Justin and Owen talk about a nightmarish Houston series where it seemed like nothing went right for the Red Sox. In a twist, they explain why nobody should be worried just yet. Ranger and Bello’s debut for the 2026 season, the offense wife struggles (apart from Wong and Wilyer), and the Narvaez benching are just a few of the topics.

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Ian Cundall of SoxProspects and Baseball America joins Ed for an MiLB preview that takes us through Ian's trip to the backfield in Fort Myers, as well as all four levels of the system from Worcester to Portland to Greenville to Salem (not in that order). Also, Ed's difficulty with name pronunciation returns at levels never seen before.

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Owen and Buzz breakdown the first series of the season in which we saw the brilliance of Garrett Crochet, the electricity of Wilyer Abreu, struggles from Sonny Gray, Caleb Durbin, and Greg Weissert, and a general sense of relief to have real meaningful baseball back.

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The trio of Justin, Buzz and Owen put a bow on Spring Training and get you ready for Opening Day! Connelly Early winning the starter job out of camp, what that means for Johan Oviedo and Payton Tolle. We also talk about the active roster being set and some challenges that they may face to begin the season. Triston Casas starting the season in Ft. Myers, and what Peter Crowe-Armstrong’s extension means for Ceddanne Rafaela's value heading into 2026. Finally, we give our red sox predictions and hot takes for the season!

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Ed and Owen are joined by Murrow 7x Emmy Award Winning Sports anchor and MLB insider Ari Alexander of 7 News to discuss Ari's humble origins, the state of Boston Red Sox, the joy of the World Baseball Classic, and much, much more.

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Ed is joined by the great Jake Ignaszewski (@JakeIggy) of BoSox Talk Pod to go over Jake's time as the host on Lock on Red Sox, the remaining competitions in Spring Training the Red Sox need to work out, the team that made him fall in love with baseball, and much, much more.

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Ed is joined by the great Gary Morgan of Locked on Pirates to talk all things Pirates including the impressive spring of Jhostynxon "the Password" Garcia, the rise of Connor Griffin, Gary's optimism heading into the 2026 season, and much, much more.

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Owen and Justin start recording right on time to talk about the Danny Coulombe signing minutes after it’s announced and how it impacts the team. With two weeks left of Spring Training, we catch up on how the team is looking after roster cuts. We also talk about the WBC and all of the Red Sox players finding success from Roman Anthony to Nate Eaton and everybody in between.

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Ed and Owen are joined by Adam from New York, IRL friend of Ed's, New York Mets expert, and player/commissioner of the greatest international softball league West Senegal has ever seen (for real, this is not a bit). Lots of interesting conversation here about the disappointment of the 2025 Mets, the Dodgers transformation into what the Yankees used to be, the parallels of Nolan McLean/Jonah Tong to Connelly Early/Payton Tolle, and much, much more!

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The Justin, Buzz, Brady, and Own, go over some spring training updates like Alex Cora saying Marcelo Mayer needs to fight for a spot on the opening day roster, Romy Gonzalez’s injury, the battle for the bench spot and the race to be the #5 starter. They also give their grades for the offseason as well as voting for who has had the best offseason in the AL East. They finish with talking about massive human being Justin Gonzales and draining hemorrhoids.

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