Since 1901: A Boston Baseball Podcast

This sucks. Red Sox get swept by the Marlins behind a dominating start from Brayan Bello where he took a no-no into the 8th. We’re talking why Casas sat twice, defense still letting us down, and Whitlock’s status as a starter after getting hit hard in Game 1. We also look big picture and reminisce on old beefs between Jared and players. Thanks for listening and we’ll see you on Sunday. If you or s...

The Boston Mid Sox (h/t @EdHand89) go 3-4 on their road trip to continue their streak of mid. The pitching was solid and Bello dominated, but the offense disappeared and the Red Sox squandered the chance to take a winnable series. We’re doing 5 minutes of positivity before we start looking at deadline options and exploring extensions. Thanks for listening and we'll see you on Friday! If you or som...

The Red Sox are mid af. If they played 1,000 games they’d go 500-500. Today we’re breaking down the series with the Twins and talking about the offensive surge to start compared to the lack of offense to finish. We’re talking injuries to starting pitching, Casas getting a bad rep on Twitter despite putting up good numbers recently, Rafael Devers not being the offensive threat we need right now, Co...

IT'S A JAM PACKED EPISODE 100! The Red Sox swept the Yankees and the positivity horn is blaring! As tradition follows, Brock Holt joins the show for every 100th episode so we get a full hour with Brock! We talk baseball, Yankees, spiders, whales, Benintendi, and his comeback season in 2024. In the rest of the episode we're breaking down Bello's fantastic outing and figuring out where he ranks amon...

In today’s episode we’re diving into the decision to remove Kiké Hernández from the starting shortstop role. We’re analyzing Alex Cora’s comments and trying to figure out if this was his decision or if the front office is calling the shots. We’re also talking about the impending return of Trevor Story and the comments he made about playing shortstop vs 2nd base. Rafael Devers was out of the lineup...

Name another baseball podcast that gives you haikus and ketchup. You can’t. Red Sox took two of three from the Yankees and we’re drizzling’ tonight baby. Starting pitching was fantastic and picked up the struggling offense, Kiké looked the best he’s looked all year, Raffy went deep twice, Adam Duvall returned, Jarren Duran was impressive, and Kenley showed up in his first appearance in the Red Sox...

Steve Buckley joins the show to give his opinion on the Red Sox decision to bring up Matt Dermody to start last night’s game. Buck also gives us his thoughts on the current state of the Red Sox, the lack of personality on the team, the fan interest level versus the other Boston sports teams, and his expectations for the rest of the season. Jared and Tyler are also breaking down the decision to ben...

The Red Sox aren’t good and the Red Sox aren’t bad. The Red Sox are mid. We’re breaking down the series loss to the Rays. We had some embarrassing defense, a lack of offense, and a lot of rain. We’re talking about the team meeting that took place, AC being in a tough spot with the defense, the decision to DFA Ramie Tapia, Refsnyder’s extension, and more. Tyler introduces the world to “Moon 2” whic...

The Red Sox lost two of three to the Reds and Chris Sale went down. We're still waiting for results from his MRI, but it's tough to not feel a gut punch when Chris Sale gets hurt. The Red Sox lost two very winnable games to start this series before the bats came alive in Game 3 to salvage a win. We're talking about the Red Sox offense in April compared to May, Alex Cora calling out the defense, Du...

The Red Sox took a series from the DBacks over the weekend in what felt like an uneventful couple days. Chris Sale had another solid outing while pitching with a stomach bug and Garrett Whitlock went five strong innings on Saturday in his first start since coming back from an elbow injury. Tanner Houck seems to be suffering from a case of one-inning syndrome and we’re talking about if we should be...

Steve Perrault calls Jared while we are on the podcast which leass to a Podception crossover with ITM. Jared and Steve break down the Kaleb Ort/Matt Strahm drama. The Red Sox got swept by the Angels and the offense was non existent. We’re talking about some guys in the lineup going through cold streaks, Kluber being sent to the pen, Shohei chatting with AC and Masa, Kenley’s appearance, and more!...

Chris Sale is officially back. Today we're breaking down the series win against the Padres. Kluber sucked, Sale and Paxton were great, and Xander let us off the hook emotionally. We're talking about how the Xander feels will hit us harder when he's back in Boston. We take a deep dive into what the Red Sox mindset on Corey Kluber is and how much of a leash he has left until he's out of the rotation...

The Red Sox won much needed back to back games to take two of three from the Seattle Mariners. The bats came alive in the final two games of the series and we’re drizzling’ ketchup everywhere. Turner had two homers, Duran hit .500 in the series, Pablo Reyes came up clutch multiple times… It was good to see the Red Sox fight back after a four game skid. Nick Pivetta has officially been moved to the...

The Red Sox got swept by the Cardinals with two of the losses being the most frustrating losses of the year. Paxton was great, Sale was dominant, but Kenley Jansen blew two saves after being nails all year. Although this series left a sour taste in our mouths, we’re rationalizing the sweep and breaking down why we shouldn’t be too worried. We’re taking a deep dive into the Chris Sale and James Pax...

The Red Sox split the series with the Atlanta Braves who Alex Cora called the best team in the NL. We're breaking down what might've been Bello's best start to date. But first, Nick Pivetta was clearly frustrated with Mexican Times reporter Chris Cotillo's question about potentially being moved to the bullpen. We're playing the audio from the interaction and trying to understand why Pivetta would...

No one wanted the winning streak to end, but at the end of the day the Red Sox took two of three from the Phillies and won the series so we're ripping some horn. Chris Sale hit 99 on the radar gun for the first time in forever and we're talking about what it was like to watch him turn back the clock. Kluber had another quality start and Houck was solid so we're talking about the tough decisions th...

The Red Sox swept the FUCKING BLUE JAYS TYLER AND THE POSITIVITY HORN IS RIPPING! Tonight we’re joined by everyone. Lou Merloni drops in, Pete checks in from the dead, Coley joins to drizzle, it’s an absolute party. We’re debuting our new NINE person Klark’s Ketchup Series MVP panel of the most qualified voters in Boston sports media. Masataka Yoshida is having an unbelievable 14-game stretch, Con...

The Red Sox took two out of three from the Guardians which means we’re drizzlin’ some ketchup! Christian Arroyo came alive and had a series, Jarren Duran stayed hot, Verdugo had another walk-off, and Chris Sale had another solid outing. Today we’re talking about where we go from here in terms of the starting rotation. Garrett Whitlock is hitting the IL and Paxton had his best rehab start so far, s...

The Red Sox finally lost a series but it wasn't Kaleb Ort's fault. Look, Kaleb Ort might not be the best pitcher in the world, but he's a really nice guy and he organized steak dinners for the whole team. He doesn't deserve to get bullied. No one does. On today's episode we're talking Kaleb Ort being a nice guy, Emmanuel Valdez being terrible at defense, Yoshida turning the corner in a BIG way, Ja...

The Red Sox win ANOTHER series against a first-place team and boy did Masataka Yoshida show up. Masa became the first Red Sox player to hit two home runs in the same inning since David Ortiz to cap off what was one of the most exciting innings for the Red Sox in recent memory. We're talking the wild top of the 8th in the rubber match, Verdugo STILL tearing the cover off the ball, Jarren Duran cont...

The Red Sox win another series, this team against the first-place Minnesota Twins! Chris Sale was filthy. We’re talking about how he looked like vintage Sale and might’ve just needed to get angry to get his swagger back. Alex Verdugo is tearing the cover off the ball, Jarren Duran looks like a whole new player at the plate, Yoshida seems to be making progress in his approach, and Tanner Houck had...

The Red Sox took three of four from the Angels in a much-needed series win. Garrett Whitlock became the first starter to go past five innings and Tyler is finally joining the Whitlock as a starter bandwagon. The Ohtani/Bello matchup was cut short by the rain, but we’re talking about if we’re worried about what we saw from Brayan today. It’s a real tough KKSMVP decision, so Coley joins to help sett...

Welp, the Rays swept the Red Sox. The theme of today's episode is roster construction. There was a lot made of the lineup that the Red Sox trotted out the last two days and we're taking a look at how we even got to this point. Plain and simple, some of the guys in the starting lineup today and yesterday should not be who you are relying on to get the job done against a divisional rival. We're talk...

The Red Sox swept the Tigers and as much as we’d like to celebrate the series, we’re in limbo waiting on the Adam Duvall news. Coley joins the show today to talk about the roster moves that could coincide with Duvall going on the IL and Whitlock joining the team. Will Kiké move to center? Will Braiser be DFA’d? Will Bobby Dalbec start at shortstop and welcome in the era of #BobStop? A lot of quest...

After taking two out of three from the Orioles and starting the season with the vibes high, the Red Sox offense disappeared as they got swept by the Pirates. We're reacting to the disappointing series loss to Pittsburgh but also staying realistic. It was a tough series, but there's tons of season left. Today we're talking about how much of an impact Bello, Whitlock, and Paxton could be when they r...