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But in the end, the Sox went no farther than Renteria’s team. The AL’s best rotation faltered in the four-game series, combining for a 10.22 ERA. Kimbrel continued his struggles since arriving in a trade-deadline deal from the Cubs, and the Sox now face the dilemma of picking up his $16 million option and trading him or declining the option and letting him go for nothing. The Sox also have holes to fill in right field, at second base and in the rotation, though Michael Kopech is expected to move into Carlos Rodón’s starting role next year.
“No, there’s no way we were trying to hit Abreu. If you’re going to hit him, you’re going to hit him long before that. If there was a reason, (but) there was no reason to hit Abreu. He hasn’t done anything to us. … And Abreu has been hit 20-something times, and in modern baseball, guys don’t try to get out of the way of the ball. In my day, we hit the dirt or turned away from the ball. Today guys would be just standing there and taking it,
“Obviously right now it sucks, it hurts,” said designated hitter Gavin Sheets, who homered in the second for the lone Sox run, “but to be able to have this experience my rookie year, I only think I can grow from it. And as a team, the same way, we’re only going to grow from it.”
Gruden, who still has a home in north Tampa, released a statement Monday night: “I have resigned as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders. I love the Raiders and do not want to be a distraction. Thank you to all the players, coaches, staff, and fans of Raider Nation.
The Bears have been leaning much more on their tight ends, and while it hasn’t resulted in pass production for those players yet, it’s a clear shift in strategy. That’s why it’s notable the team brought in five tight ends for a tryout Tuesday at Halas Hall: Alex Ellis, Daniel Helm, Ben Koyack, Nakia Griffin-Stewart and Carl Tucker.
“It just comes back to the team taking what we did collectively against the Browns and being like ‘We don’t want this to be who we are,’” Whitehair said. “And you can tell the mentality of the whole team, not just offensively, but the whole team changed after we go back into practice after the Browns game. And that’s what I’ve seen moving forward — a shift in mentality, the team taking just ownership of what we put out on the field. We knew it wasn’t good enough. You can tell on the practice field guys are more focused and ready to go.”
“I played with (Alex Rodriguez) when he was 19, and they have the same (bat) action, the same body, the power … it was impressive,” then-Cubs manager Dale Sveum said after Correa’s workout. “He told me to start working him away, and he starts throwing them into the seats in right field with a 20 mph wind (blowing in).”
Photos from Game 4 of the American League Division Series between the Chicago White Sox and Houston Astros at Guaranteed Rate Field on Oct. 12, 2021. (John J. Kim) Shawn Jones and Danielle Gamboa, of Alsip, tailgate before Game 4 of the ALDS between the Chicago White Sox and Houston Astros at Guaranteed Rate Field on Oct. 12, 2021. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune) Robert Frank, of La Grange Park, checks on his grilled sausages while tailgating before Game 4 of the ALDS between the Chicago White Sox and Houston Astros at Guaranteed Rate Field. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune) Richard Auskalnis, of Villa Park, tailgates outside Guaranteed Rate Field before Game 4 of the ALDS between the Chicago White Sox and Houston Astros on Oct. 12, 2021. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune) Fans begin to enter for Game 4 of the ALDS between the Chicago White Sox and Houston Astros at Guaranteed Rate Field on Oct. 12, 2021. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune) Baseball fans tailgate before Game 4 of the ALDS between the Chicago White Sox and Houston Astros at Guaranteed Rate Field. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune) Two baseball fans eat sausage and pizza before Game 4 of the ALDS between the Chicago White Sox and Houston Astros. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune) Nguyen Le, of Houston, wears a baseball glove on his head before Game 4 of the ALDS between the Chicago White Sox and Houston Astros on Oct. 12, 2021, in Chicago. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune) Dan Kozlowski, of Crown Point, Ind., wears a Chicago White Sox chain while tailgating before Game 4 of the ALDS between the Sox and Houston Astros at Guaranteed Rate Field. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune) Five-year-old Grayson Skreens reacts to his father Bryan’s request to take another bite of pizza before Game 4 of the ALDS between the Chicago White Sox and Houston Astros at Guaranteed Rate Field Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune)
Two months ago, when Fields scrambled and attempted a spin move on Miami Dolphins cornerback Nik Needham during the preseason, he was hit hard and fumbled, the kind of lesson a rookie quarterback ideally learns early and figures out how to avoid such missteps. Immediately after that game, Fields promised to remove that trick from his running repertoire, aware of how it put both his body and the football at risk.
BOSTON — Kiké Hernandez delivered the Boston Red Sox’s second straight walk-off win, scoring pinch runner Danny Santana with a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning to send the Red Sox to the American League Championship Series with a 6-5 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night.