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Overdramatic Radio Host Makes Premature Ruling On Red Sox's Season originally appeared on NESN. Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Things are bad for the Boston Red Sox, but they're not hopeless.
The Red Sox are last in the AL East and nine games under .500, but they've only played 55 games. They still have two-thirds of the season to go, including a pivotal stretch next month with several series against their division rivals.
Besides, it's not even June yet. Last year, Boston was still below .500 through Independence Day before taking off in July and ultimately making the playoffs.
In other words, it's far too early to declare the Red Sox's season "dead," as Boston sports radio host Marc Bertrand did on Friday.
"I think that was it. I think that was the moment," Bertrand said on 98.5 The Sports Hub, referring to Ronald Acuna Jr.'s grand slam during the Atlanta Braves' 10-2 rout of the Red Sox at Fenway Park on Thursday. "They are toast... I'm putting that as May 28th as the day the season died for the Red Sox... They're dead."
Baseball isn't like football where one game can make or break a season. There are 162 of them for a reason, and Boston still has 107 remaining. Thursday was a tough loss, but Wednesday featured an impressive win. There are going to be ups and downs.
Fortunately for the Red Sox, the American League is bad this year. Only four teams have a winning record entering play on Friday, so Boston isn't close to being out of the playoff race yet. If the team is still below .500 a few months from now, that will be a different story.
According to FanGraphs' playoff odds, the Red Sox still have a 23.7 percent chance of making the postseason. That's not great, but it's still a lot higher than zero.
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