MIAMI — So it has come to this, has it?
Now that Koji Uehara has slid out of the Red Sox bullpen group shot with a fractured wrist, the Red Sox will take a look at Junichi Tazawa, Jean Machi and Ryan Cook as their closer over the last few weeks of the season.
All together now, in our best Jack Donaghy voice, “Good god, Lemon!”
The fact that another Red Sox loss last night could be placed squarely and uncomfortably on the shoulders of a couple of relievers was hardly a shocker.
Still, it’s hard to know where to start with how ugly and yes, desperate, the situation has grown with the Sox bullpen this season, but let’s start with a positive thought.