Red Sox 2025 Season

[Silas]

RED SOX CLINCH A PLAYOFF BERTH!  and....

Since June 1, the Red Sox have gone 47-28, the best record in the American League and the second-best in baseball.

[SparzWizard]

Time to go on a Cinderella run and win it all baby! Lets go Sox!

[Phantom255x]

Rafaela hitting a walkoff at Fenway in the green city connects with that "pointing fan" in the stands again like in the July game vs. Tampa. Just a classic way to clinch a playoff spot.

Cora managed the bullpen beautifully and the Sox offense kept chipping away. Good stuff.

[Redz]

Rafaela hitting a walkoff at Fenway in the green city connects with that "pointing fan" in the stands again like in the July game vs. Tampa. Just a classic way to clinch a playoff spot.

Cora managed the bullpen beautifully and the Sox offense kept chipping away. Good stuff.

Really bummed I didn?t get to see that because it was on Apple TV.  I just can?t bring myself to get one more subscription.  I?ve watched more Red Sox games this year than in a long time.  They are a captivating team and I?m glad they made the playoffs.  They deserve it. 

Just wish I could have seen it!

[hwangjini_1]

Rafaela hitting a walkoff at Fenway in the green city connects with that "pointing fan" in the stands again like in the July game vs. Tampa. Just a classic way to clinch a playoff spot.

Cora managed the bullpen beautifully and the Sox offense kept chipping away. Good stuff.

Really bummed I didn?t get to see that because it was on Apple TV.  I just can?t bring myself to get one more subscription.  I?ve watched more Red Sox games this year than in a long time.  They are a captivating team and I?m glad they made the playoffs.  They deserve it. 

Just wish I could have seen it!

It was a great game, watch a rerun if you can. It was a classic game decided on numerous occasions by a few inches here and there. Lots of drama.

Next, I am sooooo pleased (and a bit redeemed) by Yoshida in September. Maybe he is finally both healthy and has the rust off.

Yoshida is sporting a .814 OPS for the month of September and and OPS of 1.007 (!) over the last two weeks. He's finally making consistent, solid contact for hits.

I am hoping he continues being hot and is a terror in the post season. He has done a great job of replacing Anthony's bat so far.

[hwangjini_1]

Time to go on a Cinderella run and win it all baby! Lets go Sox!

Amen and a tp.

[Redz]

Rafaela hitting a walkoff at Fenway in the green city connects with that "pointing fan" in the stands again like in the July game vs. Tampa. Just a classic way to clinch a playoff spot.

Cora managed the bullpen beautifully and the Sox offense kept chipping away. Good stuff.

Really bummed I didn?t get to see that because it was on Apple TV.  I just can?t bring myself to get one more subscription.  I?ve watched more Red Sox games this year than in a long time.  They are a captivating team and I?m glad they made the playoffs.  They deserve it. 

Just wish I could have seen it!

It was a great game, watch a rerun if you can. It was a classic game decided on numerous occasions by a few inches here and there. Lots of drama.

Next, I am sooooo pleased (and a bit redeemed) by Yoshida in September. Maybe he is finally both healthy and has the rust off.

Yoshida is sporting a .814 OPS for the month of September and and OPS of 1.007 (!) over the last two weeks. He's finally making consistent, solid contact for hits.

I am hoping he continues being hot and is a terror in the post season. He has done a great job of replacing Anthony's bat so far.

Yeh Yoshida has been on a crazy heater.

The bullpen looked to have been amazing last night.  I did see the replay on that crazy breaking ball Chapman used for the final out K.

[Vermont Green]

It is settled who is in, just not who plays whom.  The options right now for BOS are CLE, NYY, and TOR (in alphabetical order).  I don't know all the odds for this.  TOR must have the edge over NYY as they own the tie breaker.  So if both win or both lose, it is TOR.  Of course if TOR wins and NYY loses, also TOR.  To me, that seems like 3 out of 4 outcomes result in TOR winning the division and NYY playing the 2nd wildcard.

BOS will be the 2nd wildcard (5th seed) with a win or a CLE loss and play @NYY or @TOR.  It has to be that both CLE and DET win (meaning a BOS loss) in order for CLE to win the division and DET to move up to the 2nd wildcard (5th seed).  In that case, it would not matter how it works out between TOR and NYY, BOS would play @CLE.

I don't think it really matters to BOS.  They are either @CLE or @NYY (most likely).  For DET and CLE, the difference is playing at home or playing on the road.  If BOS beats DET, they are the 6th seed and on the road no matter what, vs. CLE.  If DET wins and CLE looses, then DET wins the division and plays CLE at home.  DET wants Skubal for game 1 in any case so they are not starting him, but should otherwise try to win.

TOR is starting Gausman (or at least that is what is posted right now).  So best case for BOS is TOR losses to TB and BOS wins to secure the 5th seed, goes to TOR, but doesn't have to face their ace (Gausman) in game 1, and maybe not at all.

[Phantom255x]

What are the Sox doing?? Can't win today, we want Cleveland not NYY/TOR in the wild card

[Silas]

Who the hell is Jose De Leon?

[Donoghus]

Who the hell is Jose De Leon?

Juan Ponce's brother?

[Silas]

Who the hell is Jose De Leon?

Juan Ponce's brother?

Clever....deserves a TP.

[Phantom255x]

De Leon wants Cleveland!

[Donoghus]

AL Wild Card round is set. 

Sox @ NY
DET @ CLE

[ozgod]

It's interesting seeing how they went pre- and post-Devers trade:

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Red Sox
Pre-Devers 37-36 .501
Post-Devers 51-36 .586

Giants
Pre-Devers 41-31 .569
Post-Devers 38-50 .431

It's also interesting comparing what Devers said about moving to first base, compared to what Shohei said about pitching in relief, or playing in the outfield:

Devers:

Devers said he met with Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow, who asked him if he'd switch to first base, and the DH said no.

"They had the conversation with me," Devers said through team interpreter Daveson Perez. "I don't think, for me personally, it's the best decision after they asked me to play a different position. And I only had two months playing this position to all of a sudden have me try to play another position. So, from my end, it doesn't seem like a good decision."

Asked if there's a chance he might change his mind, Devers immediately said "no."

https://www.mlb.com/news/rafael-devers-unwilling-to-play-first-base-for-red-sox

Shohei:

Ohtani said he understood the decision but added that he wanted to "pitch as long as possible." Later, while addressing the Japanese media, Ohtani expressed an openness to playing the outfield to remain in the lineup after exiting as a reliever, saying: "I've had conversations with various people, and the idea of me pitching in relief has come up. As a player, I want to be prepared to handle whatever role is needed. If I do end up pitching out of the bullpen, I think that could also mean I'd need to play in the outfield afterward, depending on the situation. So I want to be ready for anything, no matter what comes my way."

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46297926/dodgers-considering-shohei-ohtani-helping-reliever

In hindsight, looks like we got rid of the cancer