2026 Red Sox/MLB Season Thread

[Silas]

Rough trip to the World Series....Yanks and TB both on the road. 

[Donoghus]

Rough trip to the World Series....Yanks and TB both on the road.

AL bracket is so whacked.  You'll have those three beating the heck out of each other. Meanwhile, someone out of the slop that is the AL Central & West is guaranteed to be in the ALCS.

[BitterJim]

Rough trip to the World Series....Yanks and TB both on the road.

AL bracket is so whacked.  You'll have those three beating the heck out of each other. Meanwhile, someone out of the slop that is the AL Central & West is guaranteed to be in the ALCS.

The 3rd wildcard could have a path to the ALCS that goes through 2 teams that are under .500 (more likely 2 teams barely over .500) while the 1st and 2nd wildcards have a ridiculously difficult potential path. I like having division winners get automatic playoff berths but the automatic #2/3 seeds are crap.

Even looking at it from the #1 seed perspective, they'll be facing a much better team than the #2 seed will. That's terrible seeding.

[Goldstar88]

Willson Contreras might have a broken hand after a HBP. Feels like Curtis Mead all over again..

Contreras had to leave the club's series finale against the Texas Rangers on Thursday night after getting hit by a pitch on his hand. At the time, it was reported that his X-rays came back negative, but there was still some fear. Contreras himself spoke about the injury and said that it felt like a fracture while citing the fact that he previously had one.

Now, of course, it would've been great to see Contreras in Boston's lineup on Friday, but he hasn't been ruled out for the weekend and Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy shared that no new scans are currently planned, as shared on X by MassLive.com's Sean McAdam.