Daily Red Sox Links: Will Middlebrooks, Steve Pearce, J.D. Martinez

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWill Middlebrooks may be retiring, but he had some great moments with the Red Sox, especially in 2013. (Hayden Bird; Boston.com)

First the Red Sox beat the Dodgers. Then the Patriots beat the Chargers. Steve Pearce knows what I’m getting at. (Adam London; NESN)

Beating LA isn’t a new thing for teams from Boston. (Matt Vautour; MassLive)

We are in mid-January and still talking about which relievers the Red Sox could or should try. (Logan Mullen; NESN)

2018 was another strange year in the game of baseball. (John Paschal; The Hardball Times)