COMMENTARY
The 2023 Red Sox are a bad baseball team. It may seem a bit killjoy to point this out today, after an electric win to end a dominant weekend in the Bronx, but maybe there’s no better time.
Let’s be charitable and call them mediocre. After 124 games, we can at least agree on that, right? Seventh-best record in the American League. On pace for 86 wins. One of baseball’s worst defensive teams. One of its worst baserunning teams. After their flop series in Washington, just 10-15 against the bottom seven (Nationals, Pittsburgh, St.