MLB Standings Reveal American and National Leagues Are Two Different Worlds Right Now One league is full of teams playing .500 or better ball. The other is not. Sports Illustrated · Apr 30
Rob Thomson Had to Go in Philadelphia The Phillies were failing in every aspect, and Alex Cora’s firing by the Red Sox on Saturday made their decision a lot easier. Sports Illustrated · Apr 28
Rob Thomson’s Firing Proves Even Top MLB Managers Have a Short Leash Now The Red Sox and Phillies have already sent accomplished skippers home after tough starts. Sports Illustrated · Apr 28
Alex Cora Shares Emotional Message to Red Sox Fans in First Comments Since Being Fired Fired Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora sent an emotion message to the team’s fans in his first comments since being let go over the weekend. Sports Illustrated · Apr 28
Ranking the Recovery Odds of the Five Surprise Slow-Starting Teams In this week's Verducci's View, we're focusing on teams who had unexpectedly ugly opening months, Jordan Walker's encouraging signs and more. Sports Illustrated · Apr 28
Why Yankees Can Get Away With Sending a Former Rookie of the Year to the Minors Luis Gil has been optioned to Triple A, yet the Yankees' cupboard remains full. Sports Illustrated · Apr 27
Searching for Silver Linings Amid the Phillies’ Disastrous Opening Month Philadelphia is 9–19 and 10 1/2 games out of first place already amid a swath of dreadful slow starts from players who should be doing better. Sports Illustrated · Apr 27
MLB Standings Show Just How Desperate the Red Sox Have Become Boston's April shakeup surprised everyone. Sports Illustrated · Apr 27
I Just Found Out Matt Damon's Character's Name In The Martian Was Inspired By Something Red Sox Fans Will Love It’s kismet that Damon played this role. Cinemablend · Apr 26
Trevor Story, Red Sox Players Rip Front Office for Firing Alex Cora, Coaches Craig Breslow addressed the players in the clubhouse before Sunday’s series finale—and it did not go well. Sports Illustrated · Apr 26
Alex Cora’s Firing Is the Final Straw. John Henry Should Sell the Red Sox After the original sin of the Mookie Betts trade in 2020, Boston’s owner has overseen a number of missteps that have left the franchise in disarray. Sports Illustrated · Apr 26
Red Sox’ Season Was Doomed From the Start—and Firing Alex Cora Won’t Change That Boston may have dismissed its manager Saturday, but the issues extend well beyond him and can’t be fixed at this point. Sports Illustrated · Apr 26
Red Sox Fire Alex Cora, Five Coaches After Brutal Start to Season The Red Sox have fired manager Alex Cora, Jason Varitek and most of the team’s coaching staff after an awful start to the season. Sports Illustrated · Apr 25
Red Sox’ Offensive Blackout Reaches New Depths During Yankees Sweep Boston’s dismal start to the season on offense has reached a dubious milestone. Sports Illustrated · Apr 24
Sports Illustrated · Apr 24 MLB Weekend Schedule and Updated Standings: First Place Up for Grabs in Multiple Series Full standings and schedule as MLB enters the final weekend of April.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 23 How the Yankees Swept the Red Sox at Fenway for the First Time Since 2021 Boston native Cam Schlittler earned the victory for New York in his first start at Fenway, outlasting his counterpart Payton Tolle, who kept the Red Sox in it.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 23 MLB Standings Show Just How Deep a Hole the Phillies and Mets Are In NL East cellar-dwellers are nowhere near contention at this early stage.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 22 Lucas Giolito’s Holdout Ends With a Humbling Whimper—and a Golden Opportunity The pitcher turned down a chance to earn $19 million this year and will instead earn a fraction of that. But the Padres represent a promising landing spot.
The Independent UK · Apr 21 Yankees star bracing for ‘loud’ Fenway Park debut after death threats from fans He responded to hurtful comments on social media last season with a dominant performance
Sports Illustrated · Apr 21 MLB Standings Suggest Surprising Division Could Be in for Historic Year All five teams have been hot out of the gates and exceeding projections.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 21 How Dodgers Could Handle Closer Role After Edwin Díaz's Elbow Injury Díaz is set to undergo surgery and should return in the second half of the season. Three relievers look primed to pick up the slack in the ninth inning.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 20 Yankees’ Ace Cam Schlittler Received Death Threats From Red Sox Fans After Wild-Card Win The Yankees pitcher will make his Fenway Park debut on Thursday, and he’s surprisingly excited to face the Red Sox despite the fans sending him hate for months.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 20 Red Sox Fans Start Work Week Off By Chugging a Beer Out of Shoe Morning baseball really brings a different atmosphere.
The Independent UK · Apr 20 Thirteen years later, Red Sox still celebrate Patriots' Day with those special 'Boston' home jerseys Thirteen years ago, the Boston Red Sox returned to the field five days after two bombs went off at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three spectators and injuring more than 260