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Boston Globe
12-05-2025
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Nick Sogard has settled into his role with the Red Sox
He was traded to the Red Sox before the 2021 season and they developed him as a utility player, introducing him to third base then eventually all three outfield positions and first base last season. 'To be completely honest I didn't love it,' Sogard said Monday before the Sox played the Tigers. 'But as I grew to understand, there's a lot of value in players like Kiké Hernández or Brock Holt . He was somebody I Iooked up to. 'I've come to accept it. I've actually grown to like it a lot. It keeps it fresh.' Advertisement Sogard joined the Red Sox on Saturday having played only 45 innings over six games at first base in the minors. But he started two games at Kansas City and emerged unscathed. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up He even turned a double play to end the fifth inning in what was a 1-1 game on Sunday. Sox went on to a 3-1 victory. 'It's fairly new to me but I feel comfortable with a glove on,' Sogard said. 'But there are definitely some little intricacies here and there.' The Sox kept Sogard on the spring training roster right up until the day before the season started because they wanted him to get work at first base. He played 31 innings there and that's coming in handy now. Advertisement 'The footwork is better and I feel like it's pretty solid,' Sogard said. 'It's the kind of thing that will only come over time as it gets more instinctual and I see different kind of plays.' For now, the Sox are comfortable using Sogard and Abraham Toro in a platoon. '[Sogard] is going great,' manager Alex Cora said. 'Good decisions. He's a good player. He's a utility player on a championship-caliber club. The only thing he doesn't have is [major league] time. 'He puts good at-bats, we're happy with that. The moment is not too big for him.' Award winners In an amusing sidenote to all the drama of late, Rafael Devers was named the American League Player of the Week for the third time in his career. Devers was 10 for 21 (.476) with two home runs, eight RBIs, five walks, three runs, and a stolen base. He had a 1.387 OPS. Devers had four hits and three RBIs against Kansas City on Saturday. It was the 10th time in his career he had at least four hits and drove in at least three runs since making his debut in 2017. Only Mookie Betts , with 13, has more such games in that span. Freddie Freeman of the Dodgers was the National League Player of the Week. He was 14 of 28 with seven extra-base hits and 12 RBIs. Ceddanne Rafaela won the Play of the Week award for his catch against Texas on Thursday when he went into the center-field triangle at Fenway Park to steal an extra-base hit away from J osh Jung of the Rangers. Through Sunday, Rafaela had eight Defensive Runs Saved in center field, tied with Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Cubs for the most in the majors. Advertisement Buehler progressing Walker Buehler , who is on the injured list with shoulder bursitis, has bullpen sessions scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday that would line him up to face the Mets during the series that starts next Monday … Brayan Bello , who faces the Tigers on Tuesday, will be pitching at Comerica Park for the first time. He's faced them twice at Fenway and allowed eight earned runs over 11 innings … Cora met his brother Joey for breakfast on Monday. The elder Cora is Detroit's third base coach. He played in the majors from 1987-98 and has coached since 2004 … Monday also is the anniversary of Cora's 18-pitch at-bat against Matt Clement in 2004 when he was playing for the Dodgers. It ended with a home run to the delight of the late Vin Scully . 'What a moment,' he said. Cora joked that what he remembers is fouling off too many pitches that were right down the middle. Peter Abraham can be reached at
Boston Globe
26-03-2025
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- Boston Globe
Red Sox roster appears set as utility player Nick Sogard is sent to Worcester
Sogard led the Sox with 59 plate appearances in spring training. But once Gonzalez was cleared to play after missing time with a slight oblique strain, Sogard was squeezed out. Barring something unexpected, the roster for Game 1 on Thursday against Texas would be: Starters: Walker Buehler , Richard Fitts , Garrett Crochet , Tanner Houck , Sean Newcomb . Relievers: Brennan Bernardino , Aroldis Chapman , Liam Hendricks , Zack Kelly , Justin Slaten , Greg Weissert , Garrett Whitlock , Justin Wilson . Catchers: Carlos Narvaéz , Connor Wong . Infielders: Alex Bregman , Triston Casas , Kristian Campbell , Rafael Devers , Gonzalez, Hamilton, Trevor Story . Advertisement Outfielders: Wilyer Abreu , Jarren Duran , Ceddanne Rafaela , Refsnyder. Campbell is the only player without major league experience. He also would join Bregman, Buehler, Chapman, Crochet, Hendriks, Narvaéz, Newcomb, and Wilson as being on the Red Sox roster for a major league game for the first time. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Old friend a foe Texas starter Nate Eovaldi will be making his fourth Opening Day start. The previous three — 2020, 2021, and '22 — came with the Red Sox. Eovaldi is 24-13 with a 3.72 ERA in 54 starts for the Rangers since the Sox let him leave as a free agent after the '22 season. The righthander has faced the Red Sox three times as a Ranger since and allowed 12 runs on 16 hits over 15⅓ innings. Crochet faced Texas once last season and allowed two runs on four hits over four innings on July 23 at Globe Life Park. He struck out seven and walked two. For openers Thursday will be the fourth time the Sox will open the season against the Rangers. The previous three — 1996, 2006 and 2011 — also were in Texas. The Sox were 0-3 in those games and were outscored 26-11 … Alex Cora is 1-5 on Opening Day as manager of the Sox … Thursday marks the start of the Sox having 20 games scheduled over 21 days. Their only day off in that stretch is Tuesday in Baltimore … We're definitely not in Boston Dept.: The Rangers announced that the wrestler MJF will throw out the first pitch. Jim Sundberg , Rusty Greer and Geno Petralli must have all been busy. Advertisement Peter Abraham can be reached at
