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- Alex Cora often used to give Mookie Betts and Xander Bogaerts days off, saying they wanted to take care of them. What makes Jarren Duran, who has played every game this season, different? "Because he's tougher than those guys," Cora said with a big laugh.
- Alex Cora says he’s known about Jarren Duran’s story for a while and praised him for having the courage to share it in the Netflix show. “He’s going to save lives with what he did with Netflix.”
- This was an all-timer of a back-and-forth with Casas. Here's the exchange in its entirety.
Triston Casas says his MRI came back clean and he’s begun swinging at 75%. He also clarified that the “dry swings” he told us about previously was entirely a mental and visualization exercise and didn’t involve any actual “swinging.” - Chris Sale wants to clarify something to the IG Live audience about his jersey cutting incident: "It was a knife, it wasn't scissors."
- Per Alex Cora, Friday's starters for the Northeastern exhibition will include: 1B: Abraham Toro 2B: Kristian Campbell SS: Marcelo Mayer 3B: Nick Sogard LF: Roman Anthony CF: Nate Eaton RF: Jhostynxon Garcia DH: "One of the catchers"
- Alex Verdugo got himself a special chain representing two of his favorite things: the Boston Red Sox and Spongebob Squarepants.
- Statement from John Henry on Wakefield's passing: “Tim’s kindness and indomitable spirit were as legendary as his knuckleball. He not only captivated us on the field but was the rare athlete whose legacy extended beyond the record books to the countless lives he touched with his
- Alex Cora said that with two outs in the eighth inning Kenley Jansen called from the bullpen and essentially put himself into the game. "He made the call," Cora said. "I'm in."
- Tom Caron, Dave O'Brien, Kevin Youkilis and the entire NESN crew really deserve a lot of credit for how they've handled the last half hour. To learn that a close friend and colleague has died while live on air and with no time to process it, I can't even imagine.
- Rafael Devers spoke postgame and the last question he was asked was if he and the club had moved past all the drama? "Yes, it's past us." Hours later, he was gone.
- The Red Sox needed to add an impact right-handed bat this offseason. Between Alex Bregman and Kristian Campbell, they've gotten two. Bregman: .331, 6 HR, 23 RBI, .972 OPS, 1.8 WAR Campbell: .313, 4 HR, 12 RBI, .935 OPS, 1.2 WAR
- Good news, Adam Duvall is out of his cast. Was scheduled to get another X-ray today and obviously things looked good enough to be switched into a removable splint.
