Red Sox 2025 Season

[Silas]

Still hovering around 0.500.  I keep thinking that they are going to go on a run and win 8 of 10 or 12 of 15 or something; and I keep being wrong.

I will say that a bad run of losing 1-run games can be misleading.  Every year, there is a team that wins a bunch of 1-run games and that fools you into thinking they are better than they really are.  Same going the other way, losing a bunch of 1-run games can be a false indicator.  Over a long MLB season, these tend to average out.  If you are a 0.500 team, in the long run, you will revert to winning about 50% of your 1-run games.

Sox win a 1-run game last night, but that is just one game.  Overall, they are now 5-12 in 1-run games.  For context, the NYY are 5-10 in 1-run games.  I predict that will average out.  I still feel like they are 12-16 games over 0.500 by the end of the season.  That would be  87-89 wins.

162/2=81 at .500.  I would be very pleased if they were 16 games over....97 wins....Go Sox!

89-73. Isn?t that 16 games over 0.500?  97-65 would be 32 games over.

You are right...new math.

[Goldstar88]

Devers knocked in 8 runs today. He now leads the league in RBI?s. Glad the Sox didn?t trade him!

[Redz]

Devers knocked in 8 runs today. He now leads the league in RBI?s. Glad the Sox didn?t trade him!

That was quite the headstart he gave the league too. 

[Redz]

Devers knocked in 8 runs today. He now leads the league in RBI?s. Glad the Sox didn?t trade him!

That was quite the headstart he gave the league too. 

[Phantom255x]

They've looked a little better, but I worry about the pitching. Our non-Crochet starters can't seem to go beyond 4 innings and therefore the bullpen could become heavily fatigued by July-August. Even the great guys like Whitlock, Slaten, Chapman, etc. may have their arms fall off by then.

They really need at least 1 or 2 guys to step up and give them length in the rotation.

[jambr380]

Casas with season ending injury and now Bregman out for a couple of months. With our lack of pitching, it is going to be difficult to stay in the mix without two of our best power hitters. At least we split 1-run games yesterday.

[Vermont Green]

Though Bregman and the Red Sox were hoping he dodged anything major after Bregman was pulled from Friday's game with what was described at the time as "quad tightness." However, the third baseman started feeling worse last night, and an MRI revealed he suffered a severe quad strain.

Bregman called the injury "similar to 2021," the season where he missed over two months and 58 games. While Boston manager Alex Cora didn't give a timeline regarding Bregman, it's clear he'll be out far longer than just one or two weeks.

"He's going to be out for a while," Cora said. "Hopefully, trust in our medical staff it's sooner rather than later but he's going to be out for a while."

We have not really solved the 1B problem, now we have an issue at 3B too.  I would consider playing Devers at 3B.  My issue is that he has not historically been able to hold up to playing 3B for a whole season.  He always seemed to get injured and it impacted his hitting.  It is clear that if you keep him healthy, he will hit better.  But he may only need to play 3B for a couple of months, and maybe not every day.  I think he can play 3B well enough.  I thought it would be a bad idea to play him at 1B, a position he has never played.  But it may be fine to put him at 3B.

It is interesting to see Mayer getting a chance.  I see this as kind of an audition of sorts.  If he plays well, and by well I mean better than Trevor Story, I think this could be the end of the story for Story.

[Phantom255x]

They clearly did not have a backup plan at 1B in case Casas went down. That's on Breslow and the front office. Everyone else has to shuffle around or adjust because of it.

Story has also been putrid. There's really only four guys in the Sox lineup I trust and one of them went down with injury (Bregman, Devers, Duran, Narvaez). The Narwhal has been a great story too but we'll see if this is just a mirage. I hope not. Abreu's been good for stretches. Otherwise the rest of the lineup is mostly rookies or just depth.

[Goldstar88]

Anthony, ESPN's No. 1-rated prospect, smashed a 497-foot grand slam for the WooSox in a 10-4 victory over Rochester during an International League game in Worcester, Massachusetts.

The 21-year-old put the WooSox ahead 9-4 in the eighth inning when he drove a 91.1 mph sinker from Carlos Romero deep over the right-center-field wall, a drive that left his bat at 115.6 mph.

According to Statcast, that was the longest home run in affiliated baseball this season.

In the majors in 2025, only one home run has traveled over 475 feet -- a 484-footer hit by Mike Trout against the San Francisco Giants on April 19.

And since Statcast started tracking in the major leagues in 2015, only Nomar Mazara (505 feet in 2019), Giancarlo Stanton (504 feet in 2016), C.J. Cron (504 feet in 2022) and Christian Yelich (499 feet in 2022) have hit longer big league homers than Anthony's on Saturday night.

A second-round pick in the 2022 amateur draft, Anthony is batting .290 with 10 homers and 29 RBIs in 57 games this season. He has two grand slams.

[kraidstar]

They clearly did not have a backup plan at 1B in case Casas went down. That's on Breslow and the front office. Everyone else has to shuffle around or adjust because of it.

Story has also been putrid. There's really only four guys in the Sox lineup I trust and one of them went down with injury (Bregman, Devers, Duran, Narvaez). The Narwhal has been a great story too but we'll see if this is just a mirage. I hope not. Abreu's been good for stretches. Otherwise the rest of the lineup is mostly rookies or just depth.

They are also a very young team and are having to deal with both the expectations of winning, and teams adjusting to them.

It's a steep learning curve for a club with so few veteran players, especially with Bregman out.

And I hate to beat a dead horse, but Rafael Devers' behavior is absolutely deplorable. At a time when this team needed leadership and selflessness he has set the worst example possible. What a child.

Hopefully this team learns to grow in spite of him.

[Phantom255x]

They clearly did not have a backup plan at 1B in case Casas went down. That's on Breslow and the front office. Everyone else has to shuffle around or adjust because of it.

Story has also been putrid. There's really only four guys in the Sox lineup I trust and one of them went down with injury (Bregman, Devers, Duran, Narvaez). The Narwhal has been a great story too but we'll see if this is just a mirage. I hope not. Abreu's been good for stretches. Otherwise the rest of the lineup is mostly rookies or just depth.

They are also a very young team and are having to deal with both the expectations of winning, and teams adjusting to them.

It's a steep learning curve for a club with so few veteran players, especially with Bregman out.

And I hate to beat a dead horse, but Rafael Devers' behavior is absolutely deplorable. At a time when this team needed leadership and selflessness he has set the worst example possible. What a child.

Hopefully this team learns to grow in spite of him.

My biggest issue right now is, Roman Anthony is hitting nukes every game and literally should have already been up for a while. KC called up their top prospect similarly-hyped and ranked as Anthony after just 12 triple-A games, and I'm pretty sure Anthony has now played 100 of them.

But they aren't calling him up now out of fear he could win ROTY or come 2nd place, and that could eat up an option year down the road. Service time manipulation. So they fear he could come up and be really good and help the club essentially. Scary. Not trying to win or maximize this roster this season.

[Phantom255x]

The season has been frustrating, but always great to win a series against the Yankees 

[Vermont Green]

Yes, amazing how taking 2 of 3 in the Bronx makes it seem a lot better.

On another subject, I get trade rumors but why Duran and not Abreu to make room for Anthony. 

[Goldstar88]

Let?s go! 

The Boston Red Sox are calling up outfielder Roman Anthony, the No. 1 prospect in baseball, hopeful he can provide a jolt to a team that has disappointed over the season's first 67 games, manager Alex Cora confirmed on Monday.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

Let?s go! 

The Boston Red Sox are calling up outfielder Roman Anthony, the No. 1 prospect in baseball, hopeful he can provide a jolt to a team that has disappointed over the season's first 67 games, manager Alex Cora confirmed on Monday.

Baseball's not usually a sport where one guy will change the course of a team's season, though I obviously hope he does really well.