2026 Red Sox/MLB Season Thread

[Vermont Green]

I see this team as a World Series contender.

I'm not really a believer at this point.  They spent 2.5 months as the worst team in the AL, and then followed that up with an incredible hot streak.  In general, that 2.5 months would usually tell us more about the true quality of the team.

If they win 60% of their games going forward, I'll change my mind.

On June 24, after losing a series to COL, Sox were on pace to win 66 games.  Then they go 19-2 (146 win pace).  Pretty clear they are not going to maintain that pace.  But even 60% of their games would be 97 win pace, getting them to about 88 wins for the season.  They may not win that many in the end, but it is clearly within reach.  They have the pitching to continue to win games.

I guess it depends on how you define a world series contender.  To me, that means they have a realistic chance to get to the World Series, not that they necessarily are the favorites or that it is highly likely.  They may not even make the playoffs, but at this point, that feels likely enough.  And in any AL playoff series, they will likely have the best pitching.  Do you really think Tampa or Cleveland or Seattle are any better?  The Yankees, sure, if they get healthy deserve to be the favorite, but they are no lock.

[ozgod]

Amazing come behind win by the now never say die Red Sox with a great swing by Caleb Durbin to put it into the monster seats and put the Red Sox up for good 6?5 bottom of the 8th. And Aroldis Chapman put one on base in the ninth, but struck everyone else out.

I think you might be misremembering Chapman's night, but he got through.

It's wild that they're one away from matching their team record win streak.  The odds of that at the beginning of the streak were around 0.00038%.

Actually I stepped away for a minute and didn't realize he put 2 people on base and was a bit dodgy but ya he did make it through 

[Silas]

They did it again this afternoon with another win against the Os...6-3.  The Sox have now won 15 in a row and tied the franchise record set in 1946.  These guys are amazing.

[Vermont Green]

And they just missed the rain.  Everything going right for the Sox about now.

Tough match up for the night game, Eduardo Rivera pitching.  Ranger Suarez didn't get activated after all.  I am guessing that Bello follows Rivera after a few innings.  Whitlock, Slaten, and Chapman already pitched.  We'll see how that goes.  But hey, gotta believe I guess.