Share this: The Boston Red Sox have been hit hard by injuries and a flu bug early in the 2017 MLB season, but the team has battled through it and owns a 3-2 record through five games. Outfielder Mookie Betts made his return to the lineup in Sunday’s 7-5 win over the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park. He missed the three previous games with the flu. Find out what he had to say about the team’s impressive depth in the “Red Sox Final” video above. Thumbnail photo via Rick Osentoski/USA TODAY Sports Images More Stories Source link
Tag: MLB
MLB 2017 Awards Predictions: Picking The Winner For Baseball’s Major Awards
Share this: Predictions are never easy, but trying to forecast award winners entering the 2017 Major League Baseball season is nearly impossible. Now, that’s not just a way for us to hedge our bets when we go 0-for-this entire prediction piece, but it seems there’s more starpower in baseball than there has been in a long time. If you look across both leagues, it seems just about every team has at least one candidate for the major awards. So (please) keep that in mind when dissecting our picks for baseball’s 2017 awards. AMERICAN LEAGUE MVP: Mike TroutReally going out on a limb here considering Trout has finished either second or first in MVP voting in each of the last five seasons and has won the
Red Sox Players Receive Words Of Wisdom From Navy SEAL Veteran
Share this: The Boston Red Sox received quite a treat last week. David Rutherford, a former Navy SEAL, spoke before the team to offer words of wisdom. Rutherford, who now serves as a motivational speaker, explained there are several similarities between the Navy SEALs and MLB, such as stress and physical demands. To hear more about Rutherford’s visit with the Sox, check out the video above from “NESN Sports Today,” presented by People’s United Bank. More Stories Source link
Yoan Moncada’s Son Already A Bat-Flipping Machine And He’s Not Even 3 Years Old
Yoan Moncada made his Major League Baseball debut at a young age, and it appears his son is headed in that direction, too. The Chicago White Sox infielder’s son is just 2 1/2 years old, but he’s already displaying some pretty impressive bat flip skills. A video posted to Instagram on Thursday night showed little Robinson Moncada schooling all the other kids on the tee-ball field. His baserunning could use some work, though. Moncada is MLB’s No. 2 prospect, right behind former Boston Red Sox teammate ... NESN.com
What Will Major League Baseball Do To Improve Pace Of Play Going Forward?
Share this: There were many encouraging signs during the 2015 season about improving pace of play in Major League Baseball, but that progress seemingly was nowhere to be found during the 2016 postseason. So, what will baseball do going forward? Boston Red Sox president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski talked about some of the ways MLB can curb those issues Wednesday with NESN’s Adam Pellerin at baseball’s annual GM meetings. Check out what Dombrowski had to say on “NESN Sports Today,” presented by People’s United Bank, in the video above. More Stories Source link
2016 MLB Playoff Schedule: Dates, Times, TV Schedule For Each Game
Share this: Major League Baseball’s regular season is behind us, and now it’s on to October baseball. Here’s the TV schedule for the MLB playoffs. *All times ET 2016 MLB PLAYOFF SCHEDULE Tuesday, Oct. 4: American League Wild Card Game — Toronto Blue Jays 5, Baltimore Orioles 2 (11 innings)Wednesday: Oct. 5: National League Wild Card Game — San Francisco Giants at New York Mets (8 p.m., ESPN) AL Division Series (BOTH SERIES)Game 1: Thursday, Oct. 6 (TV: TBS)— Toronto Blue Jays at Texas Rangers (4:30 p.m.)— Boston Red Sox at Cleveland Indians (8 p.m.) Game 2: Friday, Oct. 7 (TV: TBS)— Toronto Blue Jays at Texas (1 p.m)— Boston at Cleveland (4:30 p.m.) Game 3: Sunday, Oct. 9 (TV: TBS)— Cleveland at Boston (4 p.m.)— Texas at Toronto
MLB Postseason Picture: Indians Move Back Into No. 2 Spot; Wild-Card Races Tight…
Share this: The Major League Baseball postseason picture has a few noticeable changes after an interesting slate of game Saturday. The Red Sox’s loss and the Indians’ win means Cleveland currently holds the No. 2 seed and has home-field advantage for its American League Division Series matchup with Boston. The Red Sox still could sneak back into the No. 2 spot, though. As for the wild card, the Toronto Blue Jays moved back into the first slot thanks to their win over the Red Sox and the Orioles’ loss to the New York Yankees. Baltimore still has the second wild-card spot, but the Detroit Tigers and Seattle Mariners haven’t been mathematically eliminated as of 12:39 a.m. ET on Sunday. The wild-card race in the