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April 17, 2026 The MassLive Red Sox Newsletter Celtics For Boston fans, the best week of the sports year is here Friday Outtakes: Playoffs, rivalries, traditions for the Bruins, Red Sox and Celtics plus the NFL Draft are all jammed into next week. By Matt Vautour | mvautour@masslive.com Read more Red Sox State of the Sox: Thanks to slow starts from other teams, Red Sox aren’t buried in division — yet It's still early in the season and the Red Sox have managed to hang around despite some poor play. But they can't afford much more slippage. By Sean McAdam | sean.mcadam@masslive.com MORE    Red Sox Top Red Sox pitching prospect leaves start with elbow inflammation after cracking BA Top 100 list Red Sox pitching prospect Juan Valera left his start for High-A Greenville due to inflammation in his throwing elbow, a source said Thursday evening. By Chris Cotillo | ccotillo@MassLive.com MORE    Red Sox West Springfield native, former MLB pitcher to become COO of MLBPA The MLB Players Association is shaking up their leadership group and a West Springfield native is set to take over as the chief operating officer. By Lauren Campbell | LCampbell@masslive.com MORE    Red Sox Padres could lose ex-Red Sox starter for weeks, ‘maybe months’ after injury The Padres pitching staff was delivered another blow with an injury to Nick Pivetta. By Lauren Campbell | LCampbell@masslive.com MORE    Red Sox Fenway Insider Live: Sean McAdam on who’s to blame for Red Sox’ slow start Why are the Red Sox off to such a slow start? And what is going on with Garrett Crochet? Sean McAdam answers those questions and more on this week's Fenway Insider. By Sean McAdam | sean.mcadam@masslive.com and Lauren Campbell | LCampbell@masslive.com MORE    See more     Unlimited Digital Access to MassLive․com   $1 for the first month   Subscribe Now   Cancel anytime.