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The Boston Red Sox are the hottest team in the MLB, and MLB Insider Ken Rosenthal thinks they can find themselves in the World Series if they make the right trade deadline moves.
The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal offered a potential trade within the division between the Baltimore Orioles and the Boston Red Sox.
According to The Athletic, Rays owner Stu Sternberg has agreed in principle to sell the team for $1.7 billion, with a deal expected to come as soon as September. The new owners will reportedly be a group that is led by Florida-based real estate developer Patrick Zalupski.
The 2025 draft marked chief baseball officer Craig Breslow’s second at the helm, and his first overseeing the full 12-month scouting cycle. The Sox spent eight of their first 10 picks on pitchers this year, and across Breslow’s two drafts, have used 29 of their 41 total selections on pitchers.
The Boston Red Sox selected right-handed pitcher Kyson Witherspoon with the 15th pick in the MLB Draft on Sunday.
It’s Day 2 of the 2025 MLB Draft as the Boston Red Sox return in hopes of building on what’s been viewed as a positive Day 1. Day 2 of the draft is a big one as we go through rounds 4-20. The Red Sox start off with pick No. 118 overall in Round 4 and finish with pick No. 598 overall in Round 20.
Featured in the All-Star break edition of MLB Power Rankings, Jacob Misiorowski and Aaron Judge make history for different reasons, the Phillies do Cristopher Sánchez a solid, the Red Sox are suddenly the hottest team in the majors, the Angels surprise with their decision for the No. 2 pick, and the Rockies absolutely nail it.
Amid a tough season with the Red Sox, Walker Buehler was named the "winner" of the "Cy Yuk" Award by Jayson Stark.
The Red Sox selected Oklahoma right-hander Kyson Witherspoon with the No. 15 overall pick in the 2025 MLB Draft. Witherspoon is the first pitcher taken by the Red Sox in the first round since Tanner Houck in 2017, and the highest drafted pitcher by the franchise since Jay Groome went No. 12 in 2016.
Boston got the day started by selecting infielder Mason White out of Arizona, then chose three straight SEC pitchers.
Even after the Red Sox shed Rafael Devers and the remainder of his $300 million contract, making room for that kind of deal could mean parting ways with some remaining members of the team. And FanSided's Zachary Rotman predicted that would include outfielder Jarren Duran.