Does anyone truly think this is a playoff contending team? I don’t just mean making the playoffs. But a team that can win in the playoffs even if we don’t feel they’re a team that can win the WS.
If the answer is no. They’re not a playoff contending team then the worst thing that can happen is they do well in this next stretch. If they make the playoffs, it will be by luck. But ownership and the FO will take it as validation. And we won’t have the changes we need in the offseason.
This is indeed a defining stretch. The Red Sox playing well between now and the All Star Break— and even further between now and the August 1st break will almost certainly cause ripple effects that negatively impact the organization for the next half a decade at least.
Does anyone truly think this is a playoff contending team? I don’t just mean making the playoffs. But a team that can win in the playoffs even if we don’t feel they’re a team that can win the WS.
If the answer is no. They’re not a playoff contending team then the worst thing that can happen is they do well in this next stretch. If they make the playoffs, it will be by luck. But ownership and the FO will take it as validation. And we won’t have the changes we need in the offseason.
This is indeed a defining stretch. The Red Sox playing well between now and the All Star Break— and even further between now and the August 1st break will almost certainly cause ripple effects that negatively impact the organization for the next half a decade at least.