{"id":121483,"date":"2025-09-05T09:38:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T09:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/121483\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T09:38:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T09:38:19","slug":"mlb-notebook-red-sox-have-some-work-to-do-to-get-ready-for-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/121483\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Notebook: Red Sox have some work to do to get ready for October"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Payton Tolle\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"hero-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/TP5YSUQANBFZRP6P5MZRXVOID4.jpg\" \/>Rookie lefty Payton Tolle could be a big help down the stretch as the Red Sox make their playoff push. (Photo by Brian Fluharty\/Getty Images)Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"GFBF3PSLMBHRHKDGSE3D3MQPTY\">The two biggest keys to a successful postseason run, most would agree, are being healthy and having a quality pitching staff in working order.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FEWG43L4PNGSBBW2D33DN5BDXI\">For the time being, with just over three weeks to go before the end of the season, the Red Sox have neither.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--center skimlinks\">If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/user-agreement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/privacy-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rookie lefty Payton Tolle could be a big help down the stretch as the Red Sox make their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[9012,3307,49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-121483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-american-league","tag-baseball","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}