Sox swept the Tigers and followed that up with a 3-6 record.
Then they swept the Royals and have proceeded to go 5-10.
The Globe is reporting the GM isn't in trouble, and the owners are making trade calls offering to eat bad contracts.
Back to 10 games under .500. All's Well.
Chad Tracy makes it clear that Mickey Gasper will be a fixture at catcher when the Red Sox face RHP for now (via @ChrisCotillo):
“At the moment, with right-handers, we’re looking to be aggressive to get Mickey in there… That’s not an easy thing for a drastic shift and the other two guys want to be in there, but we have to capitalize on that”
Things you can do as an athlete:
- beat your wife
- abuse your kids
- run from the cops
- do insane amounts of drugs
- go to strip clubs
- bet on games
Things you can’t do as an athlete:
- Support the current President
Ceddanne Rafaela over his last 27 games:
110 PA
.317/.373/.535/.907
4 HR, 6 2B, 2 3B
20.9 K%
6.4 BB%
15 RBI
150 wRC+
He’s been the 10th-most valuable player in baseball over that stretch with a 1.3 fWAR.
Since the new coaching staff took over, the Red Sox offense ranks 30th with runners on base (68 wRC+), 30th with runners in scoring position (65 wRC+), and 23rd in high-leverage situations (69 wRC+).
The Red Sox are last in Major League Baseball in runs scored since firing their coaching staff. Just in case you were wondering if that was something that was going to help the poor roster construction situation.
Kyle Harrison now has multiple starts *this season* with 0 R, 2 or fewer hits and 11+ K.
In the entire history of the Brewers prior to 2026, lefties had produced exactly *one* such start for the franchise: CC Sabathia on Aug. 31, 2008.