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Boston Globe
17-07-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Last weekend felt like October baseball at Fenway Park, and ownership needs to respond accordingly at the trade deadline
Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Those games — particularly after the Rafaela and Crochet star turns on Friday and Saturday — felt like October games in July. Rafaela's home run was reminiscent in style if not magnitude of Manny Ramirez's walkoff moon shot off Angels closer Francisco 'K-Rod' Rodriguez in Game 2 of the 2007 American League Division Series. The fan response — total and complete jubilation — wasn't much different, either. All that was missing was Dennis Drinkwater getting a great jump and making a beeline for the exit as soon as the ball headed toward the stratosphere. Advertisement (Allow me to note that my favorite moment of that Rays series was when Cora came to get Bello, poked his chest and pumped him up, and sent him off to get his well-deserved ovation. The most poignant moment of 'The Clubhouse' Netflix doc on last year's Red Sox was Cora's heart-to-heart with an emotional Bello about his pitching struggles and his aching loneliness without his family, who remained back in the Dominican Republic last season when his wife couldn't get a visa. The scene made Bello very easy to root for and Cora's people skills — bilingually, no less — very easy to appreciate.) Advertisement It was remarkable — and telling, too — that Red Sox fans lingered in the ballpark, especially after those Friday and Saturday wins. No one wanted to leave. No one wanted to abbreviate the moment. The crowd stood, and cheered, and basked. It did not go unnoticed by anyone that it has been a long time — perhaps as far back as October 2021 — since Fenway has felt so alive, and hope for a satisfying season with a truly likable team has been as realistic and vivid. Or, perhaps we should say, it better not have gone unnoticed by the certain someones that make the personnel and financial decisions with this team. Breslow and his bosses cannot allow this 10-game winning streak and the return of pure joy to Fenway Park to be the pinnacle of this season. Breslow must be allowed to take advantage of this moment — when the starting rotation has found its groove, Related : Advertisement If that means paying the steep price to acquire Twins righthander Joe Ryan — who would slot perfectly as the No. 2 starter behind Crochet — then go for it, absolutely, because he is ideal. If that means adding an expensive arm or two to the bullpen or rotation, yeah, do that. Go spend some of that money that was saved with the Devers deal. This team doesn't need that much help, but Breslow cannot hesitate to go get anyone who will fill a void and help the cause. Breslow's trade deadline maneuvers failed last year. He wasn't as indecisive as predecessor Chaim Bloom, but the decisions he did make resulted in picking up an assortment of spare parts, the Lucas Sims All-Stars. Please, no more James Paxtons or Luis García Jrs. or Danny Jansens this year. This team deserves more than patchwork. In winning 13 of its last 15 games — and The brain trust knows that Fenway will fill up even if the team isn't particularly compelling. That chilly truth has felt like the basis for their business model since the Mookie Betts trade. But they also know that a winning team, one that plays hard and for each other, brings a whole different vibe to Fenway. The old place develops a pulse of its own. It comes to life, and it's something to behold and cherish. Advertisement That's how it felt last weekend. It's how it needs to feel going forward this season. The Red Sox, and Fenway, are back to life. Reward these fans, Breslow, for putting up with the nonsense of the last three seasons. Do what it takes to assure that this team makes the playoffs, and perhaps sticks around a while. Last weekend felt like October in July. And suddenly, it's not that hard to imagine what real October baseball might feel like. CEDDANNE RAFAELA HITS IT OUT OF FENWAY 😤 THE — MLB (@MLB) Maybe those Netflix folks should have stuck around to follow this year's team, too. Chad Finn can be reached at
San Francisco Chronicle
06-07-2025
- Sport
- San Francisco Chronicle
Guardians outfielder Lane Thomas on 10-day IL with right foot injury
CLEVELAND (AP) — Guardians outfielder Lane Thomas was placed on the 10-day injured list because of plantar fasciitis in his right foot Sunday before Cleveland faced the Detroit Tigers. The move is retroactive to Saturday. Infielder Will Wilson was recalled from Triple-A Columbus Thomas also missed 11 games in late May and early June because of plantar fasciitis in his right foot. Manager Stephen Vogt said before the game that next week's All-Star break should hopefully also give Thomas plenty of time to rest up for the second half of the season. 'With eight days until the break, we're not in a position to play short right now and wait day to day. And we want to give this the 13-14 days that we have from now until we come out of the end of the break to really try and knock it out.' Thomas hit a grand slam in last year's fifth and deciding game of the American League Division Series against Detroit, but his tenure in Cleveland has been mostly frustrating. Since being acquired at the trade deadline last year from Washington, Thomas has a .189 batting average in 92 games. This season, Thomas is batting .160 and .197 (13 for 66) since coming off the injured list on June 9. Thomas also missed five weeks because of a right wrist bone bruise after getting hit by a pitch during the April 8 home opener against the Chicago White Sox. 'It's been a frustrating year for Lane. We feel it with him. It's not at all what we want for him. Not at all what he wants,' Vogt said. 'So hopefully with this break we're able to really get this thing under control so that we can get the best version of Lane.' ___
NBC Sports
06-07-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Guardians outfielder Lane Thomas on 10-day IL with right foot injury
CLEVELAND — Guardians outfielder Lane Thomas was placed on the 10-day injured list because of plantar fasciitis in his right foot Sunday before Cleveland faced the Detroit Tigers. The move is retroactive to Saturday. Infielder Will Wilson was recalled from Triple-A Columbus Thomas also missed 11 games in late May and early June because of plantar fasciitis in his right foot. Manager Stephen Vogt said before the game that next week's All-Star break should hopefully also give Thomas plenty of time to rest up for the second half of the season. 'With eight days until the break, we're not in a position to play short right now and wait day to day. And we want to give this the 13-14 days that we have from now until we come out of the end of the break to really try and knock it out.' Thomas hit a grand slam in last year's fifth and deciding game of the American League Division Series against Detroit, but his tenure in Cleveland has been mostly frustrating. Since being acquired at the trade deadline last year from Washington, Thomas has a .189 batting average in 92 games. This season, Thomas is batting .160 and .197 (13 for 66) since coming off the injured list on June 9. Thomas also missed five weeks because of a right wrist bone bruise after getting hit by a pitch during the April 8 home opener against the Chicago White Sox. 'It's been a frustrating year for Lane. We feel it with him. It's not at all what we want for him. Not at all what he wants,' Vogt said. 'So hopefully with this break we're able to really get this thing under control so that we can get the best version of Lane.'
Fox Sports
06-07-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
Guardians outfielder Lane Thomas on 10-day IL with right foot injury
Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Guardians outfielder Lane Thomas was placed on the 10-day injured list because of plantar fasciitis in his right foot Sunday before Cleveland faced the Detroit Tigers. The move is retroactive to Saturday. Infielder Will Wilson was recalled from Triple-A Columbus Thomas also missed 11 games in late May and early June because of plantar fasciitis in his right foot. Manager Stephen Vogt said before the game that next week's All-Star break should hopefully also give Thomas plenty of time to rest up for the second half of the season. 'With eight days until the break, we're not in a position to play short right now and wait day to day. And we want to give this the 13-14 days that we have from now until we come out of the end of the break to really try and knock it out.' Thomas hit a grand slam in last year's fifth and deciding game of the American League Division Series against Detroit, but his tenure in Cleveland has been mostly frustrating. Since being acquired at the trade deadline last year from Washington, Thomas has a .189 batting average in 92 games. This season, Thomas is batting .160 and .197 (13 for 66) since coming off the injured list on June 9. Thomas also missed five weeks because of a right wrist bone bruise after getting hit by a pitch during the April 8 home opener against the Chicago White Sox. 'It's been a frustrating year for Lane. We feel it with him. It's not at all what we want for him. Not at all what he wants,' Vogt said. 'So hopefully with this break we're able to really get this thing under control so that we can get the best version of Lane.' ___ AP MLB: recommended
Hamilton Spectator
06-07-2025
- Sport
- Hamilton Spectator
Guardians outfielder Lane Thomas on 10-day IL with right foot injury
CLEVELAND (AP) — Guardians outfielder Lane Thomas was placed on the 10-day injured list because of plantar fasciitis in his right foot Sunday before Cleveland faced the Detroit Tigers. The move is retroactive to Saturday. Infielder Will Wilson was recalled from Triple-A Columbus Thomas also missed 11 games in late May and early June because of plantar fasciitis in his right foot. Manager Stephen Vogt said before the game that next week's All-Star break should hopefully also give Thomas plenty of time to rest up for the second half of the season. 'With eight days until the break, we're not in a position to play short right now and wait day to day. And we want to give this the 13-14 days that we have from now until we come out of the end of the break to really try and knock it out.' Thomas hit a grand slam in last year's fifth and deciding game of the American League Division Series against Detroit, but his tenure in Cleveland has been mostly frustrating. Since being acquired at the trade deadline last year from Washington, Thomas has a .189 batting average in 92 games. This season, Thomas is batting .160 and .197 (13 for 66) since coming off the injured list on June 9. Thomas also missed five weeks because of a right wrist bone bruise after getting hit by a pitch during the April 8 home opener against the Chicago White Sox. 'It's been a frustrating year for Lane. We feel it with him. It's not at all what we want for him. Not at all what he wants,' Vogt said. 'So hopefully with this break we're able to really get this thing under control so that we can get the best version of Lane.' ___ AP MLB:
