FORT MYERS, Fla. -- As Red Sox camp progresses, so does Johan Oviedo’s case for being the club’s fifth man in the rotation.

In a World Baseball Classic thriller in San Juan on Saturday night, Team Puerto Rico averted a major upset on its home soil with a 4-3 walk-off victory over Panama in 10 innings, with Darell Hernaiz capping the victory with a no-doubt homer to left off Severino González. With the

TOKYO -- There’s not many places for a pitcher to hide when facing Samurai Japan. The lineup features one Japanese slugger after another, each with the ability to put the ball over the fence. Facing its rival Korea on Saturday night, Japan showed off that power with three home runs

MIAMI – Three years ago, Venezuela went undefeated in pool play, opening the World Baseball Classic with four straight victories before falling to the United States in the quarterfinals. The 2026 Classic started out in similar fashion for Venezuela, as a four-run fifth inning propelled them to a 6-2 win

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TOKYO -- Seiya Suzuki missed Japan's 2023 World Baseball Classic title run with an oblique injury, with the team marking his absence by hanging his No. 51 jersey above the bench in the dugout. In Japan's 8-6 win against Korea on Saturday at Tokyo Dome, the Cubs outfielder showed what

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TOKYO -- The defending champs and the most talented baseball player on the planet make for a dangerous combination. On Friday night, Samurai Japan began its World Baseball Classic title defense, taking on a Chinese Taipei team that upset it in the 2024 Premier12 tournament.

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- For the Red Sox, the first two Spring Breakouts created a clear demonstration of coming attractions. In the 2024 prospect showcase, played at JetBlue Park, Ceddanne Rafaela belted a three-run homer and made a great play in center field. Less than two weeks later, he broke

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- When Caleb Durbin was taken by the Braves in the 14th round of the 2021 Draft, he had already achieved a significant feat, earning enough notice at a Division III school (Washington University in St. Louis) to become a professional baseball player. All this as a

For the first time in a decade, Milwaukee is the cream of the crop. The Brewers have ascended to the top spot in the MLB Pipeline farm system rankings. The last time the organization sat atop such a list was the 2016 midseason version, when it claimed eight Top 100

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Payton Tolle fired a fastball at 100.4 mph for one punchout, stuck the landing on a curveball for a called strike three, and didn’t try to hide his emotion during any of it. MLB Pipeline’s No. 19 prospect (and tops in Boston’s recently released Top 30)

Our annual tradition is back. Each spring, we look forward to the upcoming season by breaking down the 30 teams into eight or nine somewhat-subjectively defined tiers, grouping together those in similar situations. We've done it for several years now, and it's a fun way to get ready for the

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- If you thought JetBlue Park was full of prideful noise for Team Puerto Rico for Tuesday night’s 5-3 win over the Red Sox, wait until the squad gets to San Juan’s Hiram Bithorn Stadium. The vuvuzelas that were ever-present at a venue that is two hours

DUNEDIN, Fla. -- A couple of hours before Monday’s Grapefruit League game against the Blue Jays, the man rated No. 6 for the Red Sox in the freshly updated MLB Pipeline prospect rankings was easy to spot. As the team stood in the outfield prior to the pregame stretch, Justin

MESA, Ariz. -- Soccer is essentially the national sport of Brazil, a country that has produced five FIFA World Cup titles and true icons of the game from Pelé to Ronaldinho to Neymar.

The Red Sox system looks much different than it did 12 months ago when it rated as the third-best in baseball. Roman Anthony, Kristian Campbell and Marcelo Mayer, who all ranked among the game's top 12 prospects, have since graduated to Boston. So did Carlos Narváez, Hunter Dobbins and Richard

Four years ago, Willson and William Contreras thought they had reached the professional pinnacle of brotherhood, representing the National League as teammates at the All-Star Game. It turns out that was just a prelude to what will take place starting this week, when they join forces for Team Venezuela in

Major League Baseball introduced Spring Breakout in 2024 and the prospect showcase games in Florida and Arizona were an immediate hit. Fans and front offices alike loved seeing all those future MLB stars on the field at one time. Now the concept is getting even better. Starting in 2027, the

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Thirteen players from Boston’s Spring Training roster are vacating camp temporarily to join their World Baseball Classic squads, including the entire quartet (Roman Anthony, Jarren Duran, Ceddanne Rafaela and Wilyer Abreu) from the loaded outfield. First baseman Willson Contreras and DH/OF Masataka Yoshida will also be

It looked like strike three, but Wilyer Abreu never had a doubt it was ball four. Called out on strikes in the third inning of Sunday’s Spring Training matchup against the Orioles, Abreu immediately tapped his helmet to initiate an ABS challenge, removed his gear and was standing on first

Spring Training is the perfect time for prospects to show what they can do, and a number of players have taken that opportunity and run with it so far in 2026. From elite prospects to unheralded young players, there's always someone putting on a show with the bat or the

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- When Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran left Spring Training to join Team Mexico for the 2023 World Baseball Classic, it was a decision that came with some confusion outside the walls of the Red Sox.