on Wednesday, handing the AL East-leading Red Sox their fourth loss in six games.
Toronto Blue Jays manager John Gibbons believes outfielder Melky Cabrera served his suspension and won't be penalized by Major League Baseball for his ties to a Florida clinic accused of distributing performance-enhancing drugs.