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Overall Takeaway
Let’s focus on the positives for a moment. The Red Sox starting pitching has been some of the best in baseball the last few weeks, and that is without Garrett Crochet. They stole a win from one of the best teams in baseball, and dragged them to extras on Friday. Even with the lost series, the team is still within three games of a Wild Card spot (which is insane).
Alright now the negative. This might be the most frustrating Boston offensive I have ever watched. The only thing giving me life is that they are still in the playoffs race and Roman Anthony has shown zero signs of life. Once he does, the team will roll with him.
Game 1: Braves 3-2
Game 2: Red Sox 3-2
Game 3: Braves 8-1
What I Loved
Payton Tolle
Tolle had the longest outing of his career on Saturday and has now put together four great starts in his first five games of the year.
Connely Early
Early’s start on Friday was not as good as his first outing, where he went seven and gave up zero runs, but it was one of the only bright spots this weekend. Home run ball hurt him as he gave up two solo shots.
Aroldis Chapman
I know the video of him hugging teammates made headlines, but I am salivating at the package Boston could get for him at the deadline.
What I Was ‘Mid’ About
Marcelo Mayer
A lot of talk right now about Mayer potentially moving to SS with Story hitting the IL. Personally, I think this is something that should have been done at the beginning of the season. He is very smooth right now on defense, and if he is going to be a cornerstone of the franchise. Offensively, he had a home run this weekend, but didn’t do much else outside that.
What I Didn’t Love
Brayan Bello
Bello started to turn a corner once Tracy started putting an opener ahead of him. Then he started today's game and went back to his old ways.
The Entire Offense
Just defenestrate the entire offense at this point. Maybe not Willson Contreras, but everyone else can go. They rank in the bottom 5 in almost every major offensive category, and worst of all don't have any energy. Need Kristian Campbell to figure it out (he hit a home run last week, yay.)