The news that Jarren Duran contemplated suicide is the most stunning revelation in “The Clubhouse: A Year With the Red Sox.”
But mental health, and the internal and external pressures players face, is a thread throughout the entire eight-part documentary series, which debuted Tuesday on Netflix.
I caught up with Greg Whiteley, the four-time Emmy Award-winning director of the project, for a Q&A to include if he anticipated such candor, and other for other takeaways from a year spent with the Red Sox.
Q. One of the realities that I think will stun people when they watch this is how the players are their own worst detractors, and how the pressures can affect their frame of mind.