• Source: 2017 Boston Red Sox season

      • The 2017 Boston Red Sox season was the 117th season in the team's history, and their 106th season at Fenway Park. They finished with 93 wins and 69 losses, the same record as their previous season, two games ahead of the second-place New York Yankees. It was also the team's first season in 15 years without David Ortiz, due to his retirement. The Red Sox won their second straight American League East championship, the first time the team won the division (which was established in 1969) in consecutive years; it was their ninth division title overall. In the postseason, they lost the American League Division Series in four games to the eventual 2017 World Series champions, the Houston Astros.


      Offseason




      = October 2016

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      On October 16, general manager Mike Hazen left the Red Sox for the Arizona Diamondbacks.


      = November 2016

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      On November 3, Brian Bannister was promoted to vice president of pitching development, in addition to his role as assistant pitching coach.
      On November 4, bench coach Torey Lovullo left the Red Sox for the Arizona Diamondbacks to take over as manager.
      On November 11, the Red Sox appointed Gary DiSarcina, former Lowell Spinners and Pawtucket Red Sox manager, as their new bench coach.
      On November 15, DH David Ortiz officially retired.


      = December 2016

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      On December 6, the Red Sox traded 3B Travis Shaw with prospects RHP Josh Pennington, SS Mauricio Dubon and a player to be named later to the Milwaukee Brewers for reliever RHP Tyler Thornburg. The Brewers later received $100 instead of the PTBNL.
      On December 6, the Red Sox traded prospects 3B Yoan Moncada, RHP Michael Kopech, CF Luis Alexander Basabe and RHP Víctor Díaz to the Chicago White Sox for starter LHP Chris Sale.
      On December 8, the Red Sox acquired Josh Rutledge in the Rule 5 draft from the Colorado Rockies. Rutledge played parts of the 2015 and 2016 seasons with Boston.
      On December 8, the Red Sox signed free agent 1B Mitch Moreland to a one-year, $5.5M deal.
      On December 20, the Red Sox traded RHP Clay Buchholz to the Philadelphia Phillies for 2B Josh Tobias.


      Regular season




      = Opening Day, April 3 vs. Pittsburgh

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      Reigning AL Cy Young winner Rick Porcello made his first opening day start of his career, going 6 1⁄3 innings, allowing three runs on six hits in the win. The Red Sox bats could only get one hit off of Pirates starter Gerrit Cole through 4 2⁄3 innings but then strung together six 2-out hits. Jackie Bradley Jr. started the rally with a triple of the right field wall, Pablo Sandoval legged out an infield single, Sandy León laid down a bunt down the third base line, Dustin Pedroia with a single down the middle, which plated Pablo Sandoval, Andrew Benintendi with a three-run shot in the Pirates bullpen and Mookie Betts reached second on another infield single and a throwing error by the shortstop Jordy Mercer. Hanley Ramírez made the third out and Cole's day was over. Pittsburgh got to Porcello in the seventh, where he gave up three hits and three runs, two of them inherited by Matt Barnes. Barnes eventually got out of the inning. Neither team would score in the remainder of the game and Craig Kimbrel closed out the game on one hit and one hit batsman.


      Opening Day lineup




      = Sign stealing revelations

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      In September 2017, the Red Sox were fined for their role in stealing signs from the rival New York Yankees. On February 4, 2020, MLB Network journalist Peter Gammons reported that former Red Sox player Chris Young, who left the Red Sox following the 2017 season, told him that Young was the mastermind of the Red Sox' Apple Watch scheme, telling him "I started the whole Apple Watch thing. I got it from when I was with the Yankees." Young later denied to SportsNet New York (SNY) that he told this to Gammons, and Gammons retracted his comments via Twitter, stating that Young's "word is gold." In reporting Young's denial, SNY also revealed that Young had in fact been interviewed by MLB officials as part of the 2017 investigation against the Red Sox and that multiple sources told the sports news agency that Young was in fact a leader of the team's 2017 Apple Watch scheme.


      Postseason




      = 2017 American League Division Series vs. Houston Astros

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      Game 1, October 5




      Game 2, October 6




      Game 3, October 8




      Game 4, October 9




      Composite line score


      2017 ALDS (1–3): Boston lost to Houston


      = Postseason rosters

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      Season standings




      = American League East

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      = Record against opponents

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      Roster




      Game log




      = Postseason game log

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      = Grand slams

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      The Red Sox were the only American League team not to hit a grand slam during the 2017 season.


      = Ejections

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      † postseason game
      Source:


      = Detailed records

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      Statistics


      Please note only the statistics from playing with the Red Sox are included in this list.


      = Regular season batting

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      Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; Ref. = Reference

      Top ten batters shown. Qualified batters in bold.

      Top 10 hitters determined by fWAR:


      = Regular season pitching

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      Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; WHIP = Walks plus hits per inning pitched; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Total runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts; HLD = Holds; Ref. = Reference

      Top ten pitchers shown. Qualified pitchers in bold.

      Top 10 pitchers determined by fWAR:


      = Postseason batting

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      = Postseason pitching

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      Awards and honors



      † Started game in CF due to injury of Mike Trout


      Farm system



      Source:


      References




      Further reading


      Cundall, Ian (September 15, 2020). "2017 Draft Retrospective: The picks". SoxProspects.com. Retrieved November 5, 2020.


      External links


      2017 Boston Red Sox Season at Baseball Reference
      2017 Boston Red Sox season at Official Site Archived October 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
      2017 Boston Red Sox season at ESPN
      2017 Boston Red Sox Media Guide
      2017 Boston Red Sox Draft Selections Archived December 24, 2017, at the Wayback Machine

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