Lower than per week after popping champagne, the Pink Sox clubhouse went quiet final evening. However the crew is already waiting for subsequent yr. “It sucks to say proper now that we’re trying ahead. However in the end, that’s our actuality,” mentioned Garett Crochet. “Proper now, it’s type of that, ‘So what? Subsequent pitch’ mentality. Subsequent pitch for us is in 5 months.” (Alex Speier, Boston Globe)
And the somber temper within the post-game clubhouse serves a function. Alex Bregman’s message to his teammates was to “keep in mind this sense… [t]ake it into your offseason and proceed to get higher.” (Chris Cotillo, MassLive)
Alex Bregman didn’t have a message about the way forward for his time with the Pink Sox, although, a future that may be very a lot up within the air given his opt-out. However whereas he mentioned he’s not prepared to consider that, he did say that “it was an honor to placed on this jersey.” Word the previous tense. (Conor Roche, Boston.com)
The query of what’s going to occur with Bregman might be the largest one of many offseason proper now, together with what is going to occur with Trevor Story and the way will the Sox rebuild a rotation that couldn’t maintain up for the entire season. (Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic)
In fact the pitching wasn’t actually the difficulty final evening. Regardless of sturdy total numbers, anybody who was paying consideration after the Rafael Devers commerce — and particularly after the Romany Anthony damage — knew that the Sox offense could be an enormous downside in playoffs. And final evening, Cam Schlittler shut the bats down with ease. It’s simply that rather more painful that he’s an area child who took further motivation from the trash talked by his buddies again dwelling in Walpole. (Tara Sullivan, Boston Globe)
But it surely wasn’t simply the bats that have been the issue final evening. The Sport 3 loss to the Yankees uncovered a whole lot of points the Sox had been coping with all season lengthy. (Sean McAdam, MassLive)
And even a few of the issues we’ve come to count on these Pink Sox to excel at failed them final evening. Like outfield protection. (Christopher Smith, MassLive)
Actually, whereas something can occur within the playoffs, the Sox by no means actually appeared like World Sequence contenders, with too many flaws and holes on the roster. (Michael Hurley, NBC Sports)
And it doesn’t matter what buttons Alex Cora pushed, he couldn’t make up for these deficiencies. And by the top of Sport 3, the post-Sport 1 narrative that Cora simply outmaneuvered Boone appeared to have been flipped on its head. (Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic)
Craig Breslow, in the meantime, nonetheless has some work to do on his personal entrance workplace, because the departure of Paul Toboni has compelled the Pink Sox brass to rethink some issues. (Tim Healey, Boston Globe)
