Safe to say that nobody anticipated this.
World Series hangovers are one factor, however now 18 video games into the season, the Boston Red Sox are in critical jeopardy of digging themselves right into a gap that might take all summer season to climb out of.
Boston sits at 6-12 and is 7 half of video games behind the first-place Tampa Bay Rays within the American League East. The Red Sox have been projected to make the playoffs by nearly everybody heading into the season, however some projections now have these playoff odds dwindling. Fangraphs put the Red Sox’s playoff odds at simply 55 p.c.
To see extra on how the sluggish begin has affected the AL East, take a look at the video above from “Red Sox First Pitch,” offered by Men’s Wearhouse.
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