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It’s been roughly 21 months since Craig Breslow worked for the Cubs, but his five seasons in Chicago under Jed Hoyer were formative years for him as a front-office executive and helped shape what he's done in Boston. nytimes.com/athletic/65055…

Anthony is under the weather, but well enough to hit. With Rafaela at second, Cora opted to put Yoshida in left. Yoshida has gotten pre game work there a lot since returning

Updated lineup Anthony now at DH and Yoshida in left. Will ask Cora the reason in about a half hour

IMO Red Sox fans should be more worried about Tanner Houck’s setback in his rehab stint than the two losses to the Cubs. Anyway, ⁦@jcmccaffrey⁩ ⁦@TheAthletic⁩ has a breakdown of Boston’s pitching situation here. nytimes.com/athletic/65042…

Red Sox vs Cubs: Duran CF, Anthony LF, Rafaela 2B, Yoshida DH, Story SS, Abreu RF, Narváez C, Mayer 3B, Gonzalez 1B, Crochet P

Brayan Bello pitched his eighth straight quality start on Saturday. But on a day when the Red Sox received bad news about Tanner Houck, it further highlighted their need to add another starter at the deadline. nytimes.com/athletic/65042…

Alex Cora on Tanner Houck: "We pulled him off the rehab assignment. We’re gonna keep him on the IL. That’s what we’ve got right now. The trainers are working on him over in Boston. We’ll have more information in the upcoming days."

Red Sox vs Cubs: Refsnyder LF, Bregman 3B, Gonzalez 2B, Anthony RF, Story SS, Rafaela CF, Yoshida DH, Toro 1B, Wong C, Bello P

The Red Sox held an optional workout Thursday at Wrigley at Alex Bregman's suggestion. Most players showed up. It didn't pay immediate dividends Friday but spoke to the team's mindset. “I think it says a lot. The boys are ready to just be together again." nytimes.com/athletic/65031…

Walk, walk, three-run homer off Giolito in the first. Tough start to the second half so far

Cora said there are no decisions made on Houck but when asked if optioning him to Worcester is on the table he said yes.

Red Sox vs Cubs: Duran LF, Bregman 3B, Anthony DH, Narváez C, Abreu RF, Story SS, Mayer 2B, Rafaela CF, Toro 1B, Giolito P

“It’s like in a movie theater, ‘You’re like shut up, Bregman is talking, let’s hear what he has to say,’” Jarren Duran said. “He’s like a coach,” Marcelo Mayer said. “I feel like he has eyes on everybody,” said Trevor Story. On Alex Bregman’s big impact nytimes.com/athletic/64867…

Meet the Red Sox’s 2025 draftees: Breaking down the 21 players selected, including 15 college pitchers nytimes.com/athletic/64934…

If you're in Boston, Grassroots Baseball's documentary 'See Her Be Her' is showing July 29 at the AMC Boston Common theater, free for students + $15 for adults The doc follows women around the world competing at the highest level grassrootsbaseball.org/seeherbeher

The Red Sox are one of four teams in history to ride a win streak of 10 games or more into the break. A look at their biggest contributors to get to this point nytimes.com/athletic/64916…