Some wanted a near total teardown roster do-over.
A lot was based on the notion that the record is all that counts, and those trying to say we weren't "that bad" were kidding ourselves.
Some said our goal should be .500 and anything more was a pipedream or worse.
Some were shocked that it seemed like we improved on a decent 2025 team, but were doing so poorly that our record was near the worst in MLB after a somewhat decent sample size.
Pythagorean kept saying we were not a horrible team.
Of course, none of us expected to see the team start playing like the best team in MLB, and we probably will not continue like this, but this is a pretty damn good team and not many changes have been made, except replacing injured players with subs.
Since June 25th:
26-5 BOS
20-12 TBR
19-11 CHC
19-12 MIL
Since June 1st (2 months) This is about half the season to date!
33-18 BOS
33-20 MIL
31-20 LAD
30-20 DET & CHC
30-21 MIA
I think you can go back to May 27th and still show the Sox with the best record.
We've been the best team in MLB for longer than being near the worst.
Is it safe to believe, now?