It was only a few days ago when it seemed like the Red Sox were Capital-B Back and ready to make noise again in the American League. How did they respond to all that momentum? But losing four in a row, of course. In this game, Andrew Cashner and the pitching staff never let this team get any steam. Every time the Red Sox scored, at least that number of runs was given back and often more. It’s just a bad baseball team right now. Plain and simple.
For all of the (valid, in this writer’s opinion) handwringing after the Red Sox failed to make any improvements to the bullpen at the trade deadline, it’s no secret what the biggest issue with this team right now actually is.