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Boston Globe
07-07-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Aroldis Chapman has proved an excellent pickup, and other Red Sox thoughts
Chapman is one of 14 pitchers with at least 350 saves. Within that group, only Dennis Eckersley has more strikeouts. Eckersley made 361 starts before he became a closer, so that number is misleading. He had 792 strikeouts in relief. Chapman (350, 1,297), Craig Kimbrel (440, 1,266), Lee Smith (478, 1,251), and Kenley Jansen (462, 1,249) are the only pitchers with at least 350 saves and 1,200 strikeouts. Advertisement Only Hoyt Wilhelm (1,363) and Goose Gossage (1,340) have more strikeouts in relief than Chapman. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Is Chapman a Hall of Famer if he ends his career with 400-plus saves and the most strikeouts by a reliever in history? A few other observations on the Red Sox: ▪ As you watch Sox players repeatedly show little regard or knowledge of basic fundamentals, it's fair to wonder if an organization that saw the value in Dustin Pedroia back in 2004 would even consider him two decades later. ▪ Alex Cora is an excellent communicator. Consider his answer to a question about Masataka Yoshida taking grounders at first base the minors: 'It's something we asked him to do, and he was like, 'Yeah, I'll do it, right away.' He ordered his first baseman's mitt five minutes later and started taking grounders.' Advertisement That's all the Sox wanted from Rafael Devers, just give it a try. Did they communicate poorly with him over the winter? Sure did. Was it foolish to announce he would never play the field this season? Sure was. But when you have a contract worth $313.5 million and the chief baseball officer and principal owner ask you to give it a try, you give it a try. ▪ The Sox may have been too quick to give up on Quinn Priester. They acquired the righthander from Pittsburgh on July 29, 2024 and traded him to the Brewers on April 7. The 24-year-old is since 6-2 with a 3.59 ERA in 16 games (12 starts) for Milwaukee. Priester averages a modest 93.7 miles per hour with his two-seam fastball but has one of the best groundball rates in the league and doesn't give up hard contact. The Sox received two prospects outside their top 30 and what proved to be the 33rd pick of the draft. They need that pick to hit. ▪ Andruw Jones is putting together the roster for the Netherlands in the World Baseball Classic. He's hoping to land Ceddanne Rafaela to play center field. The Dutch have their pool play in Miami, where Rafaela lives. That certainly improves his odds. ▪ Mentioned last week that Mike Timlin was riding in the Pan-Mass Challenge in honor of Tim Wakefield. Here's where to go to support Mike: Meanwhile, Trevor Wakefield has taken up his father's legacy and is working at Fenway Park selling 50/50 raffle tickets to support the Red Sox Foundation. Keep an eye out for him at the park. Advertisement Peter Abraham can be reached at
Boston Globe
04-03-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Randy Price, Dennis Eckersley among eight newest inductees to the Mass. Broadcasters Hall of Fame
Dennis Eckersley (left) was presented with an award from Globe sportswriter Alex Speier during The Tradition awards program at TD Garden in November 2023. Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff Advertisement The late Edmund Ansin, owner of Boston's WHDH-TV, WLVI-TV, and WSVN-TV in South Florida, will also be inducted and honored posthumously with the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame's Pioneer Award. The induction ceremony will take place at the annual Massachusetts Broadcasters Association luncheon at the Sheraton Framingham Hotel. The event will be emceed by long-time Boston radio personality Jordan Rich. 'We are delighted to welcome these talented and dedicated broadcasters into the Hall of Fame,' Peter Brown, chair of the Hall of Fame Committee, said in the statement. 'We honor their creativity, innovation, and boldness, and embrace the endowment of a collective legacy that shines a light on their imprint of excellence in broadcasting.' Emily Sweeney can be reached at
