The Red Sox’ poor start to the 2019 season was not what they expected. It was not the first month anyone – Dave Dombrowski, Alex Cora, the players, or the fans – wanted.
On May 1, the Red Sox hold a 13-17 record and sit in fourth place in the AL East, seven games behind the Tampa Bay Rays.
Can they turn it around? It’s not 2018 any longer, but that does not mean the Red Sox could not find any positives in the first month of the MLB season.
Here are three bright spots for the Red Sox after one month of play: