Daily Red Sox Links: Tanner Houck, Anthony Rizzo, Topps Baseball

Sure, roster flexibility is great and all but there is a huge cost of players on the bus to Worcester, especially when you’re going up and down like Tanner Houck. (Chad Jennings; The Athletic)

Big news in the trading card world, as Major League Baseball is ending their 70-year partnership with Topps to create baseball cards. (Jaclyn Diaz; NPR.com)

“It is on the front office” if the team doesn’t make the playoffs. Yeah, maybe you should have brought Anthony Rizzo back to Boston. (Christopher Smith; Mass Live)

After what has really been a brutal few weeks, John Tomas wants to know: Where is the fight in this team? (John Tomase; NBC Sports Boston)

The MLB City Connect jerseys, for the most part, have been excellent. Will they change the everyday uniforms for MLB going forward? (Joon Lee; ESPN.com)

The Cubs and Reds will be battling it out at the Field of Dream next year. (MLB.com)