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Nick Cafardo is headed into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The longtime Boston Globe baseball columnist -- who passed away suddenly in March at the age of 62 -- has been elected as the 2020 winner of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. His...

With the Baseball Winter Meetings kicking off in San Diego Monday the Red Sox' lot in life revolves around one important element: getting their payroll under the $208 million Luxury Tax Threshold. The target is why you aren't hearing the Sox in on virtually any free agents and the impetus behind...

It took four years but somebody has finally topped David Price's record contract for a pitcher. According to multiple reports, the Nationals have re-signed Stephen Strasburg. The deal, per ESPN, is for seven years, $245 million. Price had inked a seven-year, $217 million contract with the Red Sox...

Dwight Evans is still not a Hall-of-Famer. The former Red Sox was not voted into the National Baseball of Fame on the Modern Baseball Era ballot, a list of candidates made up of those who made their biggest contribution tot he game between 1970-1987. Any candidate who received 75 percent on the...

The pitching market has already been active this offseason. Major League Baseball teams seem to be prioritizing two things heading into the upcoming Winter Meetings: Starting pitchers and catchers. That's been good news for more than a few free agents. Michael Pineda (2 years, $20 million), Kyle...

Chris Sale really is appreciative of his alma mater. Friday night the Red Sox pitcher showed exactly how much. At an annual fundraiser for Florida Gulf Coast University's athletic program Sale and his family presented a check for $1 million to the school. It was the largest single donation made to...

Travis Shaw still owns a home in Fort Myers, Fla. He routinely plays golf with some of his former Red Sox teammates. And he still communicates regularly with many of the players with Boston who the infielder came up through the Sox system with. Oh, and by the way, the Red Sox just happen to need a...

Brian Bannister has long been viewed as a key bridge for a Red Sox organization trying to stay ahead of the curve with analytics and overall pitching information. His presence and expertise were valued so much by the Sox that Bannister was brought onto the major league coaching staff as the...

David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez headline the Red Sox Hall of Fame Class of 2020.

There was a flurry of familiar names who became free agents Monday thanks to their respective teams choosing not to extend contract offers. Aaron Sanchez. Blake Treinen. Tim Beckham. C.J. Cron. Maikel Franco. Addison Russell. Kevin Gausman. And of course, there were the two players coming off the...