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John Henry received the Lifetime Achievement Award, given to him at the 2026 Sports Business Awards, presented by Sports Business Journal last night. He was introduced by David Ortiz and gave an acceptance speech.

Henry: "When I arrived in Boston 25 years ago, I was told, 'If you win the World Series in Boston, you'll never have to buy another drink in this town. It doesn't actually work that way."

Not sure who saw the post game interview with Duran tonight but they asked how he caught that insane ball in the outfield at the wall and he said “I am willing to put my body on the line for my pitcher. I was either going through the wall or going to make a play”

That is the kind of outfield we NEED to keep. We can’t afford to lose him. Anthony may have to find a new spot because he is not the fielder Duran is not does he have that energy.

He says Breslow is working hard on fixing the offense.

and Anthony if his fragile body holds up . Do you think there is any chance we call up Arias this year as well ? Pitching will keep us in games and we need one 850 OPS guy to put us over the top . What say you ? There is time to salvage this lost season in my expert opinion . Contreras needs help .

Ian Cundall had a nice bit on the latest SoxProspects about how the Red Sox power outage has become a systemwide feature, and that the prospects they're drafting and acquiring either don't have a power ceiling, or have a power ceiling that isn't really believable because of their size.

The few players they have gone for, they've already traded away: Braden Montgomery, to some extent Zach Ehrhard but he's small, to some extent Kyle Teel although that's stretching it because he profiled as having average power.

The few they still have don't "fit the archetype of guys who can exceed their ceiling" based on their size. They called out Mason White as someone who has a "power ceiling" but he's too small to really believe it.

He ended by saying he's been talking to a lot of scouts and it's like a "what is going on?" type discussion. It feels strange how lacking the system is.

Breslow is getting lots of credit for fixing pitching but he's doing it by ignoring offense.