If you were off celebrating Dads and Grads yesterday, or just off in general, you might have missed the late-breaking news that the Red Sox traded away a keystone of their offense, and the last remaining fixture of their Old Guard,

After the most exciting week in Red Sox baseball since, maybe, the 2021 ALCS, the team jettisoned their DH for, uh, well I’m sure it’s a great return. Anyway you can read about that all over OTM. For now,

Truthfully, the D-Backs lineup is full of hitters top to bottom, so the Mariners will need to make hay against their pitching to win games in this series. Since returning from a long stint in Korea back in 2019,