Tony

To be up 2-0 in this series and to go out this way, just a huge kick in the balls. Maybe my opinion will change over time, but I won't remember this season as all rainbows...this was just a brutal way to go out

Just an embarrassing performance, aside from Burke, who shoved.

Deadline has absolutely cost this team. The "idea" Getz had was probably right, in terms of the volume he acquired. Having another reliable starter that could give you 4-5 innings and a 7th inning arm would infact probably be the difference right now between going to Game 5 vs. getting ready for the ALCS. He acquired both of those positions and neither one of them made the playoff roster. It was a huge swing and a miss that is probably going to cost them from advancing into the next round.

This is going to get really ugly

They just can’t deliver the knockout blow, and it’s maddening

This is sort of stating the obvious, and I've been critical of Will this season for some of his "in-game philosophies" but he, and the rest of the coaching staff deserve a ton of credit for what they've done with what they've been given, specifically with the pitching. This "every pitcher can go three innings" strategy is incredibly hard to pull off, and it wasn't really done by choice, rather maximizing what they have available. But given the up and down nature of arms, it's impossible to predict what you're going to get each day. A managers job becomes infinity easier when you have a few horses that you know are going to go out there every 5 days and give you 6 solid innings. The Sox literally have none of those guys, so every game, he's rolling the dice on 5/6 different guys and seeing what they have that day. He's gotta push all the right buttons each and every game, and opens himself up to a lot more criticisms on a daily basis.

Had this conversation with buddy in the 9th inning today. Expectations change quickly. It’s already amazing what they’ve done and where they’ve gotten, but after going up 2-0 against Cleveland, I’ll be incredibly pissed if they lose this series. If we get absolutely throttled by the Rays in the ALCS…fine, we made the fucking ALCS after enduring the last three years. That’s all to say…just fucking win tomorrow.

Win it for @Heads22

No team in the modern era has gone undefeated in the playoffs. This game sucks, but let’s end it tomorrow

Jo would be pretty sweet, especially if they played the clip in the stadium as he was walking to the mound

End it on Wednesday. Send these assholes back to Cleveland. Place is going to be a zoo on Wednesday, can’t wait

Everyone in here shut the f*** up with this sky is falling s%*#, sack up, and let’s root on this team going up 2-0 in the ALDS over our division rival. K?

Sean Burke, take a bow

Let’s go boys, bring this home.

Yeah, this ain't going to be fun. I see a lot of comments on ugly swings, but I don't think all the Sox forgot how to hit, he's got some nasty zip on his pitches today.

This is no longer a "magical" season and whatever happens, we're good. I want blood this series. I want to beat the hell out of Cleveland. f*** those guys. Crush'em.

So @ron883 being a fucking nerd is confirmed.

Inexcusable to walk away with nothing

What a fucking nerd.

Pretty remarkable accomplishment all things considered. And these guys absolutely deserve it with the way they've played. We've all seen terrible teams give the rah-rah speech in Spring Training, "I actually think we're going to surprise people this year" and they end up winning 68 games like everyone expected. These guys backed it up, and actually earned themselves a spot in the dance. Hopefully this is just the start.

Let's make it even more crazy over the next month...

That very well could happen, but it's like spending all your money to buy a Ferrari, and not having any money left to spend on gas. What's the point of having it then, let someone else with the resources to actually use it. The logical move is to wait and see on Colson for at least another year. He's 24 and has played 1.5 seasons of Major League Baseball. 2/3 of his time has been good, the last 1/3 has been terrible. There has been talk about his health, which could play a factor in his 2nd half performance, the Sox would know better than us. But as I mentioned a few days ago, the unfortunate thing is if you asked this group in July about Colson, everyone would have said he's one of the cornerstones for this team the next 3-4 seasons, at least. Now, that can't be said with any sort of confidence. None of us know who he is going to be. He could end the regular season with an OPS under .700. That's a LONG way from the .840 OPS he put up in 2025.

If they fail to make the playoffs, it wasn't a successful season. I wouldn't have made that proclamation in March of 2026, but expectations change, and as we sit here on September 21st....this team should make the playoffs, and if they don't, it was a large let down. Additionally, even if they make the playoffs, I actually feel worse about this team than I did in say July. With the way the 2nd half has gone, there are way more question marks about the future of this team than there was even a few months ago. C - Teel basically had a lost season and isn't going to see more than 150 AB's this year. On top of it, he's going to end the season batting below .200. Quero spent more time in AAA than MLB and put up a -0.8 WAR when he was in Chicago. The catching situation is not in as good of a spot as I thought when the season started. 1B - Murakami has been one of, if not the worst hitter in MLB during the 2nd half. Fantastic first half story, but we simply don't know who he is at this point. And makes the contract extension talks much more complicated moving forward. 2B - I like Meidroth and think he's got a place on the team moving forward. Ideally he's a super sub that still gets 450-500 AB's all over, but he's fine starting at 2B SS - Most disappointing player on the team. Colson took a huge step backwards in his development in 2026. I honestly don't know if you can consider him a "core" piece moving forward, especially with Caleb/Carlson/Roch in the system. 3B - If this is the real Vargas, think the Sox are fine at 3B for the next few years. LF - Good rookie year from Antonacci, especially playing out of his natural position, but want to see more overall production from the LF spot. Not his fault, but they need more from that position CF - Pretty remarkable season from Peters, came out of nowhere, but can we expect it again next season? Big unknown, but we're all rooting for him to succeed. RF - Again, we all want him to be successful, but not a good rookie campaign from Braden. Going to need drastic improvement from him moving forward. I'm not going to go through all the starters, but they have a collection of No. 3/4 starters on this team, and no one misses bats. Burke is on the borderline of being a No. 2, but need to see more. Hagen and Taylor were both great out of the pen, but long term hope has to be one, if not both of them getting a starting opportunity. Schultz had an incredibly disappointing 2026, as did pretty much every pitching prospect in the Sox system. tldr: Teel, Murakami, Colson, Branden all had high hopes for 2026, and don't know if we feel better about any of them as the season ends. If those guys aren't producing for the Sox over the next 2-3 years, this thing goes nowhere fast.

100%, thought the same