The Red Sox season is over (in a aggressive sense, a minimum of; there’s nothing improper with simply having fun with just a few baseball video games over the weekend). For the third yr in a row and the fifth time over the previous six seasons, the Sox won’t be taking part in postseason baseball. However this yr’s collapse feels somewhat bit totally different than the collapses of the previous two seasons, as a result of there actually was a playoff berth there for the taking. Alex Cora didn’t mince phrases about what occurred, merely saying that the workforce blew it. (Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic)
However there have been some developmental successes this yr, notably with some youthful and inexperienced gamers like Wilyer Abreu, Ceddanne Rafaela, Tanner Houck, and Jarren Duran, who now see how onerous it’s to remain constant over 162. In that sense, Triston Casas says it was “a great yr to get our enamel kicked in.”
So now it’s formally time to start out eager about the offseason. Craig Breslow has been doing simply that, and he not too long ago spoke to the Globe about his offseason plans, saying that the Sox will pursue bullpen assist, right-handed hitting assist, and rotation assist, and that the workforce will discover choices through each trades and free company. In different phrases: Breslow desires to make the Pink Sox higher and can use totally different means to take action. Insightful! I’m not going to criticize Breslow for saying nothing, as a result of I don’t count on him to truly define his plans to the media. However I’ll notice that he mentioned basically the identical factor originally of final offseason. (Alex Speier, Boston Globe)
As for bullpen assist, how about Luis Guerrero? The Pleasure of Jamaica Plain has had an impressive begin to his huge league profession over the previous few weeks and will definitely be within the combine to interrupt camp with the workforce subsequent season. However he doesn’t simply need to be within the combine, he desires to be an MLB nearer ultimately. (Alex Speier, Boston Globe)
Liam Hendriks hopes to assist the bullpen subsequent season, too. He hasn’t performed a single inning of huge league ball in 2024, nevertheless it nonetheless seems like he had a greater time this yr than final yr in Chicago, when he reportedly discovered himself in the midst of a clubhouse rift with the failing White Sox. (Buster Olney, Jesse Rogers, ESPN)
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