The wait is over. It’s baseball season.
After a winter of transformation, the 2025 Red Sox will finally hit the field on Thursday, with first pitch on Opening Day set for 4:05 p.m. EDT down in Texas.
It’s been one of the most eventful offseasons in recent history for the Red Sox. A big trade for a rotation ace, a new bat to anchor the lineup, lots of buzz around a special trio of prospects — there’s plenty to go over before the games start counting Thursday afternoon.
After a few seasons of disappointment — just one playoff appearance in the last six years — are these Sox worth believing in?
“I think this team needs to prove itself,” said Sox president and CEO Sam Kennedy at spring training. “We need to get off to a good start to really get people excited. We’ve had an exciting offseason with the additions, but we need to get off to a good start.”
Make sure you get caught up on the Sox with the Globe’s 2025 season preview.
Only a year ago, landing a spot in a starting rotation was an accomplishment for lefthander Garrett Crochet. Now, he’s one of baseball’s most dominant starters with the potential to be an ace for the Red Sox. Alex Speier explores Crochet’s remarkable transformation.
Whatever uncertainty exists around this iteration of the Red Sox, there remains one steadying force behind the team who has earned plenty of belief from the players and the fans: Alex Cora. Tara Sullivan has more on the manager.
After months of roster reshaping and weeks of speculation, projection, and evaluation in spring training, the Opening Day roster is finally set. Let Julian McWilliams introduce you to the 2025 Red Sox.
Walker Buehler is defined by where he is from, the rolling hills of horse country in Kentucky. The righthander has always run his own race, and it’s landed him with a Red Sox team with just as much to prove. Peter Abraham profiles another crucial arm for a revamped rotation.
This Red Sox offseason has brought plenty of optimism to a fanbase largely devoid of it over a few disappointing years. But as far as Christopher L. Gasper is concerned, it’s put up or shut up time.
Who will win the AL East? Who will win the World Series? Six Globe writers are offering up their predictions for the season, and each one believes the Red Sox make the postseason for the first time since 2021.
The fallout of the 2017 Astros cheating scandal created plenty of hard feelings, included for Alex Cora and Alex Bregman. When Cora was rehired to manage the Red Sox in 2021, his relationship with Bregman had soured considerably. Years later, reunited as player and manager, their friendship has found its footing again.
The MLB season is underway, and Peter Abraham has a few predictions for the major awards as the year gets started — with some surprises in the mix.
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