The weekly Red Sox minor league notebook includes why a rookie has had success, home run leaders and an update on Franklin Arias.

Red Sox left-hander Garrett Crochet has missed the overwhelming majority of the 2026 season, but there's a chance he could return to the ballclub in time for the playoffs. The twist is that it would come as a reliever.

Alex Bregman's return might be only part of the attraction at the Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs' season finale series.

Reid Detmers and his 182 strikeouts give the Los Angeles Angels a starting pitcher edge over Patrick Sandoval and the Boston Red Sox tonight.

Boston manager Chad Tracy removed several prominent players from the starting nine for the second game of the Red Sox's series against the Los Angeles Angels at Fenway Park. Jarren Duran and Adley Rutschman, who both homered in Monday's 5-2 victory, are not in the lineup against Angels left-hander Reid Detmers.

"The guys who don't start the game, we all kind of joked around ... if we don't get used and we win ... that means we killed it," Jones told Bradford. "And (that) just became kind of like a little mini celebration as a joke."

BOSTON — Instant reactions from the Red Sox’ 6-1 loss to the Angels on Tuesday at Fenway Park: 1. The Red Sox (80-66) saw their five-game winning streak come to an end at the hands of a dominant left-handed starting pitcher.