A bad season where the team only wins fewer than 75 games might be what the organization needs to really question their philosophies and roster management. Maybe I'm being naive and this is permanent, but I think part of the reason they are okay with this philosophy is because they think having competitive seasons where they are in the hunt is fine since anyone can make a run once you make the playoffs, and people will stay interested most of the season. Kind of like the Rays, Brewers, etc. and how those teams are run, even though they might have a few runs here or there but usually they get smoked by a higher payroll/more talented team later on in the postseason.
If like a month from now, the team is something like 14-30, I truly think fans will stop caring and not go to Fenway and the organization will get ripped all over social media. The reason they managed the past few years was because even 2022-2024, they hovered around .500 and were in the hunt until at least September and they sold an illusion of contention/playoffs.
An awful season kind of like 2012 might be beneficial in the long run if there is hope for making significant changes because it's absolutely not working. To the point where even GMs don't want to come here (Breslow was their 12th option and got hired because everyone else said no). That's pretty dam-ning for a historic franchise like the Sox who have actually had good success overall in the 21st century, it's gone downhill since 2018.
Topic: 2026 Red Sox/MLB Season Thread (Read 17620 times)