A Realistic View at the 2026 Red Sox Part II

[illinoisredsox]

6 hours ago, drewski6 said:

Who slept with this guys wife to make him like this?

Don’t feed the troll.

[JimEd]

9 hours ago, dannycater said:

Everything that could go wrong to Sox depth went wrong...Yoshida injured done, Anthony's nagging injuries, Story missed most of season, Mead acquired has 1 at bat and done, Gasper is OPS machine naturally injured can't be in postseason, White doing great, injured done, Durbin played with a pinky finger that ultimately affected him later.

Duran was a hot mess at plate all year, Monasterio was a big part of 32-5 and turns into a pumpkin to the point they won't play him over the awful IKF, Abreu and Raffy were a power show, hit show then Raffy gets hurt comes back as much, Abreu turns back into mush after power streak, Rogers does well in short few games, dumped only to see the All-Star Ruschman deal with his injuries that affected him at plate and missed some games, Jones is like a revelation during 32-5 then reverts to the absolute s***** hitter he is (two epically bad ABs as a leadoff in an elimination game), Romy injured and never available. 

Contreras missed a good portion of games due to his own injuries/craziness---and yet the Sox played and won without him and didn't really do well when he was in the lineup--not his fault--but it was weird how the games he missed, the Sox won and won and won,  Romy injured not available. Really the only constant without injury was Sogard, who was great in his role and terrific defender mostly at 2b. ..

Factor in some of the worst managing in Sox playoff history--bizarro pulls for no reason in two 1-0 games. Bat Story 8th, hit Jones 1st. The league best Bullpen was batting practice in postseason, Bennett never pitches, but Crochet does. Guerrero, Slaten both injured done. This team was just one hot mess from a position player standpoint and too many hurdles to overcome. Still a bad team before 32-5, a bad team after. That is talent-based. 

 

that pretty much sums it up. and Tracy getting out-managed by Aaron Boone makes me lose what respect i had for Chad. just one stupid decision after another with this guy.