Buoyed by offseason moves, are Red Sox ready to contend in 2025?

The AL East will be competitive, but for the first time in many years, the Red Sox look like contenders on Opening Day.
Sun, Apr 20
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Liam Hendriks is back in the bigs after 681 days: ‘It’s been a long and arduous journey’
Hendriks didn't have the results he wanted in his first MLB game since June 2023, but that he was back at all was worth celebrating.
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Triston Casas, after struggling at the plate, helps Red Sox win in extra innings
Manager Alex Cora had moved Casas down in the order, which may have helped him at the plate.
Sat, Apr 19
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Trevor Story, healthy and ready to produce, powers Red Sox with 2 home runs
Story slammed a pair of three-run homers to propel the Red Sox past the White Sox 10-3 on Friday.
Fri, Apr 18
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Garrett Crochet — ever the perfectionist — is still looking to improve despite a sub 2.00 ERA
Crochet has a 1.38 ERA and a 0.88 WHIP in four starts, but believes he has room to improve.
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Weird & Wild: The 3-run walk, a bizarre strikeout and the baseball gods bless Manny Machado
Some of the strangest things you'll see on a baseball field happened this week.
Thu, Apr 17
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Nine early MLB takes on Braves’ start, NL dominance, AL East race — on point or overreactions?
Here are nine statements I’ve heard around baseball so far this season and my takes on whether they are on point or overreactions.
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MLB bat path metrics, speed training, fitting tech: Is hitting finally catching up?
With hitting arguably harder than ever, teams are looking at data, technology drills and, yes, new bat shapes to get an edge.
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Wed, Apr 16
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Red Sox Netflix documentary: Family dynamics, trade talk and other takeaways
From insights into players' family dynamics to trade dialogue and parts of the season they missed — thoughts on the Netflix documentary.