With the No. 15 overall pick, Boston snagged Oklahoma righty Kyson Witherspoon, a flame-throwing starter with high upside. Reaction to the pick has largely been positive, with multiple pundits stating that Witherspoon was their top-ranked right-handed pitcher in this year’s draft.

Who else could go No. 1? There's no clear-cut best draft candidate this year, lending some more intrigue to the night. Will the Nationals focus on a college player who could be in the majors sooner or a high schooler they can mold and develop?

Trevor Story homered and the Boston Red Sox beat Washington 6-4 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep, with the Nationals firing manager Dave Martinez and general manager Mike Rizzo hours after the game.

The Fenway Park crowd erupted when ace Garrett Crochet jogged out of the Red Sox dugout to pitch the ninth inning with a 1-0 lead against the Rays on Saturday.

The Boston Red Sox were big winners with the No. 15 overall pick in the 2025 MLB Draft. They took Kyson Witherspoon out of Oklahoma. MLB Network's Dan O'Dowd said he has the most upside of any pitcher in the draft.

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Japanese pitcher Shinnosuke Ogasawara had a sluggish major league debut in the Washington Nationals' 6-4 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Sunday. Ogasawara (0-1) gave up four runs, all in the first, on seven hits in 2-2/3 innings of work at Nationals Park.

The Red Sox scored seven runs in an inning for the second straight game, blowing out the Nationals to clinch the weekend series.

The Nationals go back over .500 on the strength of clutch two-out hits, five innings out of their starter and another strong showing from the relief corps.

Henry Blanco, the Nationals’ catching coach and Narváez’s winter ball manager in Venezuela, has become a mentor, as well as a big fan, in their recent offseasons together — so much so that Blanco talked up Narváez to Alex Cora shortly after the Red Sox acquired him from the Yankees in an under-the-radar trade in December.

The Boston Red Sox are trying to find a solution, but they still need a first baseman. Since Triston Casas tore his patellar tendon on May 2, the Red Sox have been trying a rotating cast of ...