As we saw today, The Red Sox lost their sixth straight game in a row losing to the Yankees in a first game of a double-header. They have another game going on right now, but if they lose the game, they could be on a seven game losing streak at the end of the night. Before this losing streak, the Red Sox were gaining on the Rays for the second Wild Card spot, but now they are slipping away once again. as they are now 4.5 games behind the Rays. This is not the vision that the Red Sox had in mind for this season, but maybe they can still have a little bit of hope and luck to get in the Playoffs.

This season has been reminding me of the season the Celtics had. There isn’t locker room drama, players fighting, or anything like that, but the Red Sox have a lot of talent on their roster and yet they aren’t able to string together some wins. There has been times the Red Sox have been playing awful and there has been times the Red Sox have started to play good like before their losing streak. Like before this the Red Sox were playing really good and were putting up some big time runs, but things have seem to be falling a part again. Like the Celtics, there was times were they played awful and then good and then awful again. That is how it’s been lately for the Red Sox.

The another thing in common that the Red Sox and the Celtics did in their most recent season was….THEY TRADED FOR NOBODY!! The Red Sox who have been struggling in the bullpen this year and could use an extra solid bat in the lineup, made NO TRADES at the trade deadline. This was a very stupid move on the Red Sox part I think. The Red Sox did acquire pitcher Andrew Cashner and designated Eduardo Nunez, but besides that the Red Sox didn’t even make a splash this trade deadline. The Astros got Zack Greinke, Twins got Sergio Romo, Reds got Trevor Bauer, many teams got good deals and players that could help the team.

The Red Sox has been horrible this season I think, like it has been in the years past. Losing Joe Kelly and Craig Kimbral in the offseason has really hurt the Red Sox this season. They were both key members to the championship team last season has they pitched well. Joe Kelly was outstanding in the World Series, and Craig Kimbral was a solid closer for the Red Sox. It wasn’t worth signing Kimbral to that huge contract, but it’s been hurting not having him this season. I haven’t really heard who in the bullpen that has had a good season, but I just know the Red Sox bull pen has been giving up a lot of runs.

I’m not just going to blame the bullpen though, the starters haven’t been that amazing as well this season. Chris Sale after coming off one of the best season’s of his career is 5-10 this season, and Rick Porcello has been 9-8 this season and 5.74 ERA. They haven’t been having the best season, but they could probably have some more wins if it weren’t for the bull pen or if the Red Sox could provide some more runs. David Price and Eduardo Rodriguez so far have been playing the best for pitchers I think for the Red Sox. They have had a decent record so far and throws consistently, but it has been amazing.

Now the hitting this season hasn’t been great this year for the Red Sox as well. J.D. Martinez and Mookie Betts are still hitting the ball pretty good, Rafael Devers and Michael Chavis has been having a decent year, but Jackie Bradley Jr and Andrew Benintendi has been struggling this year with batting average. I think they should’ve made the move and should’ve sent one of the two out the door for a pitcher in the bull pen or at least a very good solid hitter. I think they have had their time in Boston and their chances, but I think it is time to let them go to find a good power hitter or a good bull pen pitcher.

As of right now the Red Sox are 4.5 games behind the Tampa Bay Rays for the second Wild Card spot in the American League, they are not “out of the race” by any chance, but they are really needing to pick it up here soon. They just need to focus on one game at a time, and not on the Wild Card Race. Anything can happen, I mean remember back in 2011, when the Rays were 9 games behind the Red Sox and came all the way back to knock the Red Sox out of the playoffs on the last night of baseball…………. ;(

I hate to bring up this moment as it brings back childhood nightmares, but maybe the Rays can go 6-18 in September and the Red Sox can snatch the Wild Card spot?…..We can dream?

Btw that season was going to be a championship season that year for the Red Sox, they were rolling that year before that month.

ANYWAY, the Red Sox need to pick up or else they will be watching the playoffs from home this season. But say the Red Sox don’t get in, I will basically be hoping that the Yankees don’t win the World Series.

One thing I will admit that I was the glad the Red Sox didn’t do this at the trade deadline like they did at the 2014 trade deadline.

The Red Sox won the World Series in 2013, after some how turning it around after an absolute terrible season in 2012. Going into the next year they lost Jacoby Ellsbury and Jarrod Saltalamacchia, but the Red Sox were still going to have a good season. Things weren’t going as great for the Red Sox that season, and do you know what the Red Sox did at the deadline? THEY BLEW EVERYTHING UP! They got rid of almost the starting rotation from the World Series championship team! They got rid of Jon Lester, Jake Peavy, John Lackey, Felix Doubront, and bullpen pitcher Andrew Miller. I was so mad at the Red Sox when they made these trades because I believed the Red Sox still had a good team, but there was plenty of time to get better and that season just wasn’t the season they wanted it to start. It took a few years for the Red Sox to get back to a playoff team including ugly signees like Rusney Castillo, Pablo Sandoval, and Hanley Ramirez, but the Red Sox eventually got back to a championship team in 2018…. 😉

I still got faith in the Red Sox, but still got a lot of work to do!

Go Red Sox!

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