The Friday Fire Farrell Index: Raise or fold?

We made it this far. It wasn’t easy. Even in a year the Red Sox breezed past the 90 win mark with more than a week to play, it hasn’t been the smoothest trip. We were attacked neither by pirates nor Pirates, but by Orioles, Blue Jays, Yankees and Rays and now, with a single win or New York loss, the American League East is ours.

By any measure this has been a successful regular season. Well, except one. Has John Farrell done a good job? There is no consensus. Depending on who you ask, he’s been either incompetent, average, or, in the most rare and generous take, actually kinda good. I’m in the latter camp. With some exceptions -- the David Price incident, the stealing signs nonsense -- I…