Pitchers and catchers report in one week, the World Baseball Classic is a month away, and Opening Day is in 50 days. The Red Sox world has all but paused as we all wait for Spring Training to commence, and Steve and Joey give their Spring Training MVP (Sam Travis Award) predictions, give some realistic expectations for this season, order some Nomar flip books, reevaluate Justin Turner's stats, answer your DMs and much, much more!

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Red Sox bullpen ace John Schreiber joins the podcast to talk about his dominant 2022 season, when he realized he was major league-ready, how much shaving his beard helped his ERA, who he's most excited to work with this upcoming season, and being a new dad.

Steve and Joey talk about a new book on Alex Cora's role in the 2017 Astros' scandal that maybe didn't need to be written and how much it just doesn't matter, some of the new changes coming to Fenway, look forward to pitchers and catchers reporting next week, and much much more!

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Old friend Jared Carrabis joins the show for a little offseason Section 10 reunion. Steve and Jared try to recall the old intro before sharing their favorite memories and moments form the Section 10 days, recount their interactions with the team and players over the years, recap Jared's very eventful town hall at Winter Weekend, squash some lingering beef from June 28th, settle what exactly happened between Steve and Pat Light, Jared weighs in on the ITM snack debate, and much much more!


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Today we talk with the real life Jon Dowd who is an EA Sports employee that Barry Bonds' video game stand-in was named after in the iconic MVP Baseball 2005. He discusses how exactly his name became immortalized in baseball video game history, how he feels about still getting notoriety from it 20 years later, and what it's like to be part of the greatest baseball game in history.
In addition to talking with Jon Dowd, Steve and Joey discuss the trade the Sox made with the Marlins sending Matt Barnes to Miami in exchange for LHP Richard Bleier, revisit a prediction Joey made that seems to be becoming true, and much more!

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The Sox trade Josh Taylor for Royals' shortstop Adalberto Mondesi, and DFA Matt Barnes to make room for Adam Duvall. Steve and Joey break down if this was a good trade, how much Mondesi will contribute to this team, discuss the decision to DFA Matty Backpacks and not a certain other right-handed reliever, and much more!

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The Winter Weekend festivities took place this weekend at MGM Springfield, and oh boy was it something. Steve, Joey, and Steve's dad break down the biggest quotes that came out of a very interesting panel with John Henry, Sam Kennedy, Chaim Bloom and Alex Cora, look ahead to Spring Training, and relive some of Mr Perrault's fondest Sox memories from years past. That, and much more!

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Adam Duvall and Raimel Tapia have both joined the Red Sox organization, and there are certainly some mixed feelings about those two acquisitions on the show. Steve and Joey break down the signings, realize how awful is must be to wear a mascot costume (in a hypothetical world where it's just a guy in a costume), talk about the current state of the team if there were no more moves this offseason, take your Slide in the DMs questions, and much more!


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The Red Sox acquired catcher Jorge Alfaro, who might bring the most fun to the game of anybody. Steve and Joey talk trade rumors, roster construction, a potential dark horse for an all-star season, tons of Eduard Bazardo and much more! 

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Today David Mellor joins the show, the Senior Director of Grounds at Fenway Park, to talk about what actually goes into the transition from baseball field to football field to ice rink, tell some amazing stories from his time alongside the Sox, and of course, share some of the best moments of his time with his late dog, Drago. That, and much more!

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Trevor Story underwent elbow surgery that will have him out for (at least) a significant portion of the 2023 season. Steve and Joey talk about how the Sox can fix an already thin middle infield, how this situation could have been avoided, read your answers to what the Red Sox still need to do this off-season, and much more!

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