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The Boston Red Sox beat the Colorado Rockies, 5-2, on Tuesday night to improve to 32-45 on the year, but it was comments made by Chief Baseball Officer Craig Breslow that stole headlines during the game. Despite Boston possessing the second-fewest wins in the sport, the third-year CBO still seems hellbent on his team making a run. For the betterment of the organization, Breslow needs to gain a clearer understanding of the position the Red Sox find themselves in.
“We’re still not at a point where that decision is clear,” Breslow told Tim Healey of the Boston Globe about the Red Sox' direction at the August 3 trade deadline. “We’ve got a lot of baseball games to play between now and then, and we’re going to do everything we can to get the ship righted for 2026,” he continued.
Despite being 13 games under .500 with the second fewest wins in baseball, the Red Sox find themselves only six games back of the final wild card spot in an American League where, entering Wednesday, 10 of the 15 teams are under .500. However, their playoff odds, per Fangraphs, are only 10.3 percent.
American League East standings and playoff odds as projected by Fangraphs Source: https://www.fangraphs.com/standings/playoff-odds/fg/div
“There'd be other seasons where you'd look at our record and where we're at in the American League right now, and you'd be like 'oh my god, they're 15 games out,” Interim manager Chad Tracy told WEEI’s Rich Shertenlieb, Ken Laird, and Christian Arcand on Tuesday afternoon. “Because the American League hasn't performed well, it's not an outrageous thing to think about...so we're in a day-to-day mindset,” he continued.
Like Tracy, Breslow has remained steadfast in his belief that his team can make a run in 2026, beginning in late April, when he declared the team could still make the playoffs in the wake of the shocking firing of manager Alex Cora and several members of his staff.
However, in the 50 games Boston has played since Cora’s firing, the team possesses a .440 winning percentage, only marginally higher than the .370 in the 27 games under Cora.
Not only have the Red Sox only slightly improved since the firings, but they are also on pace for one of the worst seasons in the team's 125-year history. With a .415 winning percentage, Boston is on pace to finish the season 67-95, which would be the team’s worst record in a 162-game season since the 1965 Red Sox finished the year 62-100.
However, the Red Sox possess one of the worst offenses in the league, scoring a league low 301 runs in their first 77 games.
Their offensive struggles make it incredibly unlikely that they can go on the run both Breslow and Tracy are looking for to bring Boston back into the thick of the playoff race.
Even team president Sam Kennedy has seemed to soften his stance on the Red Sox becoming sellers in recent weeks, telling WEEI’s The Greg Hill Show, “Let’s be honest, unless things change dramatically, we may have to pivot here from what our initial planning was. It just wouldn’t be responsible to do otherwise.”
It’s time for Breslow to take a serious look at the roster he constructed and ask himself if that run he keeps predicting is actually right around the corner. If not, it’s time to turn his attention to selling off pieces and building a contender for the 2027 season.
The Red Sox are 32-45 and in last place in the American League East.
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“We’re still not at a point where that decision is clear,” Breslow told Tim Healey of the Boston Globe about the Red Sox' direction at the August 3 trade deadline. “We’ve got a lot of baseball games to play between now and then, and we’re going to do everything we can to get the ship righted for 2026,” he continued.
Reason for optimism?
Despite being 13 games under .500 with the second fewest wins in baseball, the Red Sox find themselves only six games back of the final wild card spot in an American League where, entering Wednesday, 10 of the 15 teams are under .500. However, their playoff odds, per Fangraphs, are only 10.3 percent.
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American League East standings and playoff odds as projected by Fangraphs Source: https://www.fangraphs.com/standings/playoff-odds/fg/div
“There'd be other seasons where you'd look at our record and where we're at in the American League right now, and you'd be like 'oh my god, they're 15 games out,” Interim manager Chad Tracy told WEEI’s Rich Shertenlieb, Ken Laird, and Christian Arcand on Tuesday afternoon. “Because the American League hasn't performed well, it's not an outrageous thing to think about...so we're in a day-to-day mindset,” he continued.
Like Tracy, Breslow has remained steadfast in his belief that his team can make a run in 2026, beginning in late April, when he declared the team could still make the playoffs in the wake of the shocking firing of manager Alex Cora and several members of his staff.
However, in the 50 games Boston has played since Cora’s firing, the team possesses a .440 winning percentage, only marginally higher than the .370 in the 27 games under Cora.
Not only have the Red Sox only slightly improved since the firings, but they are also on pace for one of the worst seasons in the team's 125-year history. With a .415 winning percentage, Boston is on pace to finish the season 67-95, which would be the team’s worst record in a 162-game season since the 1965 Red Sox finished the year 62-100.
However, the Red Sox possess one of the worst offenses in the league, scoring a league low 301 runs in their first 77 games.
Their offensive struggles make it incredibly unlikely that they can go on the run both Breslow and Tracy are looking for to bring Boston back into the thick of the playoff race.
Even team president Sam Kennedy has seemed to soften his stance on the Red Sox becoming sellers in recent weeks, telling WEEI’s The Greg Hill Show, “Let’s be honest, unless things change dramatically, we may have to pivot here from what our initial planning was. It just wouldn’t be responsible to do otherwise.”
It’s time for Breslow to take a serious look at the roster he constructed and ask himself if that run he keeps predicting is actually right around the corner. If not, it’s time to turn his attention to selling off pieces and building a contender for the 2027 season.
The Red Sox are 32-45 and in last place in the American League East.
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