The Red Sox form before the break gave us fans hope, and at that time fangraphs had them at a decent percentage chance to make the playoffs.
Fangraphs still has them at 38% to make the playoffs.
Given the strength of the schedule remaining, and the continuing downward slide of the rotation and bullpen, any reasonable fan would expect the Red Sox not to make the playoffs.
Ah but us fans are not known for being reasonable ! 😉
Boone keeps saying “we need to play better”.
Actually, you need upgrades as your lineup stinks.
The Yankees had 6 starters today with an OPS under .700, with the league average at .709.
The Red Sox had 2 starters under .700 (Rafaela is at .698)
The team needed to add a reliable reliever coming out of the break, with the injuries and Kenley unavailable for this series.
They rolled the dice, and they have been well and truly bent over.
He has become my Red Sox favourite player, with his combination of good defence, bat to ball skills, power, base running and all out effort playing every game.