Gerrit Cole

Too quiet on the western front: Red Sox leave 10 on base, lose opening series to Rangers.

This time last year few people even knew who Kristian Campbell was, but inside the Red Sox organization buzz was already starting to build that the club could have something special on its hands.

Kristian Campbell has already made a sizable impact through the first weekend of his MLB career.

Kristian Campbell hit his first career MLB home run, but the Red Sox bats were quiet otherwise in Saturday's loss to the Rangers.

Richard Fitts has been among Boston's fastest rising young pitchers since he arrived in the Alex Verdugo trade, and an exhibition in Texas last spring helped propel him to the majors.

Boston's new backup catcher will make his Red Sox debut on Saturday against the Rangers.

It was a tough day at the office for Rafael Devers, who endured one of the worst performances of his career in Friday's Red Sox loss.

The Red Sox provided an encouraging update regarding Brayan Bello, who should take a significant step next week towards a return to the big league rotation.