Tanner Houck will “most likely” begin a rehab assignment next Wednesday or throw another up-and-down first and go at week’s end, Red Sox manager Alex Cora announced in his pregame media session on Friday afternoon.

Chapman pitched the final two games in New York over the weekend, saving both games, then went for a third straight day in the 10th inning of Monday’s loss to the Rays. He didn’t pitch Tuesday (Weissert got the save in that one) but closed out Wednesday’s win, then threw 14 pitches Friday. That was likely his limit entering Saturday.

Speier says on NESN that the Red Sox are taking in consideration if it would benefit Kristian Campbell to go back to Worcester once Abreu is back with the team. If you want more proof of that, look at the moronic move he did in Roman Anthony's Red Sox debut.

Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora calls out umpire Junior Valentine amid his poor strike-three call, "That pitch was a ball."

Two decades ago, the Yankees lineup were mostly all villains. Now? This current New York roster lacks any real adversaries.

“Similar to Caballero the other day,” manager Alex Cora said. “They took a chance. They’re really good at what they do base running-wise. Volpe with the hop-hop and he goes. But Narvi, he made a great throw. He actually talked with Whit when he came in. Kind of like, ‘Hey, you have to mix up your looks and you’ve gotta be quick the plate.’”

The Yankees have now dropped four of five games this season against the Red Sox and are 8-10 overall in the American League East.

Before the Red Sox and Angels had a chance to close out their three-game series at Fenway Park on Wednesday, the two teams got into a heated pre-game argument on the field.