BOSTON — The Yankees had a chance to bury the Red Sox in the standings this month, facing their division rival in back-to-back weeks. They had a 9 1/2-game lead on the Red Sox on June 5, the day before their series at Yankee Stadium last week.

Hunter Dobbins was an eighth-round draft pick of the Boston Red Sox in 2021, and before the 2025 season, he was ranked as the 27th overall prospect in their system. Clearly, the Boston organization did not have high expectations for the righty from Texas Tech.

At long last, Logan Gilbert is set to return to the Mariners’ rotation. Seattle’s Opening Day starter will be activated from the 15-day injured list on Monday and start that evening’s series opener vs.

Like Dobbins, the Red Sox as a whole are trending in the right direction. Saturday’s win brought them back to .500 and back in the mix in the AL East. Once all of Boston’s pitchers are healthy, having Dobbins in the organization as a reliable extra arm wherever Cora needs him will be handy late in the season.

The Red Sox are starting to get healthy again. Tanner Houck and Wilyer Abreu are likely to rehab with Triple-A Worcester this week at Polar Park.

Red Sox manager Alex Cora wanted his twin 7-year-old sons to meet the Yankees’ Aaron Judge, the biggest star of his team’s AL East foe.

Concession workers at Fenway Park announced a strike Sunday ahead of the Boston Red Sox’s home game against the New York Yankees in the final game of a three-game series. After a three-day vote that concluded Sunday morning,

New York Yankees outfielder Jasson Dominguez appeared to have gotten caught napping on the basepaths against the Boston Red Sox on Saturday.