Smith will make history in March when she begins her job as a Red Sox minor league coach, becoming the first Black woman in Major League Baseball history to serve as an on-field coach.
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Red Sox hire Bianca Smith, first Black woman to coach pro baseball
Smith will work primarily with position players at the team’s training facility at Ft. Myers, Florida.
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MLB notebook: Red Sox sign righty Daniel Gossett to a minor-league deal
Daniel Gossett, who last pitched in an MLB game in 2018, has recovered from Tommy John surgery and should provide Boston with some veteran pitching depth.
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On Baseball: Depth is nice, but the Red Sox need proven arms
Boston is stockpiling pitchers, yet Chaim Bloom still needs to acquire dependable starters.
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Tom Caron: To bounce back, the Red Sox must enter the arms race
Starting pitching, relief pitching, left-handed pitching. Whatever it takes. Boston needs help in 2021 and beyond.
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Cora hopes Martinez, Rodríguez, Benintendi can bounce back
Red Sox manager Alex Cora is predicting better things from some of the Boston players who had an off year during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season
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Tom Caron: Red Sox should look east for pitching help
Tomoyuki Sugano, a 31-year-old right-hander from Japan, could bolster a Boston rotation in need of arms.
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Red Sox sign OF Hunter Renfroe to one-year deal
Renfroe played last season with Tampa Bay, hitting just .156 in 42 games but homering twice in the playoffs.
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MLB notebook: Phillies hire Dombrowski as president of baseball operations
The former Red Sox president will take over a team that has missed the playoffs nine years in a row.
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Tom Caron: MLB needs winter meetings to showcase the sport
This year the annual event is being held remotely because of the pandemic. Next year it needs to come back bigger and better than ever.