At the end of May, Jared Carrabis was sharing an interesting and unfortunate tidbit he received from a buddy who goes by Black Irish. It was relevant after the Sox passed the 60 game mark a week and a half ago at 28-32, and it’s relevant as the Sox hit the 70 game mark at 34-36 now.
What they found is that since 1997 only eight Red Sox teams have had a losing record after 60 games (1997, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2023, 2024, and 2025) and none of them ended up finishing over .500. (Whomp whomp!