I don’t mean another 78-84 season of mediocrity like we’ve seen in 2022 and 2023.
With the news about Lucas Giolito this week, it could get really bad.
Now, I know you’re thinking.
If you season rests on Lucas Giolito, you are probably fucked anyway.
Before last week, no one was saying the Red Sox were even going to be a playoff team.
But while Giolito is not an exciting name, he was desperately needed on a already shitty pitching staff.
He also has a $19 million player option for next year.
Everything that went right in the first two decades is crashing down around them.
I swear this is not a troll job against Red Sox fans.
I wish the Red Sox were better.
I hate the Yankees and have to deal with total “27 Ringzzzz!!111!!!”
The Orioles really bailed us all out last year.
But thankfully Clem covers a lot of that.
So what now for Boston?
How bad will they be?
I think this is a 90+ loss team.
Not only is Giolito out for awhile but James Paxton and Chris Sale are gone too.
That’s a bullpen that still hasn’t had Kenley Jensen make his spring training debut.
In total fairness, there has been a lot smoke regarding Boston and Jordan Montgomery.
But, should they even sign him at all?
I love Montgomery and think he’s a perfect number 2 guy in any pitching staff.
Despite him being a very good pitcher, can anyone realistically say that would make this a playoff team?
If the Orioles don’t win the AL East, the Yankees will.
But you know what?
The Blue Jays are better than them too.
Going 80-82 does nothing for anyone.
It’s better to just go something like 67-95 and get that better draft pick.
I’m not trying to kick the Red Sox fans when they are down.
If anything, I really empathize with them especially this season.
I’m doing the same thing with Luke Voit and Sean Manaea.
You think I want to watch 162 games of Mark Vientos and Brett Baty?
But enough about the Mets problems.
The Red Sox have their own.
Everyone agrees with that.
The question I ask is if they should fix these problems at all?
Tear the whole thing down.
Maybe that would get John Henry caring again?
Maybe ripping everything down to the posts and beams would make the team easier to sell?
The current path clearly doesn’t work.
But back to my Babe Ruth/Mookie Betts comparison.
After trading Ruth in 1920, do you know the next time they even made a World Series again?
It took 26 years.
That can’t happen again.
We can’t let the Yankees keep getting away with this.
