Playing nine innings while starting to wonder if Triston Casas is as comfortable in Worcester as Manny Ramirez was once upon a time during a prolonged rehab assignment in Pawtucket …
1. It’s OK to acknowledge it. The Red Sox, as feisty as they are, most likely aren’t making the playoffs. At the most optimistic, the playoff pursuit remains an uphill climb. As of Wednesday afternoon, Baseball-Reference had their probability of making the playoffs at 45.9 percent, while Fangraphs had it at 42.3, and that was coming off victories in the first two of a three-game set with the Rangers, which boosted their odds by a few percentage points.