2026 Red Sox/MLB Season Thread

[Vermont Green]

Jones sucks. The guy is barely batting over .200, basically an automatic out. Put Mead in. They need guys that can at least give them a chance to score a run.

And now he pulls Gray after 70 pitches.. 

Yep, just keep sending Jones out there. Brilliant

So you put Miller in after he gave up a run last night and then you go to Crochet?

Pathetic. Click.

Just a horrendous job by Tracy. It is an elimination game.

NEW YORK -- With the Boston bats ice cold at Yankee Stadium again, a couple of quick hooks by Red Sox rookie manager Chad Tracy led to another early postseason exit.

And top starter Sonny Gray wasn't happy about being lifted after only 70 pitches.

"I think I'm the best pitcher in the American League going through the order a third time. I think that's a fact," Gray said. "I would have liked to have been trusted in that moment."

Not a great showing by Tracy in his post season debut.

[BitterJim]

Jones sucks. The guy is barely batting over .200, basically an automatic out. Put Mead in. They need guys that can at least give them a chance to score a run.

And now he pulls Gray after 70 pitches.. 

Yep, just keep sending Jones out there. Brilliant

So you put Miller in after he gave up a run last night and then you go to Crochet?

Pathetic. Click.

Just a horrendous job by Tracy. It is an elimination game.

NEW YORK -- With the Boston bats ice cold at Yankee Stadium again, a couple of quick hooks by Red Sox rookie manager Chad Tracy led to another early postseason exit.

And top starter Sonny Gray wasn't happy about being lifted after only 70 pitches.

"I think I'm the best pitcher in the American League going through the order a third time. I think that's a fact," Gray said. "I would have liked to have been trusted in that moment."

Not a great showing by Tracy in his post season debut.

I wonder if it's a case where an experienced bench coach would have helped. Having a rookie manager is hard enough, but having the whole coaching staff made up of people promoted in the organization left us pretty low on MLB playoff experience. Getting some outside experienced coaches should be a requirement for next year.

Hmmm, that sounds familiar...

[Goldstar88]

Jones sucks. The guy is barely batting over .200, basically an automatic out. Put Mead in. They need guys that can at least give them a chance to score a run.

And now he pulls Gray after 70 pitches.. 

Yep, just keep sending Jones out there. Brilliant

So you put Miller in after he gave up a run last night and then you go to Crochet?

Pathetic. Click.

Just a horrendous job by Tracy. It is an elimination game.

NEW YORK -- With the Boston bats ice cold at Yankee Stadium again, a couple of quick hooks by Red Sox rookie manager Chad Tracy led to another early postseason exit.

And top starter Sonny Gray wasn't happy about being lifted after only 70 pitches.

"I think I'm the best pitcher in the American League going through the order a third time. I think that's a fact," Gray said. "I would have liked to have been trusted in that moment."

Not a great showing by Tracy in his post season debut.

I wonder if it's a case where an experienced bench coach would have helped. Having a rookie manager is hard enough, but having the whole coaching staff made up of people promoted in the organization left us pretty low on MLB playoff experience. Getting some outside experienced coaches should be a requirement for next year.

Hmmm, that sounds familiar...

Except one coach won a championship. 

[Roy H.]

Jones sucks. The guy is barely batting over .200, basically an automatic out. Put Mead in. They need guys that can at least give them a chance to score a run.

And now he pulls Gray after 70 pitches.. 

Yep, just keep sending Jones out there. Brilliant

So you put Miller in after he gave up a run last night and then you go to Crochet?

Pathetic. Click.

Just a horrendous job by Tracy. It is an elimination game.

NEW YORK -- With the Boston bats ice cold at Yankee Stadium again, a couple of quick hooks by Red Sox rookie manager Chad Tracy led to another early postseason exit.

And top starter Sonny Gray wasn't happy about being lifted after only 70 pitches.

"I think I'm the best pitcher in the American League going through the order a third time. I think that's a fact," Gray said. "I would have liked to have been trusted in that moment."

Not a great showing by Tracy in his post season debut.

I wonder if it's a case where an experienced bench coach would have helped. Having a rookie manager is hard enough, but having the whole coaching staff made up of people promoted in the organization left us pretty low on MLB playoff experience. Getting some outside experienced coaches should be a requirement for next year.

Hmmm, that sounds familiar...

Except one coach won a championship. 

With a very experienced and respected bench coach, followed by two dismal playoff runs after that bench coach took a head coaching job elsewhere.