The Boston Red Sox have concentrated the vast majority of their offseason transactions around pitching so far, and that trend continued on Friday. Earlier this

The Red Sox sent reliever Chase Shugart to the Pirates for minor league righthander Matt McShane. Read more on Boston.com.

Fenway Sports Group has added to their investment portfolio quite a bit since purchasing the Boston Red Sox in 2002. John Henry and friends purchased Nascar's Roush Racing (creating Roush Fenway Racing) in 2007,

The Red Sox and Pirates have been frequent trade partners in the last year. Last July, the Sox sent infielder Nick Yorke to Pittsburgh in exchange for starting pitcher Quinn Priester. More recently, the Sox sent infielder Enmanuel Valdez to the Pirates in December and obtained reliever Joe Vogatsky.

The Boston Red Sox today acquired minor league right-handed pitcher Matt McShane from the Pittsburgh Pirates, in exchange for right-handed pitcher Chase Shugart. McShane, 22, was selected by the Pirates in the 13th round of the 2024 First-Year Player Draft.

The Boston Red Sox looked to add to their bullpen by signing local, Boston-area pitcher Sean Newcomb, who was once a top prospect and first-round draft pick.

The Pittsburgh Pirates acquired right-handed relief pitcher Chase Shugart from the Red Sox on Friday, a source confirmed to TribLive. In exchange, the Pirates sent fellow righty Matt McShane to Boston.

While the Dodgers operate from a financial advantage, they also are schooling opponents with a relentlessness not enough rival owners share.

I didn’t attend PiratesFest this weekend. I recently finished covering the Pittsburgh Steelers’ disastrous demise and the Penguins’ washout of a homestand. My Pittsburgh sports masochism knows at least some limitations.

Former Boston Red Sox catcher Kevin Plawecki officially announced his retirement from the MLB on Saturday after spending the last two seasons in the minors. Plawecki, 33, played collegiately at Purdue and was a first-round pick of the New York Mets in the 2012 MLB draft.

This is how it feels, anyway, and it isn't just because the Dodgers were revealed as the winners of the Rōki Sasaki sweepstakes on Friday. It is a big deal that one of the most talented pitchers on Earth is destined for Dodger Blue, but there's more going on here.