Logic and emotion aren’t always in agreement when the Red Sox are the topic. But they might be now as we ponder how this flawed, faltering team should proceed for the remainder of the season.
The Red Sox dropped back-to-back games to the Yankees over the weekend by a combined 27-3 score, have lost 6 of 7, 14 of their last 20, and are out of the frame of the American League playoff picture.
They trail the Mariners, Rays, and Blue Jays in the Wild Card race, and at 48-45 are barely ahead of the Guardians (46-44), White Sox (46-46), and, yes, the Orioles (46-46).