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August 21, 2026 The MassLive Red Sox Newsletter Patriots After A.J. Brown and Jaylen Brown trades, Philadelphia is now Boston’s biggest rival Forget New York, Boston's real sports drama is now tied to Philadelphia. Plus an outsider who should be in Cooperstown and Brad Marchand's future By Matt Vautour | mvautour@masslive.com Read more Red Sox Touching reason behind Payton Tolle having ‘you’re so pretty’ on glove Every time Payton Tolle takes the mound, he has a piece of his mother, Jina, with him. By Lauren Campbell | LCampbell@masslive.com MORE    Red Sox Fenway Insider Live: Sean McAdam on Franklin Arias, Boston’s pitching and more MassLive’s Fenway Insider Sean McAdam hosted a mailbag Thursday to highlight the latest news from the Boston Red Sox. By Sean McAdam | sean.mcadam@masslive.com and Lauren Campbell | LCampbell@masslive.com MORE    Red Sox Marcelo Mayer injury: Will Giants infielder play against former Red Sox team? Marcelo Mayer is getting closer to a return and will debut for the Giants soon. By Lauren Campbell | LCampbell@masslive.com MORE    Red Sox In Red Sox loss, 28-year-old grinder finally ‘gets monkey off his back’ The Red Sox second baseman said, “It’s not like my strength but of course you wanna get one (homer), right?" By Christopher Smith | csmith@masslive.com MORE    Red Sox Red Sox bullpen, overworked and short of key arms, buckles at the wrong time Two and a half weeks without a day off finally caught up to the Red Sox and their bullpen Wednesday. By Sean McAdam | sean.mcadam@masslive.com MORE    See more     Get Back to What You've Missed   Unlimited Digital Access   $1 for 3 months   Subscribe Now     Cancel anytime.