In honor of an extremely choppy start to this Red Sox season, I’ll give you a choppy collection of thoughts on this Thursday. We’re just 13 games in and we’ve already seen a wild comeback and an 18-run offensive outburst in the same day, two key contract extensions handed out, two losing streaks of at least three games, a five-game winning streak, awful weather, shoddy defense, questionable approaches at the plate, and inconsistent pitching.
The season’s still looking to build a true narrative, so in the meantime, here’s a half dozen raw thoughts following Wednesday’s 2-1 loss to the Blue Jays in 11 innings:
1) The Red Sox need to prove they can win low scoring games.