"No matter what happens by the time Friday morning rolls around, please do not take this week for granted. Right from the jump: don't interpret this as me advocating that we should be totally fine with simply a cup of coffee in the Wild Card round. I feel like I've said this many-a-times in the typical Monday Morning Brushback articles here at OTM,"
"Take what was published back on October 3 of 2022 on this website (not to dunk on Stephen Thompson [we love Stephen, don't we folks] it's just interesting to look back), in reference to a minus-14 run differential over the past week in Boston baseball at the time. After beating up on the Orioles for a couple of days, the Red Sox met their match in Toronto. They scored three runs over three games and got shut out two days in a row. This is some real going out with a whimper as they fall to a season-worst 22.5 games out of first place."
Boston baseball currently occupies a markedly better position than the low points of recent seasons while still requiring higher organizational standards than simple Wild Card acceptance. Recent seasonal drama culminated in a day of limbo before postseason play begins, underscoring the need to value the present standing. Historic lows included a late-2022 stretch with a minus-14 run differential and consecutive shutouts that left the team 22.5 games behind first place. Public criticism in prior seasons labeled the team an embarrassment and questioned front-office leadership. The present situation is an improvement over those failures, but ambition for more than brief postseason appearances remains essential.
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