I’m so conflicted about this entire factor. My thoughts is absolute racing after this loss.
Let’s begin with the issues that make me mad. The Crimson Sox straight up didn’t present as much as this recreation. The offense was non-existent, the protection was as embarrassingly dangerous as final 12 months’s World Collection Yankees. It was simply such half-hearted effort in a do-or-die recreation. Granted, there’s a advantageous line between cool, calm, and picked up—not letting the second get too emotional—and simply being apathetic. It’s it’s laborious to inform the distinction given the tint of the lens on my glasses proper now.
There’s some good to take out of all of this, although. Each rebuilding workforce wants some postseason ache to make themselves stronger. This workforce was utterly depleted on the offensive aspect of the ball, between some guys getting extraordinarily chilly and others being injured midway to hell. It’s clear what’s wanted this offseason and I by some means belief Craig Breslow to make the best strikes to make this workforce higher. We received the exhilarating coronary heart palpitations and thrills of postseason baseball as soon as once more, even with the early crash. Frankly, we received some hope that this workforce isn’t simply product of luck and fairy mud.
It positively feels salty and can for some time. I need the Yankees to crash out extraordinarily laborious, however I’m undecided when or how. However even with a tough exit to the postseason, folks ought to be happy with the 2025 Boston Crimson Sox. They’re not the no-expectation workforce Alex Cora preened to the media they had been, however they actually weren’t World Collection darlings, notably after the massive commerce. Seeing any recreation in October was not only a blessing, however hopefully only a style of extra to return.
Connelly Early (3.2 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 6 Ok)
Look, Early received screwed over by his protection and the baseball gods, plain and easy. There wasn’t a lot laborious hit contact in any respect, no house runs given up. The Yankees are inclined to reside and die by the lengthy ball and to be overwhelmed by small ball and silly errors has to suck for a child who ought to maintain his head excessive together with his outing regardless of all of it.
For the dearth of offense, to carry the Yankees to 2 hits within the remaining 4.1 frames of the sport is all they may have achieved to maintain this workforce alive within the sequence.
In each losses of the sequence, the protection was such a weak point. It frankly appeared like April protection. The Duran drop, the throwing errors, the Lowe miss at first, all of it harm tremendously.
This offense received shut down by Cam Schlittler of all folks. Eight innings of nothing however strikeouts and bloop contact. It’s clear that the depth of the offense must be addressed this offseason. They had been too reliant on Roman Antony.
The protection was the goat of this one. They actually let Early down and this didn’t assist.
