Bryan Joiner

Do you have any idea what hot stove looks like? Look at this thing. Blue flames! Blue is the hottest color of flame, which is weird, because blue is the universal color for “cool”. Hell, we even use blue icons on faucets to show people where the cold water comes from, which is just completely crazy. I’m going to start my own faucet company and make faucets with the hot side indicated by a blue icon instead of a red one. And then for the cold side I’ll use a picture of my ex-wife, haha! Anyway, look at this hot stove!

Welcome back to Smash Or Pass, our offseason series in which we examine various free agents and trade targets to determine whether they make sense for the Red Sox. Next up, a third baseman you may have some opinions on.

Corbin Burnes is really freaking good. The 2021 National League Cy Young Award winner, he spent last year with Baltimore, smoking the Red Sox at the home opener and once more in the spring. Only in August did Boston get some revenge, with a whopping eight runs against the ace—not that it did much to his underlying numbers, as he finished the season with a 2.92 ERA over 194.1 innings pitched, good for fifth in the American League Cy Young Award voting. Now, he’s a free agent. So: Smash or Pass?

The Rays worked their magic yet again. Would it carry over to Fenway?

The Red Sox didn’t get Juan Soto, but neither did the Yankees. My verdict: The Red Sox win. At least they weren’t humiliated, and the Yankees were. End of story. Unless it’s not?

The Red Sox traded Kyle Teel, Braden Montgomery, Chase Meidroth and Wikelman Gonzalez to the White Sox on Wednesday for starting pitcher and rising star Garrett Crochet, sources tell the people who tell the social media team who made the post below:

Is the Polar Bear coming to Boston?

It’s just money.

Should the Good Sox liberate a casualty of the Bad Sox? Or is he fool’s gold?

The Over The Monster team helps you find some presents for the Red Sox fan in your life.